in a lot of effort and committed after school hours to present to the public lot i'm jodi fans and i man you special elections here in the seattle public library are really glad that we had a chance to partner this past summer r t i institute to do some really interesting programs with students and you can hear all about that so the first thing that i would like to do is just welcome you and introduce you to dr jeffrey perkins who will take us through the rest of the program dr perkins to train ten young people in some kind of artistic project and i said let's do something this is a sports city sports and entertainment is one of the highest rated youtube videos that they have been producing it exceeded everything else and i know they're from the research of the source and let's see can we get something with the seattle seahawks approach them and that's when the planning began we had to reach out to the seattle seahawks before when you think in terms of the population that was recruited the population was recruited from these young kids from girl field and franklin high school they are in the c r youth violence prevention initiative but they are so happy to be doing something wait until you see what they have accomplished this is how it works with another group of young peace who've been the same or to me the resources training the two did a cities this two city interpretation of these photographs and more is to the libyans through drawing graphics that they wanted to express because you have to keep in mind these young people are a second generation of refugee immigrants they have culturally assimilated into america yet they are still be in this period docs of traditionalism when they go but one of the things i've heard working with this project was this had their patient the ability to adapt they have adapted very well and i'm not going to take up a lot of time after this because i'm a pastor on so you going to take up no more tam all i want to say is that the show  we're trying to go on with the technology but it's still a long way to go and that's what we do and thank you very much for coming number of people especially from th during my childhood and i came here at the age of eight and soon as i came here to leave got involved through my family with omar and our member growing up and doing these workshops and having these classes and  was getting and the things the resources that were being given to me that a lot of would not have and i feel like it's like there was a lot of things in life as you're going through going through and several years later for the near future you start to realize like those are the offers that i that i got back then i would swear feeling what i'm doing no and that i could not be where i am now if it wasn't for what i've experienced before in my past and i feel like i'll march as provided that for me the two biggest things i take away from this program or the media and community as far as community all the causes that we've been involved with that we've supported you hear people saying support this cause support this support these people support these start these these causes the things that you care about and media as far as media goes that's been a really important role in my life i have a passion for media i'm currently an intern at microsoft and the media  literacy the access to resources that what i've been able to have through this program is insane all the software all the classes we learned from basic things from using office which was like eight years ago now we're editing videos this is the best thing we can do for a community has done so much for me and i'm not as involved now as i was at what used to be don't have as much time and i kind of regret that but i also feel a younger people who need it more than i do get more out of the program than i do so instead of me being involved in this program i can help lead and i can help other people take advantage of these opportunities because not everyone can be doing the things that we do they're selected spots for programs and events and workshops and i feel like me kind of pulling back and allowing other people to have the opportunity is one of the greatest gifts that i can give back to my community and more so i think it's also thank you to all the people that hold support this program all the people in the community of support us and all the youth know i wish you luck with what you're doing and i hope you really take advantage of this program and the resources that it provid is a partnership between therapy to fellow services the seattle youth violence prevention initiative arts and cultural affairs m r t and all you hear that have supported their so i don't want to take up too much time but this is all about  i'm claire from seattle university and i just like to say how wonderful it is to work in partnership with agencies such as and m r t i with news in focus with the photographic center northwest and of course with  terrorists together with the finest apartment c l university we've done something that none of those agencies alone could do we've created a really great six week program soon to be a seven week program for area youth ages thirteen to eighteen to create videos and make photographs to learn communication visual communication skills and documentary skills and to really provide a venue for their community  yes or terrace to voice their ideas opinions and concerns about the redevelopment something that is going to really touch everyone in seattle but expression of those living in some terrace so it's through this kind of community collaborative e through the enormous efforts of teachers that just went over there of volunteers like josh and zachary and he went up there and countless others from university unitarian church and from grant providers like humanities washington  neighborhood matching c l university that allow us to really learn strong communication skills and also to be advocates for their own community so i think you're going to meet a couple of our youth today and going to see a couple of our films we've made a total of twelve and as a faucet he's used choose their own topics based on conversations they've had with community residents with area agencies with seattle housing authority with city government official officials such as sally clarke they choose their topics from from the conversations that they have so truly i think that this archive that we're creating and we hope to do it for the next fifteen years there in about the redevelopment and this projects not only was it a great place to learn technical skills such as how to use a camera and how to use the