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Walking for Hope and the Principle of Feeling Good on LiveWire Wed., June 14th at 5pm

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Find out what it means to walk for hope and find the principle of feeling good on LiveWire!
Join us as Team Hope walks into our studio to stamp out Huntington’s Disease. We will learn about the principles of Aikido from the Heart Tree Studio.
Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Thousands of people walk together each year to support The Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s fight to improve the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s Disease.


For More Information:
www.hdsa.org
What is Aikido? What are their principals? Heart Tree Studio will be sharing about Aikido and the free Art of Thriving seminar happen in Sacramento.


For More Information:
www.hearttreestudios.com
Join us for LiveWire! every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Watch Comcast or Consolidated Communications, channel 17 or on AT&T channel 14. You can also watch the program streaming from Access Sacramento.org at the same time it airs live. The encore presentation airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

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Juneteeth Festival & the Black Book Fair May 31th on LiveWire

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Festivals, Book Fairs and Fun on LiveWire this week. The Sacramento Juneteeth Festival will be in our studios to talk about their upcoming festival. Then the Black Book Fair will be bringing in a special guest author to share about the fair.

The Sacramento Juneteeth Festival celebrates the abolition of slavery in Texas and the emancipation of slaves. This 4 –day event promotes health and wellness while providing important knowledge to the public of contributions of African Americans in the USA. This celebration kicks off on June 15th and runs through June 17th.

For More Information:
sacramentojuneteenthinc.org

The Sacramento Black Book Fair is a two day event featuring writers, cultural and food vendors, discussion panels, children’s activities and more. This community event runs from June 2nd to June 3rd.

 

For More Information:
www.sacramentoblackbookfair.com


Join us for LiveWire! every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Watch Comcast or Consolidated Communications, channel 17 or on AT&T channel 14. You can also watch the program streaming from Access Sacramento.org at the same time it airs live. The encore presentation airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m.  


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Ten Winners named in “A Place Called Sacramento” Script Competition

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Ten Winners named in “A Place Called Sacramento” Script Competition

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Access Sacramento’s 18th annual “A Place Called Sacramento” Film Festival named 10 winning writers today during a huge volunteer cast and crew call at Sacramento’s Coloma Community Center.

Volunteers meet the 10 winning writers during the annual “A Place Called Sacramento” Cast and Crew Call.

Nearly 250 volunteers turned out for the announcement of the winning projects with hopes of being selected as actors or technicians as the writers turned into producers. Each of the 10 scripts will become short films over the summer with a world premiere of the full set on Sat. Oct. 7 at Sacramento’s historic Crest Theatre.

The 10 writers come from across Sacramento County including Carmichael, Elk Grove, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Rancho Cordova and Sacramento.

“A Place Called Sacramento” awards 10 family-friendly scripts each year with the opportunity to have the script turned into a movie with a guarantee big screen world premiere, cable distribution of the Access Sacramento public access cable channel and credit listings on the prestigious Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com).

Ten winning scripts with 14 writers announce their production needs to volunteers.

Copy and paste the writer’s  email address to contact the writer and to volunteer for their project. The winning writers with their project descriptions are:

“Amy’s Baby” by Scott Slotterbeck (Sacramento) – amysbaby@yahoo.com – Struggling to have a baby, a couple turns to friend Peter for help, but this causes real problems in his own marriage.

“Ethel Takes a Stand” by Michelle LeMay & Kay Neuenhofen (Fair Oaks) – ethel.movie.sac@gmail.com – Ethel Stewart has her hands full. Her two grandkids drop by for the evening, and then things start going really wrong in the house next door. How will Ethel deal?

“From the (Mad) Genius Mind of Devin” by Dwight Taylor (Rancho Cordova)– geniusmindofdevin@yahoo.com – Young love blossoms for Devin and Hailey at the annual school science fair, until one amazing experiment threatens their romance – and the rest of the world.

“The Middle” by Peter Bond (Carmichael) – peterbondsthemiddle@gmail.com – In the Old West the line between good and evil can get a bit murky, where even the best of men usually find themselves somewhere in “The Middle.”

