CPB to Brief International Public Television Community on America at a Crossroads Initiative

CPB to Brief International Public Television Community on America at a Crossroads Initiative

WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is inviting delegates to INPUT 2005 -- an international conference for public television producers and professionals -- to hear more about CPB's plans with regard to its America at a Crossroads initiative, a $20 million project that will fund documentary films on post 9/11 themes.

The America at a Crossroads initiative represents a major effort by CPB to fulfill its mandate to promote programs that inform, enlighten, and enrich the public dialogue about crucial public affairs issues and enhance the knowledge and citizenship of all Americans. This initiative focuses on the post-9/11 world and how it has affected the American imagination as well as our political, economic, cultural and social realities, our security and our relationship with other nations.

What: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Luncheon

Where: Monterey Room Hotel Nikko

When: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2005

Source: Corporation for Public Broadcasting

CONTACT: Brooke Logan of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, +1-202-879-9839

Web site: http://www.cpb.org/

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