High-Powered FYI gathering at The United Nations

Posted by Admin Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:53:00 GMT

Daylife posted the illustrious roster of United Nations luminaries which joined Film Your Issue for the 2008 launch. Film Your Issue president HeathCliff is flanked by MTV president Christina Norman; Under-Secretary-General DPI Kiyo Akasaka; Messengers of Peace program Yvonne Acosta and U.N DPI Eric Felt attended the kick-off of Film Your Issue 2008.

Education Crisis in America - the Presidential 2008 Campaign

Posted by Admin Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:35:00 GMT

One of the great things about being a great organization is that we get to work with other great organizations who share the same values that we do. Plus we get to use the word GREAT pretty often. If you don’t know, ED 08’s full name is Strong American Schools and they are pressing for a more efficient,clear, and thorough discussion about education between candidates in the upcoming election. Also, we have a banner on their front page; furthering the fact that both our organizations are working towards great things. Visit ED in 08

FYI 2007 Awards Ceremony at United Nations Headquarters set for Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Posted by Admin Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:26:00 GMT

Event will be co-hosted by USA TODAY with Special Guest, USA TODAY Publisher Craig Moon

The date has been set for the FYIFILM YOUR ISSUE 2007 Awards, to take place in the Delegates Dining Room of United Nations headquarters in New York City, for Tuesday, June 26, 2007.

The co-host for the cocktail awards event is USA TODAY, and Special Guest is Craig Moon, publisher of USA TODAY. Let us know as soon as possible your intentions to attend. We have rooms blocked at a special rate at the boutique Alex Hotel on East 45th Street, a few blocks from the U.N.

UNITED NATIONS Department of Public Information partnership with FYI - Film Your Issue featured on UN Chronicle website for its 62,000+ visitors

Posted by Admin Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:33:00 GMT

The partnership between the United Nations Department of Public Information and FYI - Film Your Issue is currently featured on the homepage of the UN Chronicle magazine website, which links to a joint UN DPI- FYI page describing the initiative, offering suggested global topics of Peace, Tolerance and Migration, as well as specially-selected film clips from U.N. archives for use by young filmmakers.

The popular UN Chronicle magazine site recorded just under 150,000 total page views in January 2006, and 62,000+ total visits.

In announcing the partnership, the U.N. DPI highlighted the aim of its collaboration "to further awareness on critical global issues, and recommend to young film makers several topics of immediate concern to the world community."

» Visit the U.N. DPI - FYI page

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Jurists for FYI 2008 include:

 
Walter Cronkite
News Anchor/Author
Tom Brokaw
News Anchor/Author
 
Tom Anderson
Founder/President, MySpace
Wolf Blitzer
Anchor
 
Bob Kerrey
President, The New School
Bill Maher
HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher
 
Sheila Nevins
President, HBO Documentary and Films
Harvey Weinstein
Chairman, The Weinstein Company