[Peace] Beyondmedia Education: Alternative Media with a Mission

[Laura Haber]

please forward:

Salome Chasnoff, independent media artist, educator, and director of
Beyondmedia Education, will be presenting "Beyondmedia: Alternative Media with
a Mission", Sunday, November 9 at 7pm in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005
W. Gregory, Urbana.

Beyondmedia Education is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating
alternative media for positive social change. They facilitate media access with
community based organizations through the collaborative production of videos
and other media arts, outreach campaigns, and media workshops. They have
partnered with over 60 grassroots organizations since 1990 to develop a wide
range of educational and advocacy materials and workshops.

Salome Chasnoff is an independent media artist and educator whose work is
devoted to creating alternative images to the dominant culture's representation
of women, and expanding media access for women and girls. Since 1990, she has
worked with over 50 grassroots organizations on video and other media projects.
She co-founded Women's International Information Project (WiiP) in 1997 to
contradict the disenfranchisement of women in global media and electronic
communications. Salome has an M.A. in Theatre and Performance and a Ph.D. in
Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and she is a certified Media
100 video editor. Prior to focusing in video, she was a theatre director and
performer who used her own videos and films in her live performances. She has
taught classes in performance theory and practice, media production and women's
studies, in a wide range of educational settings with students of all ages.
Salome is Beyondmedia's video producer, video editor, marketing and outreach
director, grant writer, and designer of promotional materials. She also writes
curricula and designs video, performance and multi-media workshops. 

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
l-haber at uiuc.edu



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