Plan for Show 06-01-06
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African-American Experience in Cambridge (Angel) - episode 11
Title: Looking Back in Time - The African American Experience in Cambridge
Short Summary: The Cambridge African American Heritage Trail committee, and the Cambridge Historical Society, collaborated and brought the African American Experience to the Hooper Lee Nichols House, in Harvard Square, a proper setting to look back in time, and explore slavery and abolition activities that took place, here in Cambridge.
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Approx. Duration: 6:21
River Festival (Jennifer) - episode 11
Title: Come to the Cambridge River Festival
Short Summary: Revolving along a one-mile stretch on the banks of the Charles River, the 27th annual Cambridge River Festival will celebrate the city?s cultural diversity through music, dance, and the arts. Captivating people of all ages and backgrounds, nationally recognized musicians and visual artists will entertain at this lively outdoor celebration. Footage from the 2005 festival. Please come this year's on June 17th, rain or shine, from 12:00 - 6:00 pm.
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Approx. Duration: 2min
Out(R)age (Freeman Z) - episode 11
Title: Day of Out(R)age
Short Summary: Community media awareness and activism organizations around the country declared a national "Day of Out(R)age" to build support for a group of media related issues, including preserving network neutrality, local control of local resources, and provisions in the Telecommunication Act that support Public Access stations. ACME Boston hosted the local media event at the statehouse, and producer and local air personality Jeffrey Manzelli (Freeman Z) covered the event for You Are Here.
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Approx. Duration: 5-6min
Get on the bus (Birgit) - episode 11
Title: "Get on the bus" for human rights
Short Summary: For the 11th year in a row, more than one thousand high school and college students from across the Northeast travelled to New York to protest human rights abuses across the world as part of "Get On the Bus" Amnesty's largest entirely volunteer-led event, organized by a local group from Somerville. The demonstrations targeted human rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia, Guatemala, and China.
Street Introduction: next comes "Get on the Bus" a day of human rights activism organized by a local amnesty international group in Somerville
Approx. Duration: 10min
Central Square Clean-up (Birgit) - episode 11
Title: Central Square Clean-up
Short Summary: On May 19th, the Central Square Business Association and the City of Cambridge hosted the annual central-square clean-up. Despite heavy rain in the early morning, several dedicated volunteers showed up to help out.
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Approx. Duration: 2:38 min
