Oct 30 2009

SoMoCoCAT Offers Latino Farmworker Communities Free Digital Media Training

Soledad High School Students inside the SoMoCoCAT mobile audio recording studio.

Soledad High School Students inside the SoMoCoCAT mobile audio recording studio.

Grassroots organization, South Monterey County Center for Arts & Technology (SoMoCoCAT), is offering digital media workshops for the first time in Monterey County’s ‘salad bowl of the world.” A ‘lettuce curtain’ isolates residents of rural Salinas Valley from opportunities in a 21st century creative workforce.  SoMoCoCAT has therefore started a movement to cross the a ‘digital divide’ and part the ‘lettuce curtain” to bring free arts and technology training to underserved, mostly Latino, agricultural communities in South Monterey County.

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Sep 28 2009

Winner of August Sky CD Announced

August Sky CD and Food Bank Logo

August Sky CD and Food Bank Logo

Congratulations to Akura Davis (@AkuraDavis,) for winning the August Sky CD Twitter Promotion! We’ll be sending him his free CD this week. Keep an eye out for our next promotion! Follow us on Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube to stay informed on new SalinasRadio events and promos!

We have also made a monetary contribution to the Food Bank for Monterey County. Remember, for every donation of $10 or more, we will send you a free August Sky CD (while supplies last) and donate 50% of the proceeds to the Food Bank for Monterey County. Contact me at Mike@SalinasRadio.com to donate!