To St. Pius's Youth Ministry  - -

 

Good afternoon.  My name is Megan Kallstrom, and I am contacting you on behalf of the San Francisco chapter of Death Penalty Focus, an organization working to abolish the Death Penalty.  Right now, we are conducting an ongoing video contest open to students in San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties, and we thought that some of the youth involved with your organization might be interested in entering this contest.  Please help us spread the word to them!  All rules for the contest can be found at this link (third contest on the page, you have to scroll about halfway down to find it): http://deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=74.  In case the link does not work, the rules are also copy/pasted below.  We look forward to viewing entries from St. Pius's youth soon!

 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to check out our website (http://www.deathpenalty.org), call 415 - 243 - 0143, and/or email either this address or information@deathpenalty.org.

 

Thank you!

Megan Kallstrom

 

P.S. As you will notice on the original contest page, in addition to the contest that students from the San Francisco area can participate in, there is also a video contest going on in the Sacramento area.  If St. Pius's has connections to youth organizations that work in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, Nevada, or El Dorado counties (or even the other San Francisco area counties listed above), please do not hesitate to spread the word to them as well.  Thank you so much!

 

3. 2009 San Francisco Bay Area Student Video Contest Topic: A Critical Look at the Death Penalty in America
Topic ideas include: wrongful convictions and the death penalty, how race and geography effect death sentencing, changing public opinion on the death penalty, cost of the death penalty, does the death penalty deter crime more than other punishments, and the impact of the death penalty of victims' families and the families of the condemned. 

Who can enter? Youth ages 15 - 25 who live or attend school in San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Santa Clara or Contra Costa Counties. Contestants must not be younger than 15 or older than 25 years of age on September 30, 2009.

Deadline: Videos must be uploaded to YouTube by midnight PST on September 30, 2009. Videos must be set to Private.

Guidelines: Videos cannot be longer than 5 minutes and cannot contain any copyrighted material. Use of photos from Death Penalty Focus's website is permissible for the sole purpose of this contest. To be eligible, videos cannot contain any profanity or obscene material. All contestants will have to sign a release in order to be eligible.
How to enter: Email a link to your video along with your full name, email address, phone number, home address, school name and your age as of September 30, 2009 to information@deathpenalty.org by September 30th. The subject line must read "Video Contest."
Prize: $300 to be awarded in October 2009. The Winner's video will be featured on Death Penalty Focus's website.
This contest is sponsored by the San Francisco Chapter of Death Penalty Focus. Death Penalty Focus is a non - profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the death penalty and its alternatives.