Washington Apple Pi

The Gandhi Brigade, by Richard Jaeggi

Hello, I am a new Pi member and I direct a youth media, non-profit in Silver Spring Maryland. The group consists of young people, mostly minority and immigrant youths, who create media about social justice issues; hence our name. You can learn more about us on the below YouTube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzTM38Q79lA&feature=player_embedded

We are an all Mac shop; poor in resources, but wealthy in spirit.

The Opportunity: We would like to invite any Pi member who might be interested to work with our dedicated, creative and fun group of young people. They are in need of mentors in the areas of video, photography, and graphic design. Our most immediate need is help in graphic design and before too long, we would like to begin working with digital music production.

Our Needs: Beyond the above, we have organizational needs with the following volunteer opportunities.

• We need help moving from a simple peer to peer network to a Snow Leopard Server network. We have a small grant for this and need help in both planning and implementation.

• We need help with managing our media assets which includes video, photography, and graphics.

• We need a volunteer technology consultant who would work with our youth technology manager (6 hours a month.)

• We need help with hardware repair and maintenance. Presently there are two PowerMac G5s with dead power supplies that need to be repaired.

• We need help with hardware acquisition, both donations of used equipment and discounts on new purchases.

To respond or volunteer, use one of the below options.

• Email Richard Jaeggi richard@gandhibrigade.org or Jonathan Bernstein jon.bernstein@wap.org
• Respond to the below TCS Forum thread

• Call the Pi Clubhouse at 301 984-0300 and leave a message