Maryland based Non-Profit 501c3 Public Charity
Call us at 410.709.UCAM (8226)
www.ucamnet.org
admin@ucamnet.org Mission
United Community Access Media promotes the education of, training in, and access to media for the purpose of documenting the progress of our community.
We approach our mission by creating and developing projects which are approved by our Board of Directors and supervised by a Project Coordinating Council. Each project is headed by a project coordinator who assembles the crew and staff and materiel needed to achieve the goals of the project. Each project will include a training component so that by the completion of each project’s goal, the community involved will have the means to manage projects either with or independent of UCAM in the future. Vision
- We promote the education of, training in, and access to media for the purpose of documenting the progress of our community, the general public.
- We produce and publish public service announcements for free to non profit community oriented organizations.
- We connect professionals in the field of documentation with individuals and community organizations, providing mentoring and training services.
- We assist community organizations in documenting their events, both for their own archives and for presentation to the public. How can we serve you?
UCAM is a service based organization.
We document the progress of our community...
The big our... which includes you and your community.
Is there something going on in your community that you wish to document?
Are you part of a community organization? a youth group? a senior group? a non-profit? an artist collective?
Board of Directors
Officers:
Mark Matthews (President)
Brian R. Naughton (Vice President)
Angelo Brooks (Treasurer)
Richard Waddington (Secretary)
Members of the Board of Directors
Judith Lombardi
Adam Milam
Frederick I. Scott, Jr.
Kwame O. Abayomi
Mary O'Byrne
Executive Director
David SawyerProject Coordinating Council
Jared Jackson
Project Coordinator
Academic Media Consortium (AMC)
Ashley Ramsey
Project Coordinator
Academic Media Consortium (AMC)
Raven Black
Project Coordinator
Community Media Consortium (CMC)
David Sawyer
Project Coordinator
Community Media Consortium (CMC)
Ayza Maxton
Project Coordinator
Community Media Consortium (CMC)
Gabriel Holden
Project Coordinator
Global Access Media Alliance Network (GAMA)
Eugene Balbierz
Project Coordinator
Global Access Media Alliance Network (GAMA)
Projects
Academic Media Consortium (AMC)
The AMC utilizes a comprehensive network of Baltimore Area colleges and universities for the purpose of sharing resources, collaborating on common tasks and assisting in the development of community media relationships.
This consortium is a resource for many of the other ongoing projects of UCAM. The AMC is made up of principals involved in collegiate publications, journals, calendars, film, video, audio, live events (such as lectures, concerts, etc.) and appropriate meetings in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.
A prominent feature of the AMC is the mentoring/training aspect, which directly relates to UCAM’s mission to train the community in the skill sets pertinent to becoming independent practitioners of media development. Integral is the use of the consortium member institutions’ facilities for training, production, screening and resource development. The collegiate members of the consortium choose mentees from area high schools and community based organizations who have an interest in media development.
Community Media Consortium (CMC)
A production oriented project which identifies stories and events in the community and presents them in the form of newsreels and short subject documentaries for distribution to area wide screens. It also produces these programs for web casting and DVD media.
Among the journal “beats” covered by this project are the following:
- Neighborhood community associations and non profit organization meetings, events, fund raisers, etc.
- The back stories behind the hard news covered by other journals
- The education beat
- The arts and entertainment beat
- The community media beat.
