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Turn It UP!
The UP Center is happy to present the community with its fourth annual Turn It UP! variety show event. In addition to having support from GSLIS’ Mix IT Up!, the UP Center was one of the recipients of...
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Initializing an Alliance with the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico
Within the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, students are given the opportunity to use their Spring break as an opportunity for a...
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Access UP!
We at the UP Center are proud to announce a new social/support group that we will be hosting for the Champaign County community and beyond. Our hope is that this group will initiate dialogue amongst...
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SMART girls
Mix IT Up! students and staff are involved in planning and hosting the SMART girls Conference. Please encourage local girls to join!
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Rainbow Bookbag Conference
GSLIS and Mix-IT-Up! are working with the College of Education to put on the second annual Rainbow Bookbag conference taking place on April 26, 2013 here at the University of Illinois at...
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Reel It UP!
This summer, the UP Center of Champaign County presents the Fourth Annual “Reel It UP!” This event is a film festival where the public views films to celebrate LGBT pride, history, community, and...
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Dream Job Series at Douglass Branch Library
At Douglass Branch Library, Project Next Generation has begun a Dream Job series of projects and activities. Last week, we began with a brainstorming discussion with participating youth to inquire what...
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Central Illinois Youth Summit
Hello Mix-IT-Up! blog visitors! We at the UP Center would like to promote an event being held by our community partners at the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (http://www.illinoissafeschools.org/) Join...
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Tap In receives Coretta Scott King
Tap In Leadership Academy, one of Mix IT Up!’s community partners, was recently honored by the American Library Association with a Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant. Tap In was one of...
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Reel It UP Update!
Save the Date! The UP Center of Champaign County presents the 4th annual Reel It UP! LGBT Film Festival:Every Tuesday in June 2013 1st show at 7:30pm, 2nd show at 9:30pm At the Art Theatre Co-op...
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Music Production at the Urbana Free Library
The Urbana Free Library’s first complete youth recording was done by a middle school student on May 29, 2013. She covered the operatic “Cara Mia Addio” from the 2011 videogame Portal 2 by first...
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Improved Library for the UP Center
The UP Center circulating library collection has recently been revamped! Through the purchase of new bookshelves (funded by a mini-grant through Mix-IT-Up!), the acquisition of new materials (both...
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LGBT Oral History Interviews
For the past year, I have been conducting oral history interviews for a project that is a collaboration with the UP Center of Champaign County and the Champaign County Historical Archives. After some...
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Mix IT UP! Detention Center Writing Program featured on Guilford College...
Joe Coyle is featured on The Guilford College Higher Education in Prison Blog describing the writing program he runs out of the Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center. Check it out here! Or, read a...
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MixITUp! on YouTube
Above: Viola performance of “Ashokan Farewell” by high school senior Cece at the Urbana Free Library. MixITUp! scholars are privileged to work with very talented youth on various types of projects. At...
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Act UP! Youth Theater Group
The UP Center is happy to announce the beginning of a new program for youth called “Act UP!” Attached is the flier that will be distributed on buses and in local businesses/libraries. Thanks to...
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Mix IT Up at ALA, Love from Carson City Library
A common theme from the recent ALA Annual conference in Chicago is that it was crowded! And, yes, it was a fantastic experience, especially for a first-timer like me. The Mix IT Up poster session on...
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UP Center to host Gayla Fundraiser
The UP Center is happy to announce a Gayla fundraiser to be held on Friday August 30, 2013 at 6pm. Tickets are $65 per person and include limited complimentary wine and beer, appetizers, dinner, and...
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WILL Tour
Mix IT Up! scholars met at WILL (http://will.illinois.edu) to discuss recent media trainings at Stratton Elementary School emphasizing digital storytelling and movie production.
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Douglass Branch Library – Bike Assembly
Attaching a bike wheel At the Douglass Branch Library Project Next Generation program, middle school children participating in this year’s Summer semester we treated to the opportunity to build a...
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