http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/petersburg 2008-10-29T15:29:23Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49802-barack-obama-in-petersburg-va 2008-10-29T15:29:23Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GJEwEZ6LVZ4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GJEwEZ6LVZ4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49802-barack-obama-in-petersburg-va"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60439" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack Obama stopped to answer a quick question at an unscheduled stop in Petersburg VA.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49802-barack-obama-in-petersburg-va">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31978-wafa-sultan-spews-hate-on-glenn-beck-show 2008-10-28T21:30:29Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vZXj2shOzkY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vZXj2shOzkY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31978-wafa-sultan-spews-hate-on-glenn-beck-show"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34448" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Wafa Sultan shares hateful anti-Muslim comments on the Glenn Beck TV show. Wafa Sultan is a participant in the Secular Islam Summit in St. Petersburg, FL March 4 to 5, 2007</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31978-wafa-sultan-spews-hate-on-glenn-beck-show">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31939-fl-student-assaults-threatens-to-shoot-muslim-classmate 2008-12-05T10:56:55Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V6rH72BcW80&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V6rH72BcW80&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31939-fl-student-assaults-threatens-to-shoot-muslim-classmate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34409" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A classmate ripped the head scarf off a Muslim sixth-grader at Azalea Middle School last week and threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot her after the girl complained, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Tampa.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31939-fl-student-assaults-threatens-to-shoot-muslim-classmate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31938-sixth-grade-muslim-girl-subject-of-shooting-threat-assualts 2008-12-05T10:56:55Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Vt64to_a2Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Vt64to_a2Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31938-sixth-grade-muslim-girl-subject-of-shooting-threat-assualts"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34408" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>ST. PETERSBURG - A Muslim civil rights organization is calling on Pinellas County school officials to investigate a threat it says was made against a sixth-grade Muslim girl at Azalea Middle School.</p> <p>The 11-year-old girl, Hannah, told reporters she's afraid to go to back to school after a boy pulled off her head scarf and the next day threatened to shoot and kill her.</p> <p>"I feel so afraid," she said. "I should just switch schools."</p> <p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations held a news conference this afternoon outside the school at 22nd Avenue North and 79th Street North with the girl and her parents, all of whom would give only their first names, citing security concerns. Ahmed Bedier, executive director of CAIR's Tampa chapter, said the organization's primary concern is the safety of Hannah and all the other students at the school.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31938-sixth-grade-muslim-girl-subject-of-shooting-threat-assualts">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31937-sixth-grade-fl-student-says-she-is-scared-to-go-to-school 2008-12-05T10:56:55Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9nOvu8Nm-0w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9nOvu8Nm-0w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31937-sixth-grade-fl-student-says-she-is-scared-to-go-to-school"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34407" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on the Pinellas County School District to investigate a shooting threat and assaults made against a sixth-grade Muslim girl by a fellow student. </p> <p>11-year-old Hannah, a student at Azalea Middle School in St. Petersburg, said a male classmate tore off her head scarf and threatened to shoot her and that's she's been the victim of</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31937-sixth-grade-fl-student-says-she-is-scared-to-go-to-school">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30573-violent-racism-in-st-petersburg-26-feb-08 2008-10-14T11:17:50Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wQde-vHlLh8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wQde-vHlLh8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30573-violent-racism-in-st-petersburg-26-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32947" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When Vladimir Putin steps down as Russian President after eight years in office, he'll be remembered for making massive changes within his country.</p> <p>But one issue that's shown little sign of improvement is racial attacks. Violence leaves dozens of people dead every year and injures many more. A recent Amnesty International report went so far as to described racist violence in Russia as "out of control."</p> <p>In the second of our special reports on the state of Russia, Al Jazeera' s Jonah Hull visited Vladimir Putin's home city, St Petersburg.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30573-violent-racism-in-st-petersburg-26-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20525-looking-for-candidates-cnn-youtube-debate 2008-12-05T10:37:46Z WhyTuesday <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lyEHu-B8i_U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lyEHu-B8i_U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/20525-looking-for-candidates-cnn-youtube-debate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/20234" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>ST. PETE, FLA - Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? hit the Spin Room following the CNN/YouTube Debate. The mission: find the final three presidential candidates who haven't responded to the Why Tuesday? Candidate Challenge... but they were surprisingly hard to come by. Cameos by Chuck Norris and James Kotecki.</p> <p>For more: <br />http://www.whytuesday.org</p> <p>James Kotecki: <br />http://www.youtube.com/emergencycheese</p> </div> <a href="/blog/20525-looking-for-candidates-cnn-youtube-debate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19937-behind-the-scenes-anderson-cooper-in-st-pete-s 2008-12-05T10:37:46Z WhyTuesday <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sb2lbmesVXM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sb2lbmesVXM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19937-behind-the-scenes-anderson-cooper-in-st-pete-s"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19635" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jacob Soboroff catches up with Anderson Cooper as he gets ready for tonight's CNN/YouTube debate in St. Pete's Florida. </p> <p>For more: <br />http://www.whytuesday.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19937-behind-the-scenes-anderson-cooper-in-st-pete-s">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14754-st-petersburg-police-cutting-up-homeless-tents 2008-10-23T21:31:18Z Copwatchers <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LrPdZmPB36U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LrPdZmPB36U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14754-st-petersburg-police-cutting-up-homeless-tents"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14667" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/14754-st-petersburg-police-cutting-up-homeless-tents">Watch the video</a>