Global Access Media Alliance (GAMA)
A project that retrieves and presents on a regularly scheduled basis the archival work of public access television with the permission of principals involved. These viewings are made available for the web, television and other media as approved. UCAM Connections:
The Fusion Group http://www.fusiongroup.org/
UCAM on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=148781746645
Get Involved - Documenting Progress
If you are a:
- Media Professional
- Media Amateur
- Student interested in or studying media
- Community Organization
- Community Leader
- Non-Profit Organization
- For-Profit Company looking for a Public-Private Partnership with a media based Non-Profit
- Philanthropic Organization
- Human being that has an idea and wants to document the progress of your community
Then Contact Us via this online form
or call 410.709.UCAM (8226)
Maryland based Non-Profit 501c3 Public Charity
Call us at 410.709.UCAM (8226)
www.ucamnet.org
admin@ucamnet.org
MARYLAND** LAUNCHES NEW GRANTS PROGRAM (NEW)*
Post Date:12.19.09
The Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts (TFA) � through the Maryland Film
Office � will award matching grants of $1,000 to $5,000 to new and emerging
film festivals in the state. Impetus for the program, said Hannah Byron,
assistant secretary for TFA, came partially from a recent National
Governor's Association report, "Promoting Film and Media to Enhance State
Economic Development. " The report viewed film festivals as a significant
factor for increasing tourism while elevating civic pride and participation
� all elements that enhance a community's quality of life and generate
economic activity. "These small community investments will provide seed
funding to leverage private-sector support," said Jack Gerbes, director of
the film office. "The awards capitalize on one of the most popular and
accessible art forms � movies � to cultivate events that attract artists and
visitors and promote Maryland's storied movie-making history. Go to:
http://www.maryland film.org/
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UNITED COMMUNITYACCESSMEDIA, INC.of Baltimore, Maryland A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONSERVING PUBLIC ACCESS MEDIA UNITED COMMUNITY ACCESS MEDIA, INC. OUR MISSION To promote the sharing of resources, content and support in service to freedom of expression via community and public access.To act as a clearing house and distribution service in the development of a cooperative coalition dedicated to establishing local, regional, national, and global public access media networks. WHO WE ARE We are individuals and groups organized to participate in the creation of a media co-operative dedicated to serve the public access community in its development of networks. We are based in Baltimore City and aim to serve the needs of public access television and other community based media operations (web casting, broadcast and cable radio, etc.) in the greater Baltimore area. We are a membership organization with the intent to expand throughout the State of Maryland, linking a statewide network to other such networks as a product of such expansion. UCAM GOALS Create state-of-the-art public access networks for television Submedia Network), web radio (WSMR) and web casting with streaming video, as well as establishing and maintaining a library of archival content from the aforementioned entities and publishing a quarterly trade journal (Bond Street Paper) with our network affiliates. The following is a suggested road map by which to achieve these goals. With a focus on PEG Maryland 1. Create directory of resources listing potential sources of content, identifying individuals, groups and existent public access stations.2. Send out follow-up letters to contacts requesting signed letters of interest in participation as an affiliate on the network.3. Collect content from various sources, seeking news, drama, animation, cultural segments, public access history, current events, documentaries, etc. and produce a show to be sent out monthly (then bi-weekly, eventually weekly) as the Submedia Network Television Program (SNTP).Publish a program guide on the Submedia Network web site.
Using this road map as a model, create start-up kits in support of potential hubs around the country as an aid to setting up statewide networks. Join appropriate organizations which further the cause of co-operative media coalition development. BY LAWS OF UNITED COMMUNITY ACCESS MEDIA ARTICLE I: NAME OF ORGANIZATION AND MISSIONThe name of this organization is United Community Access Media (UCAM). UCAM promotes cooperative education, training, access and support in the pursuit of freedom of expression through all forms of media in service to the public. ARTICLE II: PURPOSEUCAM is a membership organization that produces and supports public access media co-operation in the development of community access networks. We accept and develop for distribution content from sources meeting the standard requirement for public access in the United States of America and regularly program a presentation on our network. Our network, for these purposes, includes public access cable television, public television and radio, webcasting and print media. ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIPMembership in UCAM consists of individuals and groups who pay annual membership fees and accept the mission and purpose of the organization.A) Terms Of Membership1. Annual dues to be determined by bylaws as constituted or amended at annual membership meeting.2. Membership shall be for one year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. People who join between these dates will have a pro-rated fee.B) Attributes Of Membership1. Members shall meet annually and nominate Board of Directors and vote into and out of office members of the Board. Each member shall have one vote and there will be no proxy voting. All elections shall be announced, with nominations for Board members and bylaw recommendations, in writing at least forty-five (45) days prior to membership meeting date. ARTICLE IV: BOARD OF DIRECTORSUCAM's Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than four (4) and not more than sixteen (16) members. The Board of Directors shall reflect the diversity of the community it is in service to. The Board will meet annually on a date announced with at least ninety (90) days prior notice. A) Terms Of Board Membership1. Terms of Office: A member of the Board shall serve no more than three consecutive two year terms.2. Each member shall have the right to vote for Executive officers of the board.B) Terms Of Membership1. Annual dues to be determined by bylaws as constituted or amended at annual membership meeting.2. Membership shall be for one year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. Members who join between these dates will have a pro-rated fee.C) Attributes Of Membership1. Members shall meet annually to nominate and elect Board of Directors.2. Each member shall have one vote and there will be no proxy voting. All elections shall be announced, with nominations for Board members and bylaw recommendations, in writing at least forty-five (45) days prior to membership meeting date.D) Terms Of Board Membership1. Terms of Office: A member of the Board shall serve no more than three consecutive two year terms.2. Each member shall have the right to vote for Executive officers of the Board.3. Executive Officers shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.4. Each executive member shall serve no more than three consecutive one year terms.5. Executive Board shall consist of Officers of the Board and a member of the Coordinating Council, a full individual member elected by general membership, and an organizational designated member elected by general membership.E) Duties of Board of Directors1. Reviews and hires salaried workers on the Coordinating Council.2. Raises funds and determines annual operations budget of UCAM.3. Elect Officers of the Board.4. Calls annual meeting of general membership.5. Calls board meetings determined by Executive Board quorum as needed. ARTICLE V: COORDINATING COUNCILThe Coordinating Council of UCAM is the hired working group which runs the day-to-day operations of UCAM and its Submedia Network. It is subject to review and hired by Board of Directors. ARTICLE VI: THE SUBMEDIA NETWORKThe Submedia Network is the production component of UCAM, serving local, statewide, regional, national, and continental content providers, consumers, audiences and sponsors.
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Dear Reader,
On May 18, 2007 six members of the African Diaspora Medical Project (ADMProject), including 4 student research assistants, will travel to Yaounde, Cameroon for 10 days to assist an organization there - the Sainté Trinité Foundation - in their efforts to care for orphans affected by AIDS.
Travel Objectives As you may know, the care of children in sub-Sahara Africa orphaned by the deaths of their parents from AIDS has presented a significant challenge to communities that do not have the resources to meet many of their specialized needs. The ADMProject will collaborate with them in their efforts to increase their capacity and ability to care for these displaced children. On this trip we hope to accomplish two broad objectives:
1. Complete a site and needs assessment and begin the planning of the Project concept and design.
2. Document and record conditions that will support our efforts to illuminate the problem affecting many communities in sub-Sahara Africa and generate a positive response from donors in the form of funding for the Project.
In addition, we will donate school supplies and clothing, and we would like to make a cash contribution that will help meet the day-to-day needs of the children.
How you can help
The ADMProject is accepting donations of school supplies (small items - pens, pencils, markers, rulers, erasers, etc) and clothing (new or excellent condition used, ages 2 - 16 years, boy/girl). Cash donations are also greatly needed and appreciated and can be donated on-line through our website, www.admproject.org . All contributions are tax-deductible.
I hope that you will consider supporting our effort. Help us help others help themselves. The ADMProject and the children of Yaounde thank you for considering them as beneficiaries of your charitable spirit. Sincerely,
Lenox S. Dingle, Jr., M.D.
The African Diaspora Medical Project, Inc.
Main agreement was to build a team of documentarians that will record Health, Youth, and Education concerns. The teams would include youths to be trained in documentation techniques. Focus on African Diaspora Medical Project, Water Wells In Africa, Classics for Kids, News Reels as examples to focus on. Each of us looked at a Google Search list with key words foundation, grant, Maryland, health, education, youth, which gave possible regional foundations to write to and receive their applications. We would seek to be umbrellaed under a nonprofit such as ADMProject, Baltimore Grassroots Media, or other organization.