“Penchance” by Adam Weber (Folsom) – penchancepcs@gmail.com  – A chance meeting in a cemetery between an unlikely young black man with a stutter and an old Jewish cynic blossoms into a friendship where each discovers the meaning of hope, faith and love proving the pen is mightier than the sword.

“Postponed” writer Adam Chollet (middle) and his team greet volunteer actors and crew during the annual Cast and Crew call.

“Postponed” by Adam Chollet (Sacramento) – postponedmovie@gmail.com – An undelivered letter takes a man on an unexpected journey.

“Regrets of a Dying Man” by Gricelda Ocegueda (Sacramento) – frijolesentertainment@yaloo.com  – A young man dealing with abandonment and depression finds that everyone and everything around him is trying to stop his slow suicide from addiction.

“The Script That Came in from the Cold” by T.I. Cisneros (Sacramento) – tonia916@yahoo.com – There’s no such thing as being “late” in Tom’s vocabulary, but with misfortune and a deadline running side by side, it looks like “Late” and “Loser” just may be synonymous.

“See You When” by Sally Start (Elk Grove) – seeyouwhenthemovie@hotmail.com – Two people, one home, zero future?

“Sole” by Maritza Flores, Jeanette Lim and Sam Manaoat (Elk Grove) – solethefilm@gmail.com – Sudden danger during her evening jog demands surprising courage and pride in ways Sarima had never anticipated.

Volunteers, many signing up to make a film for the first time, check in at the Access Sacramento registration table.

Access Sacramento is a local non-profit foundation operating two cable television channels and cablecast/internet radio station KUBU-LP 96.5 FM on Comcast and Consolidated Communications Cable Channel 17, and AT&T U-Verse channel 14.

For more information about Access Sacramento, visit our website AccessSacramento.org or contact Executive Director, Gary Martin at 916-456-8600.

 

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Memorial Day and Mermaids on LiveWire Wed. May 17 at 5pm

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Inspiration, Heroism, and Mermaids is what this LiveWire is all about. The Fair Oaks Cemetery District brings It’s 19th annual Memorial Day event. While the Sacramento Promenade of Mermaids will be discussing their 7th annual event!
One of the most inspirational memorial event is the Fair Oaks Cemetery District’s Memorial Day Event. The event honors fallen heroes and features talented speakers on this 19th annual event.


For More Information:
fairoakscemetery.com
The Sacramento Promenade is a swimmingly fun event that features, mermaids, mermen, pirates and creatures of the deep. This family event, that benefits the River City Food Bank this year, includes a parade, costume contest, and more.


For More Information:
sacramentopromenadeofmermaids.com

Join us for LiveWire! every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Watch Comcast or Consolidated Communications, channel 17 or on AT&T channel 14. You can also watch the program streaming from Access Sacramento.org at the same time it airs live. The encore presentation airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

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LiveWire is Out of the Park & Out of this World Today Wed. May 10 @5pm

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LiveWire is going to knock it out of the park, out of the nation and out of this world this week! The Jr. Giants will be up to bat on LiveWire and taking a swing to tell us about their program. Next the International festival also known as iFest will be sharing about their worldwide influenced event. Final from a galaxy far, far away comes the Intergalactic Expo to share why this is the event you are looking for.

The Jr Giants is nonprofit, free, coed, noncompetitive baseball programs for kids 5 to 18. This program that started in 1995 teaches children confidence, leadership, integrity and teamwork.


For More Information:
www.gojrgiants.org

iFest is a festival that takes you around the world without leaving Rancho Cordova. This family friendly event features cultures, music, dance and food from around the globe.


For More Information:
www.cordovacouncil.org/ifest

Coming straight from a Galaxy near you is the Intergalactic Expo. This family event which benefits the Make- A-Wish foundation, will make any geek happy for the day.

For More Information:
www.intergalacticexpo.com

Join us for LiveWire! every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Watch Comcast or Consolidated Communications, channel 17 or on AT&T channel 14. You can also watch the program streaming from Access Sacramento.org at the same time it airs live. The encore presentation airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m.  
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Winner, Resistance and a Big Day

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We have a “Big Day” this Wednesday! Joining us are the winners of the High School PSA contest who will be collecting their checks and telling us about their experience. Next we will have the Sacramento Asian Pacific Film Festival in our studio talk about their festival happening later this month. Then we will take a glance into the activities taken place for the Big Day of Giving.

