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New Routes’ project “Abriendo Las Cajas” produces DVD of stories to bring attention to violence in Oakland’s Hispanic Community

MADISON, WI, June 18, 2009 – The New Routes to Community Health project Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) has released a DVD compilation of 20 digital short stories to draw attention to violence in the Hispanic community in Oakland, California. The stories are told by Mexican adults, Latin American immigrants and Latino youth who live in the Fruitvale District.

Last year, with the help of the MacArthur Foundation, the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) launched the Producers Institute, an exciting

Our partners BAVC are hosting their third Innovation Salon tonight on social networking and media called “Serial Disruption or How I Learned To Twitter Your Flickr. Let me know if you’ll be attending and we can meet up.

(In the spirit of the theme, I’ll be twitterin’ the event.)