Short listing of area foundations are:1. Ludwick Family Foundation – www.amsa.org/cph/healtheducation.cfm The projects range from health education, research on issues chosen by the tribal...Grants Focus on Children and Youth Services; Ludwick Foundation...2. PND – Requests for Proposals – Grants of up to $20000 will be awarded to schools and youth partner...www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp 3. Grants and Contracts/ The Center for Health and Health in Schools – Quality Health Foundation – Quality Healthcare Grants (Maryland and DC area)... Tiger Woods Foundation – Youth Education and Development Grants www.healthinschools.org/grants/alerts.asp 4. The Annenberg Foundation – Health, Education & Youth Grants (Deadline:Rolling) www.healthinschools.org/insider/enews022106.htm 5. The Abell Foundation, Inc. 111 S. Calvert St., Ste. 2300... Purpose and activities: The foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, health, human services, children and youth .... www.naccho.org/topics/fundingguide/documents/jan_2007/Maryland.pdf 6. Baltimore Community Foundation – Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc. was awarded a $15000 grant... Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc., received a $15000 grant... www.bcf.org/pressroom/news_detail.aspx?nid=50 7. The Annie E. Casey Foundation – The 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence was hosted by the Annie E. Casey...information on child health, education, and family economic conditions... www.aecf.org 8. Monthly Funding Opportunities Announcement – The foundation supports a wide range of education and community service/health grants. Info: www.medtronic.com/foundation/ . Youth. MetLife Foundation... www.aap.org/commpeds/Monthly_Funding_Announcement.pdf 9. Grants and Fundraising Portal: Foundations Online – Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Grant programs in the fields of community affairs, education, health, human services, neighborhood development, ... www.fundsnetservices.com/foundg.htm 10. Youth Development Grants – Grants for Disadvantaged Youths in Emerging Markets. Www.EMpowerweb.org 11. The Rouse Company Foundation – THE Partners and Supporters12. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation – The Harry and Jeanette
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.
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For next meeting, it was suggested to start earlier such as 4 or 4:30. But the host, Eugene, can not get off from work and travel there that early. So the meeting's earliest start can be after 5 pm, without any transportation delays. Next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2007, at 2510 St. Paul Street, ADMProject Office conference room. Meeting ended after 7:30 pmMinutes made by Eugene Balbierz
World Village Project
Virginia filmmaker, experienced grants writer and creator of the
WorldVillage Project, seeks a group to act as fiscal sponsor and
provide 501(c)(3)status for a foundation supporting World Village
Project. The large project is being proposed to producers at PBS for
domestic and international broadcast.
Please contact
Arlynda Lee Boyer
a_boyer@excite.com
540-851-0209
Creator, World Village Project
842 West Beverley Street
Staunton, Virginia 2440
admproject.org
Values ADMProject
Info@ADMProject.org
Welcome to The African Diaspora Medical Project The African Diaspora Medical Project is a charitable medical relief organization whose main objective is to respond to the health care needs of the people in Africa and of the nations of the Diaspora, educate the public, and increase overall giving. Purpose Vision Health care and health care delivery will be improved in Africa and the Diaspora and the health crisis among African peoples will be eliminated. Mission Statement The African Diaspora Medical Project is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit medical relief organization that will identify and/or develop health-related projects that can be supported with technical, personnel and materiel assistance. These projects will be implemented in response to, and in collaboration with, our medical colleagues throughout Africa and the Diaspora. Philosophy and Core Values The medical project is the focal point for improving health and the delivery of health services to the neediest in Africa and the nations of the Diaspora. Program The ADMProject is designed to provide assistance through a formal application process referred to as a RFA - Request for Assistance. The RFA application will start the __________. The ADMProject team will evaluate the legitimacy of the request and develop a project design. These projects are implemented in response to, and in collaboration with, our medical colleagues in the subject areas. Our projects are undertaken by a team of specialists and technical assistance providers who will work with health professionals, community members, businesses, institutions, and other entities to respond to health care problems by conducting extensive, in-depth investigations and analyses and following through with planned action.
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- Yvonne Njage Sophomore medical student, Harvard Medical School
It is estimated that 30 million Africans have the HIV virus and there have already been 12 million deaths attributed to AIDS.
The prevalence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is 7.2% - more than 10 times the rate of any other geographical region in the world.
In some countries of Africa more than one-third of the adults are HIV infected. 11,000 new cases are diagnosed daily.
Tuberculosis is the leading AIDS-related killer and in some countries 75% of the people with HIV also have TB.
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- Dr. Louis Sangare Economist, The African Union
"; marqueecontents+="Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is only 46 years - the lowest in the world."; marqueecontents+="One out of every six children dies before the age of 5."; marqueecontents+="Every 30 seconds an African child dies of malaria - more than one million deaths per year."; marqueecontents+="In Niger, it is estimated that 150,000 of the 800,000 already-malnourished children will die unless food aid is rushed to them. "; marqueecontents+="
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- Dr. Patrick Daru Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria "; marqueecontents+=" A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa has a 1 in 16 chance of dying in pregnancy, as compared to a 1 in 3,700 risk for a woman living in North America. "; marqueecontents+="40% of Africans do not have access to an improved water source. "; marqueecontents+="More than 50% of Africans suffer from water-related diseases such as cholera and dysentery.
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