[ecrea] video of the opening of the SBS Center

> Dear colleagues,
>
> The video of the opening of the SBS Center 'Communication for
> Sustainable Social Change' (CSSC) is now available for viewing online.
> Please go to the Amherst Community Television site:
> http://204.213.244.104/Cablecast/Public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=5151
> <http://204.213.244.104/Cablecast/Public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=5151>
> or to The Broker online at:
> http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/regulars/blogs/Communicating-Change
> where you could also participate in the blog.
>
> We also wish to remind you that the next CSSC Seminar is scheduled for
> Thursday, October 8, at 4pm in Campus Center 905.
> Professor Timothy Kennedy of the University of Tampa will speak on
> "Where the Rivers Meet the Sky: A Collaborative Approach to
> Participatory Development".
> Kennedy, a pioneering expert in the field of development communication,
> the concept of using modern communication technology to assist emerging
> peoples in governance, will discuss the different roles a change agent
> or community organizer can play based on his past experiences and life
> story. Kennedy most recently published "Where the Rivers Meet the Sky: A
> Collaborative Approach to Participatory Development" (Southbound, 2009),
> and is the author of the 2006 book, "Midnight Son: A Tribute to John Lee
> Hooker" (University of Tampa Press).
>
> "Where the River Meets the Sky" details Kennedy's work as a VISTA
> volunteer in the arctic village of Noorvik in the mid-1960s. Ultimately,
> Kennedy spent 11 years in Alaska developing communication between remote
> Eskimo villages and the government using videography. The Sky River
> Project, as the program was known, was very successful and has been
> adapted around the world in countries like India and South Africa.
>
> For more details, go to:
> http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/93260.php
> RSVP by Oct. 1 to (csschange /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(csschange /at/ gmail.com)>.
>
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> *******************************************************
> Prof. Jan Servaes
> Director, SBS Center 'Communication for Sustainable Social Change' (CSSC)
> University of Massachusetts
> Machmer Hall 415
> Amherst, MA 01003, USA
> Tel: +1 413 545 5773/4314
> Fax: +1 413 545 6399
> (csschange /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(csschange /at/ gmail.com)>
> www.csschange.org <http://www.csschange.org>
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