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By: stephanie

All of us at DCTV are deeply saddened by Saturday's shooting in Tucson, AZ. As a media organization which has been working on gun violence prevention for the past 5 years, we are too familiar with how gun violence affects communities across the country. We would like to extend our sympathies to all those affected by this tragic event, including the 20 victims and their families, and the entire city of Tucson, which is inevitably a changed place now.

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Teenage Filmmakers, Skilled Panelists, Engaging Discussion

By: stephanie

Thank you to DCTV Presents and LoMAL for a successful screening and panel discussion yesterday! Our panelists, Richard Aborn, Shaina Harrison, Maria Hinojosa and Clarivel Ruiz, tackled some very complex topics, and they were all deeply knowledgable about the issues. There were even a few disagreements, which is always the sign of a good conversation.

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A Harlem Mother & BeyondBullets.org Shorts

By: stephanie

We are thrilled to work with DCTV Presents to screen BeyondBullets.org short videos and Ivana Todorovic's superb short film, A Harlem Mother at our home base, Downtown Community Television Center. After months of successful screenings at schools and community centers throughout NYC, now it's time to share this work with our DCTV community. The screening will be part of LoMAL's Fall Downtown series.

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Street Level Media: A Conversation with Beyond Bullets' Stephanie Skaff | PopTech

By: allie

Editor’s note: In mid-May PopTech held a salon workshop to highlight Ceasefire’s innovative efforts to “intercept” gun violence and to discuss how new information technologies might help broaden the impact of these initiatives in various communities.

To continue our exploration, PopTech recently caught up with Stephanie Skaff, the project director of the Downtown Community Television Center initiative called Beyond Bullets. The project is using youth-produced media – and media...

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