Fundraiser Reception Celebrating Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy (BAMMA) and CIIJ¹s new innovative programs for the fall

Hosted by Kim Komenich, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photojournalist

Thursday, June 25, 2009
6 pm to 8 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin @ Geary  • 
San Francisco, CA

Hour d’oeuvres and wine
Suggested donation: $15
RSVP by June 19 (415.338-2083) or email: ciij@sfsu.edu



You are cordially invited to a fundraiser reception celebrating the Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy (BAMMA), our two-week journalism boot camp for Bay Area high school students, and presenting CIIJ’s new innovative programs for the fall 2009-2010.

·     Meet and Mingle with the BAMMA class of 2009 and hear from them what they are doing this year
·     Get to know our BAMMA alums from previous programs and other CIIJ friends and colleagues, including Bay Area journalists who have volunteered their time with CIIJ
·     Learn about CIIJ’s exciting new programs around diversity and digital journalism
·     Come listen, learn, network and have a good time
·     Help us meet our match. All gifts from new donors will be doubled by our grant from the Challenge Fund for Journalism — an initiative of the Ford Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Your help can help us do so much more.

We look forward to seeing you there!

-         Cristina Azocar, director of CIIJ
-         Ronnie Lovler, associate director of CIIJ        


  • Transportation: Parking is available on the street or at nearby parking garages. Public transportation is available on the #38 Geary bus, which stops near the corner of Franklin & Geary as well as the numerous buses that run along Van Ness Avenue and stop at Van Ness and Geary.

The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism believes that accurate and responsible journalism reflects the changing demographics of the society it serves. We develop programs and conduct research aimed at recruiting, retaining and revitalizing journalists and journalism educators. We seek to make journalism more inclusive from the classroom to the newsroom.