1. Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc.

Hoping to lure UNITY 2008 to Boston, convention planners, city officials and state lawmakers repealed an obscure 1675 statute that required the arrest of American Indians who enter the city. See more at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050521/news_1n21indians.html

Please visit Unity: Journalists of Color's Web Site. They have pages devoted to news, scholarships, fellowships, opportunities, and training. If journalism is your passion you will find many tools to further your career. http://www.unityjournalists.org/

2. Brooklyn Writers of Color Workshop

This premier workshop for writers of color was founded in memory of the late social critic, novelist and teacher, Dr. John Oliver Killens. Dr. Killens believed that writing was a revolutionary act: "...every time I sit down to the typewriter, every line I put to paper, I'm out to change the world…" He also believed that it is the responsibility of writers of color to tell their own stories in their own voices; to tell, in essence, the other half. The workshop meets every other Saturday from 10am to 1pm.

For more information please see: http://jokww.tripod.com./ or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Native-Writers/message/526

3. FREEDOM FORUM DIVERSITY INSTITUTE

The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute is offering a training program at Vanderbilt University. This training is for people of color who want to become journalists, but have not had formal journalism training. They are accepting applications for their 2006 class of journalism fellows.  They will be offering an intensive 12-week program for individuals who aspire to working in daily U.S. newspaper newsrooms.  The 2006 Diversity Institute class will run from Feb. 5 to April 28, 2006.  The application deadline is Dec. 9, 2005.

For more information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncanativeeventsandnews/message/5424
You can also visit their web site at: http://www.diversityinstitute.org

4. Annual Indian Arts and Storytelling

The Indian Canyon Coastanoan People are proud to announce the 10th Annual Indian Arts and Storytelling Festival Saturday August 6, 2005, 12:00 noon till dusk. This event is held each summer at Indian Canyon, Hollister, California. This event is still in the planning stages. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. Mean while if you have questions about the event more information is available from michdoyka@abcglobal.net or Russ Imrie lprieta@garlic.com. You can also visit Indian Canyons Web Site: http://www.indiancanyon.org