Face 2 Face

The March/April edition of Face 2 Face Magazine is available online.

The Powerboker

We're Screening The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.

Join our esteemed panelists, Woodie Rucker-Hughes, president of the Riverside chapter of the NAACP, and Aundrey M. Jones, president  of B.L.A.A.C.K. (Brothers Leading African Americans through Consciousness and Knowledge), a student-led organization at UCR, for the screening of The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.

  



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Whitney Young, Jr., the civil rights champion who negotiated with top leaders of industry and government to create greater opportunities for minorities, is the subject of a new documentary, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.

During the 1960s, as the executive director of the National Urban League, Young was one of the few African Americans who had the ears of those who controlled the levers of power: Fortune 500 CEOs, governors, senators, and presidents. He used these relationships to gain better access to employment, education, housing, and healthcare for African Americans, other minorities, and those in need. His unique position and approach earned him praise, but also scorn from the Black Power movement for being too close to the white establishment. While he is less known today than other leaders of the era because of the behind-the-scenes nature of his work, Young's legacy and influence are still felt profoundly. 

 See the Film ... Join the Conversation 

When:  Sunday, Feb. 17 @ 2:00 p.m.

Where: The Riverside Public Library, 2nd Floor Auditorium

             3581 Mission Inn Avenue

             Riverside, CA 92501 

Light refreshments will be served.  To register and download your free movie ticket, click here...The Powerbroker .

  

   

Click here to see a trailer...The Powerbroker.

 





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Aspiring journalists from Southern California's Inland communities invite you to come Face 2 Face with the region's most exciting youth media project.

  

Your support of our fundraising campaign will help keep the presses rolling on Face 2 Face  magazine.  

   

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Are You a Soul Food Junkie?

Don't miss our next film screening!

Join us for the screening of Soul Food Junkies by filmmaker Byron Hurt followed by our community discussion with wellness and lifestyle consultant Cheyenne English and Chef Ryan Douglas, executive chef for the Riverside Unified School District.    

When:   Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

Where:  Riverside Public Library

                3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA  92501 

Light refreshments will be served.

To RSVP, click here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4962658445

In Soul Food Junkies filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. Hurt's exploration was inspired by his father's lifelong love affair with the high-fat, calorie-rich traditional soul food diet and his unwillingness to give it up even in the face of a life-threatening health crisis. Hurt discovers that the relationship between African Americans and culinary dishes like ribs, grits, and fried chicken is culturally based, deep-rooted, complex, and often deadly.  

 

Click below to see a trailer of the film.

  

Soul Food Junkies 

See the Film ... Join the Conversation 

Community Cinema

Join OneNation Media Services as we launch the seventh season of Community Cinema, Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Riverside Public Library. 


Join us at 2:00 p.m. for the free screening of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Maro Chermayeff. This landmark documentary miniseries (based on the bestselling book of the same name by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn) follows six actress-advocates — America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde — as they travel to Africa and Asia and meet inspiring, courageous individuals who are confronting oppression and developing real, meaningful solutions.

Click here to see the movie trailer...http://itvs.org/films/half-the-sky

See the Film... Join the Conversation  

Journalism & Technology Academy

Day 5


Nee Hao Ma!  Journalism & Technology students finished the week by engaging in an exciting cultural exchange coordinated by OneNation Media Services and Educational Resource Development Trust (ERDT), a nonprofit organization that partners with universities in China to allow students and teachers to travel to the United States where they can experience American culture.  Students spent the day learning about each other and celebrating the beauty of American and Chinese culture. 

Journalism & Technology students (seated) spent the day interviewing students from Beijing Jiaotong Univeristy.  Sheri Stuart (standing far left) and Jessica Garcia were the instructors for the week-long academy. 

Students from Beijing Jiaotong University introduced themselves to their new American friends.

Journalism & Technology Academy

Day 4

Today's session of Journalism & Technology Academy featured guest speaker Naomi Bonman.  Naomi is a talented staff writer with Inland Valley News where she covers a variety of beats. She studied mass media and arts at Clark Atlanta University.  The students asked thoughtful questions in preparation for their written articles, which will appear in the September/October issue of Face 2 Face magazine. 

Naomi Bonman, a staff writer with Inland Valley News, was today's featured guest speaker.