media consultant | technology eductor | youth programming strategist
CONSULTANCIES
Adobe Systems Inc. and What Kids Can Do; Providence, RI and Beijing, China (2007-2008)
Co-created a blogging initiative for Beijing youth for the Adobe Youth Initiative program.
United Nations; NYC, NY (2005-2006)
Developed strategic media plan for IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) around open source media tools to distribute video produced in Africa and Middle East.
freeDimensional International Arts Residencies; NYC, NY (2006-2007)
Created a plan to implement the youth technology focused program with local NYC schools and mediaorganizations. Implemented the program with a local charter school and Eyebeam Museum.
Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2004)
Developed technology and arts program for the museums Youth Adults Leadership Program (funded by The Ford Foundation).
Partnership for After School Education (PASE); NYC, NY, (2004-2006)
Produced the new training Institute, Teaching Literacy and Media Literacy through Hip-Hop culture.
MEDIA and EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
The Point Community Development Center, Academic Program Manager; Bronx, NY (2005-06)
Worked with low-income youth to create an individualized education plan.
Living Beyond Belief (LBB), Scholarship Manager; NYC, NY (2002-2006)
Oversaw college scholarship program for NYC high-school students active in HIV/AIDS education.
Hip-Hop Education (H2Ed), Director and Co-founder; NYC, NY (2003-2004)
Organized community of educators to explore best practices in using Hip-Hop as an educational tool. Created the first international conferences with 500+ attendees.
H2O Hip-Hop Intl Film Festival,, Director and Founder of Freshest Youth Program; NYC, NY (2004)
Developed youth category and educational component of the film festival.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network Youth Channel,Associate Director; NYC, NY (2002-2003)
Led NYCs largest public media for under-served youth. Generated press attention for community projects in all 5 boroughs. Conceptualized NYCs first youth produced bi-monthly news program.
TEACHING POSITIONS
Student Planet; Beijing, China (2005)
Advised media curriculum development and taught video production at various high schools in Beijing.
Community School of Social Justice; Bronx, NY(2004-2005)
Advised after-school program on developing a media curriculum. Taught social documentaryproduction.
Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2005)
Taught youth how to document community voices through video; used media literacy and popular culture as teaching tools.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
(2004-2005)
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
NON-ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
National Media Education Conference; www.amlainfo.org; San Francisco, NY, June 25-28, 2005
The Passage Institutes Literary Retreat; www.thepassageinstitute.com; Beacon, NY; June 10, 2005
National Middle-School Conference; www.calsac.org; SF, CA; Nov. 2004
UNESCO World Youth Summit; www.barcelona2004.org/festivaljoventut; Barcelona, Spain; Aug. 2004
National Hip-Hop Political Convention; www.hiphopconvention.org; Newark, NJ; June 2004
Ladies of the Mic; NYC, NY; May 2004
Females in Hip-Hop Conference _The Point CDC, www.thepoint.org; Bronx, NY; Mar. 2004
Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop Youth Conference; www.unionsettlement.org; NY; Feb. 2004
Zulu Nations 29th Annual Hip-Hop Celebration; NYC, NY; Nov. 2003
Alliance for Community Media Northeast Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Brooklyn, NY; Aug. 2003
Alliance for Community Media National Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Tacoma, WA; Feb. 2003
NYMAP (National Youth Media Action Project); Denver, CO; Jan. 2003
Hip-Hop Education Summit; NYC, NY; 2003 & 2004
HIGHLIGHT OF SELECTED PROJECTS
Hip-Hop Education Summit, www.h2ed.net
Organized and co-founded the Summit, creating the first Conference in 2003 to bring together educators, youth leaders, parents, social workers and education administrators to dialogue on best practices in using Hip-Hop as an educational tool. The first conference in 2003 had over 400 attendees, the second in 2004 had over 1000 attendees.
YMSM Project (Young Men Having Sex with Men), www.apicha.org/ymsm
Part of Adult Committee that Advises youth in how to implement outreach projects that support their mission to create visibility around issues that face the youth in the Asian Pacific Islander community. The mission of the YMSM Project is to combat AIDS-related discrimination, and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of life of Asian & Pacific Islander YMSM. In 2004, the YMSM Project finished the third NYC subway ad series.
Leadership Through the Arts Program at Queens Museum of Art, www.queensmuseum.org
Part of the Advisory Committee that assisted the Museum in implementing and developing workshops that use popular culture as the teaching tool. I worked with Eyebeam Museum to develop the first Blogging Curriculum that taught community building through popular culture. I also has the opportunity to teach and develop the curriculum for the Videomaking class that focused on community storytelling. The Leadership Through the Arts Program provides social justice and art making workshops to Queens youth.
Youth Media RSS Project; http://listenup.org/share
Co-conceptualized the beta-program in 2003 with other youth media organizers. This project calls on all youth media organizations to implement syndication tools in order to generate, receive, and share news feeds to help mature the information sharing within the youth media field and maximize its impact.
Living Beyond Belief, www.livingbeyondbelief.org
Served as a consultant to conceptualize the college scholarship programs and annual fundraiser. LBB gives out college scholarships to NYC high-school students active in HIV/AIDS education.
ADVISORY BOARDS
freeDimensional (2006-present)
The Queens Museum of Art (2003-2006)
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIVAIDS (APICHA), (2003-2007)
OTHER INFORMATION
Language Proficient in Mandarin (Spoken), Working Knowledge of Spanish (Written and Spoken)
Blogs www.youmeiti.com, www.culturalbytes.com, www.digitalurbanisms.com