Access Sacramento celebrates is top winners of the Sacramento region high school public service announcement contest. This contest connects high school animators with local nonprofit organizations. This PSA contest wraps up its annual 3rd year of the contest.

For More Information:
www.AccessSacramento.org

 

 

The Sacramento Asian Pacific Film Festival’s film this year is Resist. This film festival discovers the Asian Pacific Islander immigrant, refugee, and indigenous experience in America and common struggles for justice and equality.
For More Information:
www.sapff.org

 

 

 

Big Day of Giving is a national day of giving to nonprofits. This year it fall on Thursday May 4th. To find out how you can support Access Sacramento and other nonprofits on this day visit www.bigdayofgiving.org.

Join us for Live Wire every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Access Sacramento. Watch Comcast or Consolidated Communications, channel 17 or on AT&T channel 14. You can also watch the program streaming from Access Sacramento.org at the same time it airs live. The encore presentation airs Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

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The World Between People, My Experience As A Journalist

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The World Between People, My Experience As A Journalist

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There are many realities to the world. People are born differently, raised differently, know things differently. My time as a Neighborhood News Correspondent has allowed me to explore those realities that were not my own. I remember my first video I did about the Summer of Service. To me, it was a program that I have grown up with and kept me out of trouble. To other students, it was an essential part of their life. Their parents have to work year round, especially those from low-income households and do not have time to spend with their children. The Summer of Service offers a home to those kids when school is out. That video was the beginning of my journey to learn more about the world and myself.

Me During a Youth Conference

I learn that sometimes it is not just enough to put yourself in other people’s shoes. There is a more complex process to understand people and why they do what they do. Through these stories, through spending time with them, very often the entire day, I learned to know what they experience. It is when I sit down to write an article about them or make a video, that I start contemplating the deeper meaning behind their work. Whether it’s a local youth action group, legislation, or a community event, there is always a deeper story to be told, the story of South Sacramento.
To the future Neighborhood News Correspondents, I have advice for you. This internship makes you a journalist, it gives you power and opportunity under your command that many don’t have. Don’t be afraid to question anything. Do not accept the norm as it is and never accept the answer of “it has always been this way.” Be creative in your work and express all you have to yourself to demonstrate that you care about your project. It is through that process can you come to enjoy being a journalist. My biggest advice is, do not be afraid. If you are naturally shy, this program is an odyssey for you to become brave. If you are naturally brave, this program will take you to heights you never know you could go.

My Time At AccessLocal – By Julian DeLeonardis

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My Time At AccessLocal – By Julian DeLeonardis

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AccessLocal proved to be a much richer and more multifaceted experience than the simple news job I took it for at first. I learned this at our first meeting, when instead of stepping into the sophisticated and austere television studio I was interviewed in, I found myself sitting at a table of journalists my age with EDM playing in the background. This environment wasn’t to be mistaken as lax, I quickly learned, but rather a professional environment for a discussion designed to make the news correspondents feel at ease enough to discuss stories and relevant topics comfortably as they would outside of a ‘job’.  My wonderful boss, Isaac Gonzalez, led the assignment sections and relevant discussions with a calm tone, maintaining the balance between professional and colloquial.

The first project alone sent me into the deep end of filming, editing and writing an article on a deadline with only the bare essential tools to guide me: a short tutorial video playlist for filming, iMovie and basic journalism tactics, an iPod touch equipped with iMovie, and a microphone and camera attachments to make a viable filming device. The prompt was simply: what is your community?

While I was pleased with the result, the process of making the video was a complete disaster. I spent half a day figuring out iMovie and planning the clip arrangements for the final product. I submitted my report right on the nose of the deadline and wished I had more of a plan going into the project to better know what I was doing.

