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Learn to start your own creative business

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 10:57am

Are you looking for a way to transition from the occasionally videographer to making it a business? We have a great workshop coming up July 7 from 1PM-3PM.  Eleanor Whitney, author of "Grow: How to take your DIY project and passion to the next level & quit your job!" will lead the workshop, “Starting a Creative Business”.

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Time to get this Doc Started

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 1:59pm

An eclectic group of eager students gathered Monday night to kick off year two of Doc U, our documentary filmmaking mentorship program for low-income adults.  SPNN would like to welcome the twelve new participants: James Whitfield, Mecca Bos, Jennifer Show, Veronica Ochoa, Alejandro Perez Olivares, Annie Modesit, Kreshun Irby, Sydney Howell, Abdul Sannie, Vageline Ortega, Chamath Perera, and Bobby Rust.

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Life after AmeriCorps

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 2:12pm

by Desiree Culpitt, CTEP Co-Director

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More CreaTech Workshops this Spring - New Dates and Locations

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 3:34pm
Youth Media Leader, Darartu, shows a CreaTech participant how to do Stop Motion Animation with an iPadYouth Media Leader, Darartu, shows a CreaTech participant how to do stop motion animation with an iPad

By, Kao Choua Vue, SPNN Youth Projects Coordinator

Hi everybody! I'm Kao Choua, the new Youth Projects Coordinator for SPNN Youth. I will be taking over SPNN's new Createch workshop series that Emily started. The Createch workshops at Hayden Heights Library will be ending on May 13th for the season. I wanted to give you a heads up about our new Createch location and hours.

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YAC helps MN History Center youth council with event

Tue, 04/23/2013 - 11:03am
Teen Takeover Poster

By Emily Krumberger, SPNN Youth Programs Co-Coordinator, CTEP Member

As SPNN's Youth Action Committee (YAC) looks forward to the end of the school year and summer, members have been thinking about what it means to be a youth leader in a youth council and what kinds of issues and projects they want to focus on in the coming months.

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CTEP examines privilege

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 1:54pm

by Hannah Gordon, CTEP AmeriCorps member

CTEP members have a wide variety of life experiences and areas of expertise. Our diversity of knowledge was very evident at our last Corps Day, a member-led training on what White Privilege means how and it relates to service.  The day was organized by second-year member Emily Krumberger with help from first-year members Wahida Omar and Hannah Gordon.

Member Profile: Sheila St. James helps shape healthy lives

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 4:53pm

by Libby Donohue, SPNN Volunteer

A lively woman of discipline and fitness, Sheila "Superwoman" St. James produces Shape Up With Sheila, a monthly 30-minute health and fitness program broadcast by SPNN. She joined the organization in 2007 to educate people about how to live well, an interest sculpted by her multi-ethnic heritage.

Learning to do what you love

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 5:44pm
(left to right) Liz Nix, David Legnani, Dan DeBates, Becca Duban, and Josh Spreiter from Southwest Minnesota State University.

It’s been a long time (longer than I would like to admit!) since I’ve had to worry about finals, papers, and class projects or to contemplate what it is that I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Five college juniors and seniors put aside the daily grind of college life to do just that when they visited the SPNN studios earlier this month.

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Inside Scoop: Kyle talks about the St. Paul Sprockets Conference

Thu, 03/28/2013 - 5:49pm
Youth presenters Kyle(right) and Daratu(left) break for lunch at the recent St Paul Sprockets conferenceYouth presenters Kyle(right) and Daratu(left) break for lunch at the recent St Paul Sprockets conference

SPNN Youth Participants Kyle Kuczmarski and Darartu Tashoma were asked to present about SPNN Youth programs at a recent St. Paul Sprockets conference. The two spent a fews weeks putting together their presentation which culminated with this reflection from Kyle on his experiences at his first professional conference and what he learned throughout the process. 

By Kyle Kuczmarski, Set It Up crew member, Youth Action Committee

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Sometimes, you just need to have a little fun

Thu, 03/28/2013 - 5:11pm
Set It Up members Kyle and Jake getting ready to head out for fun weekSet It Up members Kyle and Jake getting ready to head out for fun week

By Kevin Kalla, SPNN Youth Programs Coordinator, Set It Up

It’s quiet in the media lab today. Too quiet for my tastes. Spring Break is upon us, and as we follow the school calendar, it’s a break from Set It Up as well. If only something had happened last week... something that was so much fun, the memories could sustain me during this week of solitude... something that... Wait! I almost forgot about Fun Week!

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