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America's Future Foundation Room 101

September 24, 2007

IN THIS ISSUE: FILM FESTIVAL OUTING THURSDAY | COLLEGE BLOGGER CONTEST | WHAT'S NEW IN THE PODCAST | JOBS AND MORE

AFF Underground: Lights, Camera, Freedom!
Please join AFF for a film screening this Thursday, September 27th. The American Film Renaissance Festival, celebrating filmmakers who support individual freedom, presents a screening of Weirdsville at the Georgetown Loews theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday followed by an after-party at Blue Gin co-hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies. Weirdsville is the hilarious story of two slackers who must unlock a safe to get money to pay off a local drug kingpin, all while fending off a bizarre cult with the assistance of vengeful midgets. For tickets to the film screening, please e-mail Kristen Soltis at kristen@americasfuture.org to be put on the RSVP list. These tickets are $5 for AFF members and $10 for non-members, and include access to the film screening. For information on ticket upgrades for the Blue Gin afterparty, please contact Kristen for details. See you Thursday evening! For information about Weirdsville, please visit http://www.weirdsville-the-movie.com.

AFF launches $10,000 college blogger contest...
If you're a college blogger (or know one) don't forget America's Future Foundation has announced a contest for the best college blog with a grand prize of $10,000.

The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as journalists and writers. The contest is open to all graduate and undergraduate bloggers age 25 and younger.

The winning blog will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000, and be invited to be a panelist at an AFF Roundtable on higher education in Washington, D.C. The award will be announced on April 7, 2008.

A panel of renowned bloggers will judge the contest. Judges include:

To enter, and for the complete set of rules, college bloggers can visit www.americasfuture.org/collegeblogger. There bloggers can enter their site for consideration. The deadline for entries is December 31, 2007. From the entries, AFF will choose ten finalists. The panel of seven judges will then track the blogs between January and April and will then choose a winner.

In the podcast this week...
This week on Inside Washington Weekly, AFF's weekly podcast, Hillary Care 2.0, SCHIP, Michael Mukasey,the latest on Iraq. The show's panelists this week are Brainwash editor J.P. Freire, Kristen Soltis of the Winston Group, and Jillian Bandes, a 2007 collegiate network fellow with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. David White hosts. To listen or subscribe, visit http://www.insidewashingtonweekly.com.

Your dream job...
The Fund for American Studies is looking for an Assistant for the Institute on Political Journalism. This position will assist the Director of the Institute in implementing three key areas of responsibility including The Institute on Political Journalism (IPJ) held each summer at Georgetown University, Professional and Collegiate Awards program, and Regional Journalism Conferences. For more info, see http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/archives/022479.php.

Got something else in mind? You can find other great free-market-oriented jobs by clicking over to AFF's Job Board at http://www.americasfuture.org/jobboard/!

Cheers,

Jerry Brito
Director of Operations
http://www.americasfuture.org/
jerry@americasfuture.org

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