ourmission Forademo craticsocietytofunctio nproperly ,citizensmustparticipat eintheirgove rnment,beeducatedtothinkcriticallyandbeabletofreelycommunicatethe irideas.TemissionofTeP eoplesChannel&DurhamCommunityMediaistoadvancedemocraticidealsbyensuringthatpeop lehaveaccessto electronicmediaandbypromotingeectivecommunicationthroughcommunityuseofmedia.W eaimtoprovid ethemeansandpromo tetheopportunityforareacitizenstoexe rcisefreespeecht hroughmediaproduction,e ducationanddistributio nofcablepro- gramming. Te p ri ma ryg oa l of PC/ DCM1 8 is t o promot e designatedaccess channel(s)bycoordinating&pro vidingproductionfacilities ,technicalassistance andmediatrainingtoanyindividual,g roup,ororganiz ationinterestedin pro- ducingcultural,informational,entertainment,oreducation- almediaforthecommunity. PC/DCM18 providesChapelHill,Durham,Carrboroandthesurroun dingarearesidents ,organizations,age nciesandinstitution swithmediatraining,equipment,productio nandrelatedservices onarst-come,rst-served,FirstAmendmentbasis. Ou r po li ci es a re d es ig ne d to e nsure ma ximu mconvenience&fairnessforallint hecommunity .Sincewewantpublicaccess andourmediafacilitiestobeavailabletoeveryone,wewe lcomeyoursugge stionsonhowto improvethesepolicies.Allsuggestionsreceivedwillb ereviewedbytheBoardofDirectors. PC/ DCM18 o ers a va riety of c ourses a nd certications.Ourc ourseshaveaonet imefeeinordertocoverthecostoftheinstructor ’stime.Wewillnotturnanyoneawaydueto economicreasons. Ifyoucan ’tpayforacourse,PC/ DCM18oersv olunteertimeasswe atequity . grouprates Wo uldyouliketohaveanentirecrewtrainedforyourpro- duction?PC/ DCM18oersG roupcoursesforn on-prot,educational,&othe rtypesofgroups. Groupratesdo notapplytoworkshops. Non-Prot: $225foragroupupto6members. $25 for each additional member Educational: $350foragroupupto15members. $50 for each additional member Standard: $550foragroupupto6members. $50 for each additional member sweatequity TePeo plesChannel&D urhamCommunityMediawillneverturnawayanyon ebasedonecon omicfactors.Ifyo ucannotpayforacours eorfee,PC/DCM18oersaSweatEquityprogramequatedto$10anhour. TeSweatE quityprogramallows memberstovol unteertheirtimeforPC/DCM18insteado fpayingforacourseorfee.Ifamemb erwishestovolu nteerratherthanpaypart,orallofthefee,theymustmeettheircommittedhoursbeforetakingthecourse.Ifon lysubmittingcont entforcablecast,theymustmeettheircommittedhoursorpaythemembershipfeebe foresubmittingpr ogramming.Anyofo urstawillbehapp ytoansweranyquestio nsyouhaveabout thisprogram. For more on courses, policies, & general information, log on to thepeoplesChannel.org the peoples channel 2011 Co u seCta lo g lo Ca leia :lea r n |Cr ea te|w a tC!the peoples channel Channel 8 in Chapel Hill Channel 4 in Carrboro/Hillsborough Channel 99 on U-verse 300 S. Elliott Road Ste AC Chapel Hill, NC 27514 919 / 960 - 0088 Durham Community Media Channel 18 in Durham 110 E. Geer StreetDurham, NC 27701 919 / 688 - 0018 loCal media: learn| Create | watCh! Durham Community Media