AFL-CIO to Launch Turn
Around America Online Video Competition
Contest to Run Nationally and in a Dozen
Cities
On Thurs., Apr. 10, the AFL-CIO will
launch its first-ever online video contest -
- the Turn Around America online video
competition - - with national winners as
well as city and youth winners. The contest
is the kick off of a national AFL-CIO
initiative to “Turn Around America” which
will go through the summer and culminate
with massive rallies around economic issues.
Participants will be invited to submit
online videos in any creative form that will
answer the question of how to turn around
America. The contest will run Apr. 10
through May 20. Winners will be announced
in early June.
"Working families
are excited and ready to turn around
America,” said AFL-CIO Exec. Vice President
Arlene Holt Baker. “The video contest will
engage people in a new way that will channel
creativity and energy into a national
discussion on what is necessary to get
America back on track."
The national winner will receive $2,000 and
the chance for the video to run on TV
stations. City winners will win $1,000 and
may be featured at AFL-CIO rallies and on
local television. A “young activist”
category will also be awarded to the best
video made by someone between the ages of 14
and 25. Judges will represent the arts and
music industry as well as Americans working
to “turn around America,” including retired
steelworker Steve Skvara who famously asked
presidential candidates in Chicago last
August, “What’s wrong with America and what
will you do to change it?”
Winners will be announced in
Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati,
Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Detroit, Mich.;
Portland, Ore.; Maine; New Hampshire; St.
Paul/Minneapolis/Rochester, Minn.; St.
Louis, Mo. and Chicago, Ill.
The contest can be accessed at
www.turnaroundvideocontest.com.
What: Turn Around America Video
Contest
When: Competition Launches on Thurs.
Apr. 10 and runs through May 20
Where:
www.turnaroundvideocontest.com
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