CHAMP

windows movie maker is a B****

it keeps freezing and its fan-freaking annoying. plus, the rain is putting a halt on going out to ask people their "Top 3". it seems like all the forces of the bloody universe are against us! but, we only have a few more clips to upload and we need to find the still pictures. hopefully, we'll be able to finish by Friday...if everyone shows up and the damn computer stops freezing!!!!

plus, i cant stop thinking about the Mt. Vernon shooting. some people are really heartless sometimes; to take the lives of innocent people who were minding their own business. it makes you wonder what the world is coming to, when people can't even hang out with their friends for an evening without the possibility of being shot.

i want this documentary to be really good, so it will give the people who watch it something to think about.

Mt. Vernon

My reaction to the murder that happened 2 weeks ago is this; it was cruel, heartless and just plain unhuman. My love goes to the famliy of the victims and hopefully the people who commited this cruel crime will be caught.

anger is one of the topic that we are using for the documentary for the community.

today TAMMZ decided to make a complete finish....we got our last amount of footage and will be ready to create a movie.....

CHAMP

its going slow...and the uploading process is really annoying. however, we got the first scene sort of done, and now all we have to do is upload the rest and edit. but we need to go out tomorrow and interview people - ask them about the "Top 3" things they want to change about the community. we also made Grafitti titles for the beginningt of each new topic.

...aaaaaaaaand we just lost everything. great! now we need to start the editing over. faaaaaaaabulous!!!

8/17/07

Today was a very good day. My group and I were very successful and we started to learn how to edit the video. I created an example clip just to see how it would come out and it was very good. So I am very excited to start putting the video together..
TiTo.

CHAMP

8/17/07

we got pretty far today. we learned to use Movie Maker and do transitions and such...so i think we'll actually be able to start uploading clips and putting them together next time. so far, its looking good!!!

reggie

Today I went over a lot of the film. I also wrote quotes from what people said. I'm ready for tomorrow.

8/16/07

Today we tried to find all of the footage we filmed and compile it to put into are documentary. This was very stressful because we have a lot of footage.

8/16/07 definition of community and reaction

A community is a neighborhood that shares a spirit. When we can come together as a group of individuals who understand the issues that we face, and build relationships and trust one another we respect and connect spiritually with each other. We show pride by working towards change for the better.

Today was a progressive day and I think Tomarrow we'll be ready to edit the film and start building up.
TiTo.....

CHAMP Progress

8/16/07

we have the layout for the documentary planned out...but we still have to find most of the video clips and then edit and stuff. its damn complicated! hopefully we finish in time...since we only have a week left. but so far, what we have planned is looking good.

8/15/07

Today was a very productive day. We organized our material and talked about what the video is going to be about and what scenes are to be used in our documentary. - Jordan

Chino- "Today was a much better day"
Tito_ " Today was perfectly good day"

7/14/07

today was very frustrating and unorganized....I hope tomorrow will be a better day....Anyway no one really came so i think if everybody comes it will be a more active day......at lease we went through some video and saw what we wanted and have a good idea of what we want to do..... -chino and tito

If I Ruled The World By:Aalexis Parker..Adija Manley..And Lauren Fraser

If I Ruled The Neighborhood

Unfortunate people and drugs would not appear
People wouldn't need to be on drugs to get welfare
Fear: Comes from anxiety and a movie.Not fear of being shot
Police wouldn't be arresting people for sitting on their porches
Fighting and disliking would not be an issue
Gangs is something that happens over there
Parents would teach their kids good values
Creating and improving things would become a movement
Temporary is a phase not a job
Neighborhoods would not bow, break to the will of the violent destructive
It would flow and move with the people within
Ruling the neighborhood
Yea I should
Maybe I could
Only iF I Ruled The World

If I Ruled the Neighborhood.......

If I ruled the neighborhood there would be a Damn good living
There would be no violence, no fighting, no killing, no blood spilling
There would be no Gangs in the streets
No guns firing, and no war beats
Everybody would be rich as Hell
There would be legal things to sell
They say no to love and say yes to hate
These people will not discriminate

by Felix, Chino, Marcus, Reggie, and Mat

Thank You!

Thank you for contacting Cory Booker. You will be contacted shortly.

The Community: A photo essay

There are people who care for their homes.
They help themselves when landlords don't show up

No trust in the hood, everybody is for themselves.

Adinkra in the hood?
It looked like the symbol of Sankofa which means learning from your past...
wow...messages all around us

churches. churches. and more churches.

A place that is always open

A determined group doing their job.

Fix these potholes, they're costing people money.
and why are our streets so dirty?

Let my people go.
Holding on. the good with the bad. the past is always there

Freedom is a mentality

Cats need food and shouldn't be looking in trash cans.

Houses should not be boarded up and people should be taken off the streets and should be

placed into them.

Landlords don't do their jobs

DO YOUR JOB!!

What can we do? Make stuff happen brother!
He referred to people as "cats".

Stop The Littering. Bring more trash cans!

Help Wanted

Stop killings in Newark Now!!!

There are nice houses in this neighborhood
but they cost $$$$ a lot

A fire started by the homeless from candles.

They were living w/o power or light. Water? What country is this again?

Empty lot what could this be used for ?

Garbage in process to become pretty plant pot

Cleaning?

Working?

Moving down the avenue.

Telling it like it is..

Boarded up...

definition of community

Community was defined by the working groups of the ULEC Youth Media Program who came together to develop their assessment of community~~~

community: is a neighborhood that shares a spirit; a group of individuals who lead by example to build relationships and trust with one another. Where families can feel safe going outside and having a good time. When families come together and unite, give hope to other families, and respect and connect with each other. Who show pride and care about where they live by working towards a change for the better.


people in community-respect each other/themselves-kids community businesses-big family-everyone knows one another- cleanliness-peace-friends-pride-leadership-trust-building relationships-helping others- SPIRIT-loyalty-love-help each other-need each other-volunteering-giving back-SAFE-producing solutions-understanding government-change-education-little issues-unity-hope-people who care-supoprt-people who share interests-people who have fun together-comforting-beauty-understanding-communication-connection-resources-guidance-collective-team-functional independence

De- Railed Daved

De- Railed Daved
The Wheels are Turning...but the hamster is dead.
THE DRiiFTER...[[WOOOO]] - L Boogie

informative - dij