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Truth for America Video Project - Network For Public Education

Truth for America Video Project - Network For Public Education:

Truth for America Video Project

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Do you have a creative and critical perspective on Teach For America?

If you are an educator, TFA corps member/alum, researcher, concerned citizen, parent, or student we invite you to create a 2-3 minute videoto provide both a creative and critical perspective and/or counternarrative about TFA to further public conversation.
Videos could include your own personal experiences with TFA, interviews with individuals who have experience with TFA, or general critiques of TFA’s influence in public education. However, you have creative flexibility to create any focus on TFA that you think is important for the public to be aware of.

Guidelines:

– Your short film(s) must be less than four minutes.
– You may submit as many short films as you wish.
– Don’t use any screenshots from TFA’s website or other “internal use only” material given TFA’s track record of attempting to deflect substance and limit critique.
– Upload your unlisted (not private or public) submission to YouTube and email a video link to: truthforamerica@npeaction.org.

Timeline & Process:

– Submissions and release form must be received by February 3, 2016.
– The Truth For America videos will be judged by a cadre of progressive TFA alumni.
Winners will be announced by February 5, 2016, and the best videos will be shown at the Network for Public Education’s 3rd Annual National Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, April 16-17, 2016. (for more information on the conference visitevents.bizzabo.com/NPEConference)

Dont let TFA and their supporters use their millions to control the public narrative. Use your voice to tell the Truth for America. Join our Video Project, and start working on your submission today!


Truth for America Video Project Release Form

I hereby give my permission to the Truth For America film contest to use and reproduce the video footage, photographs, or voice recordings of my film for promotional purposes. I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect or approve the finished video product that may be used in connection herein.
My electronic signature indicates my permission for the Truth For America film contest to use video footage recorded for the contest.
By signing this video release form electronically, I hereby assign, transfer, or otherwise convey, all rights, titles, and interest in and to the video created for submission to the Truth For America including, without limitation, all copyrights and other intellectual property rights therein.
This video footage may be used for the following purposes:
• Presentations in public social media 
• Educational presentations
• Video on websites and social media sites for promotional purposes
• Printed materials developed and distributed by Truth For America contest.
There is no time-limit on the validity of this release nor is there any geographic specification of where these materials may be distributed.
I represent and warrant that the video created for submission to the Truth For America competition is original and does not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights of any third party. If the video created for submission to Truth For America becomes the subject of a claim, suit, or allegation of copyright, trademark, or patent infringement, Truth For America shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to reject or otherwise disqualify the submission. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Truth For America contest, its officers, employees, Boards and Commissions, volunteers and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, costs, judgments, or damages of any type relating to the production or distribution of the video submitted to the Truth For America contest.
I have retained a copy of this release form.
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