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NCO Pipeline Video Conference July 26
Rolling out THE WAR to Educators: Audio Conference
StorySHARE (formerly PBShare) Reaches the Community
A Son's Story -- from KETC StorySHARE

NCO Pipeline Video Conference July 26

Gather your community partners for a look at engagement opportunities in the year ahead. The NCO Pipeline Video Conference comes to you via satellite Thursday, July 26 from 2 - 4:00 p.m. ET. Producers and programmers will introduce engagement opportunities guaranteed to fortify your brainstorming and strategic planning. The video conference will feature these broadcasts and others:

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? an exploration of disparities in health (California Newsreel)

The National Parks, a doc from Ken Burns about our National Parks (WETA)

African-American Lives II, a series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tracing the lineage of several accomplished African-Americans (Thirteen/WNET)

For Satellite Coordinates

Rolling out THE WAR to Educators: Audio Conference

Wondering how to roll out Ken Burns's THE WAR activities to teachers? Join our Audio Conference Call Wednesday, July 11 from 2-3:00 p.m. ET for ideas from WETA and answers to your questions. All are welcome to participate. Register Now

People across the country have begun sharing their WWII-related stories via StorySHARE, the online story collection tool formerly known as PBShare. Forty stations have signed up to use the tool in anticipation of Ken Burns’s THE WAR. For a list of participating stations and links to “live” local sites, visit http://www.nationaloutreach.org/pbshare.html

Sign up for StorySHARE at Station Remote Control or contact Sara Terpeny of PBS Interactive at smterpeny@pbs.org.

A St. Louis man shared a powerful story via KETC StorySHARE. In it, he described how he learned the truth about his father's fearless defense during a battle with German fighters. Read more