CMCM May Updates

Community Media Center of Marin May 2012 E-News

CMCM in the Marin Human Race

Support locally produced commercial free media by supporting our team in the 2012 Marin Human Race!  The Marin Human Race is the largest collaborative fundraising event in Marin County. Participants support nonprofit agencies and schools across Marin County through donating and collecting donations. 

Race day features a fun and energizing run/walk/roll around a 5K course, that winds its way through the historic and scenic Marin County Civic Center lagoon and fairgrounds, kids races and activities, a dog walk, the Community Village fair and a pancake breakfast.  Last year, over 4,000 people attended, and raised $285,000 for 110 nonprofits.  Over the past thirty years, the Marin Human Race has raised over $6 million dollars for 1,500 local nonprofits!

Are you in?  It just takes 3 easy steps to participate!

1) Register to Run/Walk

2) Join the CMCM team and set up your fundraising page

3) Gather donations (email your friends with a link to your page)

Can't make it to the walk or run? Click here to pledge to CMCM members who are running or walking the Marin Human Race.

Any donations received through the Marin Human Race will be a part of our Donor Campaign and matched by the Board of Supervisors Challenge Grant.  You can always donate to our donor campaign at any time by visiting our donate page at http://cmcm.tv/donate.

Marin Media Lecture Series Presents:
Ken and Melanie Light, Documentary Photographers

May 30th at 7 PM, Location TBA

We are excited to announce that documentary photographers Melanie and Ken Light will be speaking at the May installment of the Marin Media Lecture Series.  Melanie and Ken will be talking about their latest book project, Valley of Shadows and Dreams.  

Valley of Shadows and Dreams began with a five year exploration of the Central Valley that coincided with Melanie's work on another book.  Ken and Melanie soon were fascinated by the development boom taking place throughout the Central Valley.  They saw the issues that accompanied this development as the same ones challenging other communities around the world: land and water use, growing economic disparity, and population growth.  

Valley of Shadows and Dreams is the second collaboration between Melanie and Ken.  Their first co-authored work, Coal Hollow, is a collection of photographs and oral histories that chronicle the legacy of coalmining in West Virginia.  Melanie lectures and teaches internationally and is the recipient of grants from the Soros Documentary Fund and the Rosenberg Foundation.  Ken Light is the author of numerous photography books and teaches the University of California, Berkeley's School of Journalism and is a Laventhol visiting Professor at Columbia University.  

New Classes
Have you gone through the full course offerings at CMCM? Are you interested in learning some new skills? In making better videos? We are gearing up to add some new courses and would love some feedback from you. Let us know if you would be interested in any of the following workshops:

- Adobe Photoshop
- Apple Motion
- Website building with   Word Press
- Field Audio
- Final Cut X

Any other suggestions on future courses would be apreciated, but we'd like to gauge interest before launching new workshops.

In the Gallery
We are pleased to announce that CMCM member Susan Fan-Brown will have her work on display for the month of May.  Susan is a commercial studio photographer with a career that spans more than 25 years. Known for her bright and expressive style, Susan focuses on capturing the elegance of her subjects as well as the essential character of nature’s elements.  This exhibition includes her central work of unique portraits, luminescent florals, and her signature experimental Light Magic series.

Susan will have a reception as part of the San Rafael art walk on Friday, May 11 from 5-8 PM.

Please join us to share the joy of creative photography.

Michael Wolpert at May Member Mixer
CMCM producer and Board Member Michael Wolpert will speak at our mixer on Wednesday, May 2nd.

Michael is the host of Social Jumpstart TV, a social media training program for small businesses.  Michael will be discussing a 15 minute-a-day strategy to promote your show and grow your audience using social media.

As usual, come with a snack to share, or a project idea to pitch.

Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

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