On April 30, The LAMP was proud to be part of the 5th Annual MOUSE Squad Educators Conference at Rockefeller Center. Education Director Katherine Fry and Executive Director D.C. Vito led a workshop about media literacy, historic uses of media, and how media and people have adapted to changing needs. Fry and Vito will also represent The LAMP on Saturday, June 6 at another media literacy conference hosted by Fordham University and Pratt Institute, talking about LAMP workshops and our efforts to promote media literacy. In addition, The LAMP is developing an exciting new partnership with Girl Scouts New York, and is also busy planning LAMPcamp plus other special summer events! Be sure to check The LAMPpost and follow us on Twitter (@thelampnyc) for details!

Want LAMP in the fall?

We know it may seem like a long time away, but it is not too early to start thinking about LAMP workshops in the fall! Our calendar fills up quickly, and we need time to arrange for the resources we need. If you want your child’s school or community to host LAMP workshops,send us an email and we’ll be in touch! 

Gaslight: This Month in Media History

• May 7, 1946: Tokyo Telecommunication
  is formed, later renamed Sony.
• May 19, 1912: The Associated Advertising Clubs of America held its first conference in Dallas, TX.
• May 25, 1994: Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns home after a 20-year exile. He was expelled in when his three-volume work exposing the Soviet prison system, The Gulag Archipelago, was published in the West. It later won the Nobel Prize.