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When mourners and protesters took to the streets after an unarmed Black teenager was shot by police in Ferguson, many declared Missouri the home of a "new civil rights movement." Join an interactive screening on OVEE to watch news clips from Ferguson alongside film clips from the PBS documentary Freedom Summer and discuss how how far we've come in the march towards equality. Chat live with teen journalists from The Nine Network in St. Louis and the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs who are covering the issues on the ground in Missouri and exchange strategies with community leaders working for justice across the country.

Video Descriptions

Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | For Whom The Bell Tolls

Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | 1 of 9 Casey Nolen hosts this weekly discussion series featuring input from participants via Facebook, Twitter and Google+ Hangouts. Stay Tuned airs live Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. on the Nine Network of Public Media KETC-PBS St. Louis, Missouri. nineNet.org/StayTuned

Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | Recap

Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | Recap Casey Nolen hosts this weekly discussion series featuring input from participants via Facebook, Twitter and Google+ Hangouts. Stay Tuned airs live Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. on the Nine Network of Public Media KETC-PBS St. Louis, Missouri. nineNet.org/StayTuned

Teens reflect on impact of Ferguson unrest

The NewsHour’s network of Student Reporting Labs explore how the shooting of Michael Brown and the violent aftermath affected teens’ views of justice and race in America. Student reporters found responses ranging from frustration and confusion to a sense of promise for the future. Subscribe on YouTube: bit.ly/139JZdo Watch more PBS NewsHour videos at: to.pbs.org/1e3qlFJ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/newshour Facebook: www.facebook.com/pbs.newshour Google+: plus.google.com/+PBSNewsHour

Stay Tuned | Catalyst for Change | We're Not Hopeless

Stay Tuned | Catalyst for Change | 3 of 8 Casey Nolen and Art Holliday host this Stay Tuned Special Presentation featuring input from participants via Twitter Stay Tuned airs live Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. on the Nine Network of Public Media KETC-PBS St. Louis, Missouri. nineNet.org/StayTuned

Amid Ferguson fallout, students sound off on race and justice in America

Students from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab sites around the country weigh in on the events in Ferguson and how the killing of Michael Brown has affected their view of race in America.

Racial Oppression and Voter Suppression - Freedom Summer GOTV Clip

Racial Oppression and Voter Suppression is a clip from the film Freedom Summer. Directed by Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple) and presented by the acclaimed PBS series American Experience, Freedom Summer is a two-hour documentary film that tells the story of the summer of 1964 when more than 700 student volunteers joined with civil rights movement organizers and local blacks in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in the nation’s most segregated state: Mississippi. The film aired on June 24 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT on the PBS series, American Experience. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is a free resource designed specifically for organizations that recruit or train volunteers for canvassing, GOTV and voter education work in communities across the country. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is produced by Firelight Media with the support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Recruiting Local Leaders- Freedom Summer GOTV Clip

Recruiting Local Leaders is a clip from the film, Freedom Summer. Directed by Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple) and presented by the acclaimed PBS series American Experience, Freedom Summer is a two-hour documentary film that tells the story of the summer of 1964 when more than 700 student volunteers joined with civil rights movement organizers and local blacks in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in the nation’s most segregated state: Mississippi. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was called “cinematic lightening” by The Progressive Magazine. The film aired on June 24 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT on the PBS series, American Experience. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is a free resource designed specifically for organizations that recruit or train volunteers for canvassing, GOTV and voter education work in communities across the country. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is produced by Firelight Media with the support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Voting Rights in 1964 - Freedom Summer GOTV Clip

Voting Rights in 1964 is a clip from the film, Freedom Summer. Directed by Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple) and presented by the acclaimed PBS series American Experience, Freedom Summer is a two-hour documentary film that tells the story of the summer of 1964 when more than 700 student volunteers joined with civil rights movement organizers and local blacks in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in the nation’s most segregated state: Mississippi. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was called “cinematic lightening” by The Progressive Magazine. The film aired on June 24 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT on the PBS series, American Experience. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is a free resource designed specifically for organizations that recruit or train volunteers for canvassing, GOTV and voter education work in communities across the country. The FREEDOM SUMMER GOTV Toolkit is produced by Firelight Media with the support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | Stop and Listen

