A "Community Media Event" as part of Environment Week
18-19-20 September 2008Introduction: Community media is where people come together to make media to express a collective voice. As such it has at least two strong points – it brings people together, and, it develops a voice.
In Cambodia, where a lot of communities are dependent on natural resources for their survival, community expression is very often related to those natural resources and to the environment in general. The community media event to be held on 19-20 September 2008 is about sharing community voices related to the environment. It is an opportunity for communities from all around Cambodia to come together to share song, poems, theatre, dance, drawings, photos, posters and video about the environment (which is defined broadly and can include culture and issues).
Prizes, judged by a panel of community people, will be awarded to the best message and the best community effort in a number of different messages. There will also be a lottery each day of prizes for participants who register (we should try to get private donations for this – Soriya Centre?)
(Optional) Thursday 18 September 2008 (at Institute Technology of Cambodia)
As part of the large set of events that make up Environment Week, there are lectures and films shown at the Institute Technology of Cambodia (near the corner of Pochentong Road and Toul Kork Road- just before RUPP). Community people from around the country are invited to join the activities on Thursday:
- Lecture by …. on the topic of Climate Change.
- Lecture by …. on the topic of fisheries in Cambodia.
- Environment Photo Display
- Information about the Environment
- Environment Film Festival last day with awards (some community media will be entered in this competition)
Friday 19th September 2008 (at the Womyns Agenda for Change Boat, Tonle Sap)
Communities present Dance, Song, Theatre and Poems related to the environment. The performances will be recorded and put on VCD disk. Judging and prizes for the best performances and the best community effort.
Saturday 20th September 2008. (at the Womyns Agenda for Change Boat, Tonle Sap)
An open day for the public to join as well.
- The winning performances from Friday
- Photographs and posters by communities around Cambodia
- Community Video showing
Evening: 7pm to 8:30pm. The Best of the Best
The showing or performing of the winning videos, dance, songs, poems, theatre etc.
Who can attend?The Thursday event is part of the broader Environment Week events. It is open to all.
The Friday event is open to any community groups who want to attend. This can be rural or urban communities. Please inform the organizing committee if you have a song, dance, poem, theater play you would like to perform.
The limits of the topic.The topic for the event is “the environment”. This is very broad and can include things that overlap with the environment - like culture, livelihoods etc. It can also include things about threats to the environment and natural resources.
BUT, it cannot be party political and cannot be defamatory. The organizing committee has the right to dis-allow any performance or item that is considered unsuitable.
For posters – please make a poster about your community and your environment. One flipchart per community. Photos, drawings, writing etc etc
Support and Logistics.Please come. We can provide lunch and dinner. For other things, please use your own support or find support.
NGO’s please support community groups to come and to be involved.
For communities who want to come but do not have any support, the organizing committee has a limited budget to assist.
