BECA 580 and the San Francisco Conservation Corps
Students in the Spring 2008 class of BECA 580 (Media and Community Service) are spending the semester making a video for the San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC), an organization that prepares "at risk" youth for future employment.
The SFCC, in existence since the early 1980s, attracts youth from The City, many of whom have not yet graduated from high school and whose lives appear to be spiraling downward.
At the Corps, youth work for an hourly wage to do environmental projects for the city of San Francisco. Reviving a defunct neighborhood park or managing recycling for a special event are examples of the kinds of conservation projects they undertake.
Simultaneously, the youth go to school to complete their high school degrees, and they also receive job and other counseling. The BECA students are responding to the Corps' need for support from foundations or private donors to contribute to the SFCC. By early May, the students will share their video with the Corp. Before the end of the semester, the video will be finalized and given to the Corps for their use.
For more information about this project, contact either Director of Production Sonia De La Cruz sdelacruz77 (at) yahoo dot com or Professor Betsy Blosser at bblosser (at) sfsu dot edu.
Labels: BECA 580, Media and Community Service, Video
posted by Betsy J. Blosser 4/08/2008 01:04:00 PM
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