Latest News from MMTI
"N"timate Conversations with Vernetta Martin
We are currently running a live program called "N"timate Conversation with Vernetta Martin
You can see it at http://www.mmtidc.org/livestream/ntimate-conversation.php
MMTI Partners with the District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture and Television Department
MMTI and the District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture and Television Department (MPTD) have agreed upon a partnership for a year round training program.
This program designed for young adults (18-24) to learn basic skills needed for entry level jobs and internships within the motion picture and television industry.
You can check out their website at film.dc.gov
MMTI Starts Development of a Teen Magazine
Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) proposes a partnership with Multi-Media Training Institute (MMTI) to develop an online video magazine (ezine) produced, scripted, directed, and anchored by youth aged 14-21. The ezine would appear monthly; the focus of the ezine would be arts and cultural activities and creativity in wards 7 and 8. The ezine would support a 2010-2012 initiative at the museum that examines creativity in D.C. communities east of the Anacostia River.
You can check out their website at anacostia.si.edu
MMTI Produces Teen Talk with Dr. Jeri Dyson Pilot for the Oprah Winfrey Network
This past March, the Multi-Media Training Institute (MMTI) youth and staff produced a pilot episode of Teen Talk with Dr. Jeri Dyson that is aimed for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Watch the pilot below.
The three-minute short gives a glimpse of what MMTI and Dr. Jeri Dyson hope to create as a fully produced show. Teen Talk with Dr. Dyson is designed to address emerging and current issues that plague today's youth, such as HIV, parent-teen communication, goal setting, dating violence and more.
MMTI Students document NASA's First African-American Administrator, Charles Bolden, speaking at the Space Entrepreneurship workshop
Here's an excerpt from the workshop.
Michelle Obama speaks at Greater DC CARES Business & Nonprofit Philanthropy Summit and Awards ceremony
On Tuesday June 16, 2009, Youth from Multi-Media Training Institute (MMTI) videotaped First Lady Michelle Obama, who was the keynote speaker at Greater DC CARES Business & Nonprofit Philanthropy Summit and Awards ceremony.