software but it also taught us skills such as how to connect to the community and how to and i am a children's book author i have published thirty one books and i'm so proud of that because it was very difficult my latest book just came out in september when i was growing up in ethiopia i didn't have any television in fact i didn't even have a radio but of course here in america television and media of all kinds those are the things that shape our children's lives here in the united states media here is the way that so many people have a voice that they're able to talk about what is important to them that they're able to discuss their community issues that they are able to express themselves and also that they can understand that when we express ourselves other people are listening so it's so important what youth media is doing children and young people need to grasp the power of media and be able to use it in ways that are good ways that will build up their families and communities i hope that you will really encourage your children to calm and be part of the journalism classes i hope that you young people will come engage and will tell your stories and will give your opinions and ideas because it's a wonderful thing having a voice you have important things to say we all have important things to say these days the media that's how we all have a way to say the things that are on our hearts so come to classes tell your opinion be part of things it's the way i is a year round program for kids come together and they have a better understanding about technology m r ten also stands for multimedia resources and training it's what i mostly love about this program is that provides every year the chance to go and experience the things we came and know little about technology and media to expanding our knowledge as the as a summer progressed and we've received help from multiple resources and we've done lots of interviews  interviewed them on what it was like base to work with the seahawks and we interview mark mcginn which was a real honor because not many kids of our age get to interview the mayor so it was a great opportunity  with the seahawks and how their organizations changed from her time to now she also gave a brief information about her background which was quite interesting i remember at the very beginning when we first started we were we started an office complex down in lake union it was a g c building we had four different floors and i was on the ninth floor and we'd run up and down the stairs to talk to each other and then we moved to our facility at carillon point now is what it's called and we had a beautiful facility right there on the lake and it was state of the art back then it was it was an exciting time because we had jim zorn and steve largent and everybody just love that the largent connection they kind of put us on the map and maybe we didn't you know when all of our games but the fans were behind us and everybody just loved seeing the seahawks so it was it was a really fun time at the beach steve largent was our wide receiver houston oilers and there was a trade and yeah but they became the best of friends and today they're still the best of friends their families money when we heard that detroit was getting a super bowl where we're all like watch that's going to be the game we get and once you get that game it's like it's ok it's a super bowl will take detroit but everything was going so well there was a bunch of us sitting in one section at the stadium and everything was the momentum was on our side and then there was penalties and more penalties and you could just see the momentum switch and it was a devastating loss you get there you go you work so hard and just to reach it i mean you have to think that this is our thirty season we've been to the super bowl once it doesn't happen all the time and to get there and to lose it was hard it was really hard we have a great team this year and we're looking really really good so you don't want to talk too much about you know that big game you just want to take it one game at a time but we're having a great season and i hope someday we get back great season which is having a fabulous season great young team the guys are energetic and the camaraderie in the locker room is so special and i think that's what makes a winning team they respect each other and then they have each other's back and they take care of each there so i think that goes a long way and making it a successful team and i think the start of the top pete carrol he instills that in these guys there's so much energy coming from him and it trickles down not just to the players but to the staff we're all engaged in and just loving this season i think for some people it's an outlet it's a way to get away from the problems and the things that are happening in the world and to come together and it's a tough decision i'm sure that he struggled over it so it's just that's exactly what sports does it brings people together it brings pride for the community and there's so much more that the players do i mean they're role models whether you know there's been that discussion are they role models but i believe they think they are two and the kids looked up to them and they emulate and they they do what they do and so if the player goes into the school and talks about how important education is and reaching goals i think the kids listen more than they would to a normal person there's just something special about having a player come in talk to you so i think that we've got so many resources not only our current players but our cheerleaders and we've got a lot and we've got coaches and our other staff and we go out there and do so much in the community that people have no idea but we we touch so many people there's we get kids with leukemia that are dying and their last wishes to meet a player we fulfilled i believe five make a wishes this year and those are kids with life threatening illnesses that help create this magical day forum and our players and the whole team comes together to make that reality and it's just such a rewarding job i think when you finally have an opening in this department everybody else wants to work in our department because it's it is rewarding you can feel like you're helping people and i don't feel like it's me helping people or our coworkers it's the players because the players that the people want to see but they come together and they do it and they sign all these things and they raise money and they have their own events and foundations and we're just really fortunate it's just a great great organization i feel that with young people