Multimedia Resources and Tools for the Spring 2010 Issue

Video

 

• The Hapa Project
  Photographer Kip Fulbeck explores race and identity.
  

• Putting "Real" Food on Campus Plates
  Hai Vo, a student at the University of California Irvine helped found the Real Food Challenge, a national student movement to bring ecologically sound and community-based food to campus cafeterias.

• Mosaic Song Teaches Respect, Open-mindedness
  Brett Dennen performs one of his most important songs.
  

Film

 

• Crude
  What is the real price of oil? This 2009 documentary investigates the $27 billion class action environmental lawsuit against Chevron for pollution.
• Dirt! The Movie
  The Earth's most overlooked natural resource is right beneath our feet.
  
• Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  In the face of the civil wars wrecking their country, a small group of courageous Liberian women banded together to advocate peace.
  

 

 

Slide Shows

 

• Blended Nation: A Portrait of Mixed-Race America
• China's Living Water Garden
  
• Haiti: Aftermath of the Earthquake
  

Humor

 

• Enter the YES! Cartoon Caption Contest

 

Music

 

• YES! Music Picks
  Musical inspirations while putting out this issue: Susana Baca, Neil Halstead, Songs inspired by the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.
  

 

Resources and Tools for America: The Remix

 

• Discussion Guide
  Includes article summaries and questions to spark your discussion around the YES! Magazine multiracial America issue.
• Resource Guide
  Here are some groups, campaigns, media sources and organizations to help you learn more about the multiracial experience and growing movements across the country. Pick one (or 10) that interest you and get involved yourself!
• Breakthrough Communities: Lessons from Pennsauken, NY
  Tips for intentional integration in your community.
• Book Excerpt: Meeting Faith
  American Girls: An excerpt from Faith Adiele's memoir.
• On the Road to Detroit
  Are you thinking about going to the US Social Forum this year? Here are some tips on how to get there.
  
• The Page That Counts (with extended sources)
  Percentage of regional GDP spent on transportation in car-based cities: 12–15. Percentage of regional GDP spent on transportation in mass transit-based cities: 5–8 ... and many more surprising facts.