Submissions: Location and Mailing Address: About Us: Silicon Valley De-Bug is a collective of writers, artists, organizers, and workers based in San Jose, California. We are a project of Pacific News Service, a national news service located in San Francisco. De-Bug started in the Spring of 2000 by reporting on the hidden experiences of working people who were employed as low-wage temporary workers. As we grew as a collective we began exploring all of the issues of our community - in the workplace, schools, streets, relationships, and everything else. De-Bug is about allowing everybody to tell the stories of their lives, and their opinions on the world, both near and far. We operate by the principle that experience is the ultimate authority. In this way, we are creating a platform for otherwise unheard stories to be communicated to each and other and the world around us. Organizational Structure and Projects: De-Bug as an organization grows with the interests of our folks. Following the lead of the young adults in the organization we have developed a wide-ranging set of projects that all express the De-Bug principles of community building in different ways. For more information about any of the projects call or e-mail us. (408) 295-4424 / svdebug@pacificnews.org De-Bug Magazine: The longest standing project, De-Bug magazine is a bi-lingual publication that is published every two months. To order a copy of the magazine, e-mail us at svdebug@pacificnews.org . To get involved: Open meetings to exchange story ideas are on Tuesday's 5:30pm-7pm at the De-Bug office. Lead by Executive Director, Edward Nieto, Open-World is a weekly television show that airs every Thursday evening at 11:30pm on Channel 15 in San Jose, Campbell, Morgan Hill, and San Martin. The show features comedy acts, local events, talent, and community issues. To get involved: Production meetings are held at the De-Bug office on Wednesday's at 7:30pm. Block 2 Block Radio: Block 2 Block is a radio show that airs on 91.5fm every first and fourth Friday from midnight to 3am. The show features live discussions on culture and politics. It also airs local music. To get involved: Production meetings are held at the De-Bug office on Wednesday's at 7:30 pm. Growing Up Events Series: Growing Up is a running event series intended for South Bay performers and artists to showcase their talent. Growing Up brings together different genres of art and performance to further integrate our communitry talents. To get involved: Planning meetings are held at the De-Bug office on Wednesday's at 11am. Highschool and Community Sessions: De-Bug conducts regular writing, art and discussion sessions for high schools and community organizations. We can create a series or individual sessions based on the interests of the youth. We have done programs in which we work with the youth over a 3 month period, a week, or down to one two hour session. At the end of our sessions, the youth will have produced writings and art that may be published or placed online. To have De-Bug come out to your organization, just call or e-mail us. South Bay Connects is an online community of local service-providers, entreprenuers, artists, and businesses. The website, designed and maintained by Shana White, also serves as an events calendar, and employment and opportunity resource listing. For more information e-mail shana@sbconnects.org Shorty Fatz, lead by artist Samuel Rodriguez, is a comic that was born out of a hang over. He became the perfect vehicle for the two writers and artist to spread their dirt-bag propaganda. Everyday folks of the ghetto had no choice but to become victims (content) of the comic. Shorty Fatz can be found where rap and banda are bumpin' in any-hood-U.S.A. He is at first glance a babbling drunk, but look past this, take some time to listen, and you'll see that he has a sharp perspective on major social, political, and economic themes that go on in the world. Photo Circle: Photo Circle is a gathering of photographers, and those interested in photography, who show their work, and discuss the craft. The produce regular photo essays on numerous issues and topics, and also heva created a photo zine series called "The Roll." |
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