it's finding your passion and it might be producing might be editing it might be the photography end of it but if you find your passion whatever it is then you're going to be successful because you're doing something that you like you're working at your job so many hours a day for so many days weeks years find something that you really enjoy doing and it won't be work it'll be it'll be another thing we experience is going to downtown seattle public library for three days here don imus and i had a chance to interview for against and there was so helpful in terms of providing us with these four resources there are a great opportunity and so on mohamed who is an art teacher a clear a middle school and he taught us the proper way to paint and change the color face and many more with the help us all and were able to duplicate a couple our pieces which an accident we we tried to buy my uncle and his and his his partners or we had five partners that tried to buy the baseball team in seattle and it didn't work that they lost out so they decided what the heck a list is long as we're together let's see if we get a football team so we try to get and by gosh we got it so it was kind of an accident where did you benefit  benefit we didn't we didn't really plan on it being a financial success necessarily but we sure had a lot of fun and that was the plan we were you know we had we had day jobs so we were working hard and on the weekends we got to of keep me out of trouble stay out of the street so she she forced me to play for one of the sports so if i was i was going to football so i enjoy football and i want to play what it feels like the connection between you know the players the passion for the game of football and we're just so excited about the season we want to win you know these guys are he's competitive but at the same time we're trying to get each other better so if i'm going to get somebody on defense and i beat them they come back to me anytime hey what did you do what did you see that made you be able to get open and then you know i give them advice and on this team is enormous and you guys at every position they can play every position and that are just dynamic players as a way p k on john started trying to build the environment here so the competition here is is pretty fierce but being able to overcome that the aspect of trying too hard trying to compete at a high level is just instead of just let your body do it that's a maturity level for a lot of the guys here but a lot of the guys are overcoming that the fact the composition of they are so  i would say to young individuals watching this at the most important thing that they could do for themselves in order for them to be successful in life is to get an education i believe edge cases most important tool that you can point you towards a life in order for you to do whatever you want whether you want to be a teacher or a lawyer a doctor a policeman a fine man or a professional athlete you have to have an education and it has that's the message i have any young kid i talk to that's all you want to thank you for your time i can talk  we're also has a chance to interview another over to baseball park where we are they practice football and got me some pads and i went out there and played it i just fell in love with it i would you think of the practice here today all very smooth practice you know  there's a bunch i don't know which which when i get things more and more important for the athletes you athleticism is something that you will not hang on to you know as you get older so but your brain you always have that so it's a learn as much as you can you know really focus and in school and you know along with school that's where you develop good habits habits that will help you later on in life rather it's you know college or or over thirty years by the way she's she's the best truly special person but it is my family i don't know if they really appreciated that one or not but it does take perseverance to get someone like that might like my wife and  talk about the bad ones all the time i just but to go find the good ones is a little tougher in we're pretty blessed in the seahawk organization to have guys like doug baldwin in go and tate i think something that's really changed this organization is a guy like russell wilson russell wilson is the face of this organization and he's everything that he claims to be and he walks the rock you are a fantastic role model you want to know how to become successful in life all you have to do is watch how he grew up that man got up at five thirty six o'clock every morning to go and work on a craft and he wanted to be a professional football player quarterback his dad got him up and they were throwing passes to his brother early in the morning and it was cleaning his room doing dishes doing homework and doing all of that stuff to become the man he is today and i would say there's so many opportunities out there you just got to go find them and have perseverance with them so eliza really fortunate to have so many people back in this and i really did enjoy that but i was fortunate i had the unique zorn said the large and i think that's what it was so i've been really blasted to do a lot of that and i just tell people this is and you heard that from doug baldwin i believe it's really about me and passionate and what you do you guys were fortunate that you got to be a part of something and go down the seahawk facility interview some great people he worked with found how hard work is research i mean that takes a lot of time right to write it all down  broadcast the other listener a pretty and post game show on the radio we we get a lot of compliments on how we connect and it's all because it's what we love to do it's nothing more difficult than that but i will tell you got to be going to be told no a lot a lot take no as your opportunity to reflect it don't take it personally this is a if you're if you want to get into this field you can be told no more than to be told yes and most people you get discouraged with that i've always taken it as my opportunity to reflect and say why did they say no what do i need to know what's the constructive criticism behind that how am i communicat and so when when i this is in our life writing a paper doing this during a speaking engagement always know the beginning and the end so when you did this today you speaking no one what's the beginning and what the close this you can do that in fifteen seconds in radio we have to communicate a lot in a very short amount of time a lot of people ramble there looking how  seattle public library and the city of seattle