Stay Tuned | #Ferguson | 7 of 9 Casey Nolen hosts this weekly discussion series featuring input from participants via Facebook, Twitter and Google+ Hangouts. Stay Tuned airs live Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. on the Nine Network of Public Media KETC-PBS St. Louis, Missouri. nineNet.org/StayTuned

43min 47sec

Moderators

Mike Pagano
Mike Pagano is an artist and educator based in Saint Louis City; focusing on video and music production, multi-media art, and performance. He has worked with many of the leading arts institutions in the Saint Louis area, including COCA, Craft Alliance, the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum. Currently Mike is a digital media specialist, at the Nine Network of Public Media. Through the Nine Center for Public Engagement, Mike leads the Nine LAB Digital Storytelling program, which offers training to community members and organizations to develop 21st century communication skills and feel empowered to tell and share their stories of impact.
Renee Gasch

Participants

Darian Wigfall
Panelist
Darian Wigfall has been an activist since attending Hampton University and joining the campus NAACP chapter in the year 2000. Returning to his home state of Missouri at the University of Missouri in Columbia (2000) where he served as president of the Student Foundation before graduating with a degree in Biology in 2006. While working as a scientist at Washington University in St. Louis medical school, he once again found his passion for civic engagement, volunteering as a facilitator with the Diversity Awareness Partnership as well as UrbanFUTURE Inspire mentors in 2007 and 2008. Since then, he has joined the Universal African People's Organization as a member and the Organization for Black Struggle as a supporter. In addition, he has served on the young professionals board for Safe Connections, a nonprofit providing resources to survivors of sexual assault and relationship violence, and continues to volunteer with them to this day. His involvement in the 2008 campaign for Barack Obama as a canvasser and phone bank volunteer led to his belief in local politics, leading him to work on the Tishaura Jones campaign for City Treasurer and the Lewis Reed campaign for mayor registering voters and gauging support in North city. Most recently, his involvement in the indie record label FarFetched has led him to join the artist social justice collective #WeThePeople and the Don’t Shoot coalition following the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Cheeraz Gormon
Panelist
Cheeraz Gormon is a life-long activist, internationally touring spoken word artist and published poet, and documentary photographer turned award-winning advertising copywriter. She is Founder, Strategist and Storyteller of Alchemy 7 Creative, LLC located in St. Louis, MO, and member of the St. Louis based, Screwed Arts Collective.
Damon Davis
Panelist
Damon Davis is an interdisciplinary artist that works and resides in St. Louis, MO. Davis sporadically, yet seamlessly, weaves between different creative platforms to explore a wide range of allegories and parables that come from his interaction with the world around him. Davis graduated from St. Louis University with a B.A. in Communication Technology with an emphasis on Visual Communication. He is a member of experimental hip hop outfit, SNS (Scripts N Screwz). In which, he is both producer and a vocalist. He is also co-founder of art collective Civil Ape. Civil Ape is the brain-child of Davis and friend and long time collaborator Lenard Blair. Their goal with the collective is to constantly strive to create compelling work that fascinates and inspires their audience using multimedia as the catalyst. In 2012, Damon started FarFetched. Farfetched is an independent music and art imprint based out of St. Louis, MO. We specialize in creating thought provoking, honest, and innovative content for all. In 2013, Davis received an Emmy for the short documentary created by production house Think Antidote, 'A Story To Tell' in which Davis' life and work was the subject.
Jelissa Puckett
Panelist
Producer, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Jelissa Puckett is a student journalist from Ladue Horton Watkins High School. She began journalism after seeing her mother work in the business for many years. She began her freshman year, publishing her videos for her school news, Ladue View.
Phillip Robinson-Morgan
Panelist
Producer, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
Nelini Stamp
Panelist
Lead Coordinator for Freedom Side
Scott Roberts
Panelist
Senior Campaign Manager at the Advancement Project

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