These steps were absolutely critical to my progress as a Neighborhood News Correspondent. I learned more from arranging my friends to talk about what they thought about our community and the first 30 minutes of tampering with iMovie than I did in the whole hour of tutorial videos that were the entirety of my education in journalism.

I’m beyond grateful for the independent and self-reliant method of learning that Isaac and AccessLocal based the program on. In four months I’ve gone to city hall meetings, an art exhibition and an art workshop, a protest at the state capital, and even a gun show where I pressed tough questions to a reclusive and closed audience. If the program would have spent all that time on the textbook approach of teaching me how to film, how not to film, who to film, what to focus on and so on, I would never have really learned how to film in the way I did. I picked all of these skills up through doing the work assigned to me, and Isaac was always there to give advice and strategies if I was unsure. I now know how to cover stories confidently and have months of experience doing so. The paychecks were gravy on top of what I’ve gained from all of this.

I could not recommend AccessLocal more to anyone interested in journalism, writing, filming, debate or even public-speaking. Whether or not I choose to pursue journalism as a career, I am immensely grateful for the opportunity I was provided and the valuable, interdisciplinary skills I gained. I would like to thank my coworkers: the outgoing and amiable Levi Harvey, the quietly confident and ever-friendly Ivan Caballero, the understated and brilliant Dominique Mejia, the bold, hilarious and completely unique Bruce Tran, and most of all my boss, the attentive, caring, engaging and one-of-a-kind Isaac Gonzalez. I would also like to thank Gary Martin from our parent company for seeing something to let me into this amazing program. Good luck future Neighborhood News Correspondents!

 

 

How One Large Restaurant Chain Is Fighting Back Against Sugar

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How One Large Restaurant Chain Is Fighting Back Against Sugar

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On April 5th, restaurant chain Panera Bread unveiled a new line of low-sugar and sugar-free drinks as well as a chart detailing information about the calorie sugar content of all of their self-serve drinks.

In a recent ad that appeared in the Washington Post, Panera Bread founder and CEO Ron Shaich writes: “our goal is not to dictate what you drink, it’s to be transparent and provide you with the information you need to make an informed choice.”

The chart appearing in Panera Bread stores around the country

The chart places their drinks on a range of unsweetened to fully sweetened, beginning with iced black tea and the new plum ginger hibiscus tea and ending with regular soft drinks.

The “Medium Sweetened” tier of drinks below soft drinks contain up to 34 grams of sugar, less than half as many as the potential 75 grams of regular soft drinks, while the “Lightly Sweetened” tier of drinks between “Medium Sweetened” and “Unsweetened” tiers contains 0 grams of sugar and is only sweetened through the fruit juice base of the drinks. Teaspoons of sugar are shown on the illustrated cups to provide an easy and visual point of reference for the sugar content of each drink type.

Panera Bread has become one of the first major restaurant chains to voluntarily display the sugar and calorie content of drinks. While a recent FDA regulation requires prepackaged foods and beverages to display health information including sugar content in a special nutrition information box, there is no similar regulation for restaurants or fast-food chains.

Despite the lack of restrictions on restaurants to display health information about drinks, Panera Bread calls for competing companies to follow the same practice in the aforementioned ad:

“[…] we challenge the beverage and restaurant industries to join us in this effort,” writes Shaich. “Whether you choose soda or lemonade, you deserve to know what’s in your cup and how it affects your health.”

The new “clean” drinks contain no preservatives or artificial sweeteners and include agave lemonade, plum ginger hibiscus tea as well as green tea. The signs were put on display in each of the over 2,000 Panera Bread locations across the country.

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Howlin’ and Banjoin’ April 19th on LiveWire

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Do you hear the howling, or do you hear the amazing music? Well tune into LiveWire and take a listen for yourself. The American River Parkway Foundation will be sitting down to talk to us about their Howlin on the Parkway event. While the 51st Banjo-Rama event bring the music to our studio and shares about the event.

The 51st Banjo-Rama is coming to town on April 22nd. This two day family event features banjo bands playing everything from classics to pop. This event has food, workshops, a jam session, and benefits local children’s charities.

For More Information:
www.banjo-rama.com

For More Information:
www.arpf.org

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