VIDEO ADVOCACY INSTITUTE - WITNESS |
JULY 15 -27, 2007APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 25, 2007The WITNESS Video Advocacy Institute (VAI), the first of its kind, is an innovative intensive program that will train human rights defenders to successfully integrate video advocacy into their campaigns.The 2007 VAI will be held in association with Concordia University’s Communications Studies Program and Documentary Centre in Montreal, Canada from July 15 – 27, 2007. This training will provide an immersive introduction to key skills in video advocacy for a group of 25-30 dedicated human rights advocates from across the globe working on some of the most challenging human rights issues facing our world today. In this highly participatory course participants will learn how to:
The approach will be intensive and practical, grounded in WITNESS’ 15 years of experience supporting human rights organizations in over 70 countries to use video in their campaigns. The focus will be on experiential learning which will deepen the participant’s ability to protect human rights by training them to use the power of video to create social change. Below please find the Institute Information and Guidelines and VAI Application
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