villescas research, media & instruction, llc
resources for community-oriented initiatives
el paso | chicago | austin
p.o. box 1565
el paso, tejas 79948
joseph
villescas rmi presents...
august 31
vrmi seminar series: preparation for the college admissions process, class of 2011
august 18-20
vrmi seminar series: staying/leaving town for college (parts 1 & 2), preparing for the future of el paso 2010-2025 (parts 1-5)
on wednesday august 18th, the first part of the vrmi undergraduate seminar series begins for students who just graduated from high school and are about to enroll in an undergraduate studies program in august or september 2010.
- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, vrmi mixer for students
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm, vrmi mixer for students
august 1
vrmi celebrates three years in el paso
june 15
registration begins for vrmi seminars
may 15
vrmi launches 2010 directory of community resources
villescas research, media & instruction, llc is a private firm that provides an array of resources and experienced collaborators for community-oriented initiatives throughout the country. although based in el paso, several vrmi reports, productions and projects are underway that target multiple border counties, communities in central texas and chicago as well as undergraduate and graduate student populations nationally. each month vrmi communiqués circulate information about new initiatives and opportunities for students, families, and communities that are being launched nationwide by nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government entities. if you have a community-oriented project or organization that you would like to be included in the 2010 vrmi directory (or in an upcoming vrmi communiqué), please contact me directly before may 15 so that i may post your information on-line.
may 1
summer 2010 vrmi internship begins in el paso, chicago & austin
upcoming seminars, colloquia & internship opportunities...
2010 vrmi seminar series (june-december): el paso, chicago & austin
- vrmi high school seminar 1.0, local parent preparation for college-bound students
- vrmi high school seminar 1.1, applying to undergraduate programs/scholarships
- vrmi high school seminar 1.2, early preparation for liberal arts environments
- vrmi high school seminar 1.3, early preparation for advanced & graduate studies
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.0, staying in town for college
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.1, leaving town for college
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.2, introduction to theory
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.3, conducting community-oriented research
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.4, advanced research design
- vrmi undergraduate seminar 1.5, preparation for graduate studies
- vrmi graduate seminar 2.0, preparation for long-term research projects
- vrmi graduate seminar 2.1, community-oriented research design
- vrmi graduate seminar 2.2, thesis/dissertation conceptualization
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.0, creating your organization
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.1, engaging the regional community
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.2, utilizing research & media
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.3., cultivating student & family populations
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.4, expanding relations with elected officials, media & neighborhoods
- vrmi community leader seminar 3.5, networking your organization/initiative nationally
- vrmi community organization colloquium 4.0, introduction to u.s. latino population dynamics
- vrmi community organization colloquium 4.1, introduction to u.s./mexico border trends
- vrmi community organization colloquium 4.2, visualizing racial & gender through new u.s. census data
- vrmi community organization colloquium 4.3, understanding regional voter trends, emerging local issues & promoting new candidates
- vrmi community organization colloquium 4.4., addressing digital divides in your community
- Private Seminars: Scholarship/Fellowship Application Assistance (Part 1, Part 2)
- VRMI/UTEP Internship: Research Design/Multimedia Production (Summer/Fall 2010)
recent articles & interviews...
FEWER MEXICAN STUDENTS ATTENDING BORDER UNIVERSITIES
by Elizabeth Titus/Texas Tribune
Joseph Villescas, an El Paso business consultant, says the city has succeeded in boosting the number of college-bound Latino students but has failed in luring them back home. “We have yet to develop a system that links back the investments we make in students’ early development,” says Villescas, whose firm has surveyed El Paso expatriates, probing the reasons they left the border region. “Annually, we're losing thousands of kids to places like Austin,” he says. Villescas is concerned about “who will keep the lights on” in his hometown in the future...read more
EL PASO ON-DEMAND FILM & MUSIC VIDEO EXHIBITION
Demand for filmmakers met by On Demand competition
by Elizabeth Ruiz
Whether a future Bergman, Cuarón (Alfonso or Carlos), Tarantino, or even quasi-Hype Williams, there’s a place for up-and-coming filmmakers in the first annual El Paso On Demand Film Exhibition. The competition is the brainchild of media consultant and film professor Joseph Villescas, who wanted to create incentive for locals to create films through collaboration with Time Warner Cable.The competition is intended to give exposure to the El Paso On Demand channel available for current subscribers who are under-utilizing the feature, as well as to local filmmakers who submit their work to be judged by On Demand subscribers. The work will be categorized by feature films, documentaries, short films (20 minutes or less), student film (created by anyone currently enrolled) and music videos. Knowing that the creative class had traditionally been on the back burner in his hometown, former expat Villescas returned home from Austin three years ago to make some kind of impact. Since then, some El Pasoans know him from his stints as an aspiring politician, his time as a film studies and Chicano film professor at UTEP, and running into him at the Percolator, which he calls “the perfect crossroads to get things done.” His past ideas include converting the site of the Farah building into a creative media complex, an apt comparison for production between manual and creative labor, inspired by the conversion from Austin’s former airport into Austin Studios. He has also created a sort of triumvirate with Percolator owner Bobby Smith and Blackbird Concepts filmmaker Valentin Sandoval to promote a downtown creative community. “The truth is that in El Paso we have so much creative talent,” said Villescas. He pointed to the resources for thriving film communities El Paso’s periphery, with an established program at NMSU and incentives for production companies to film in New Mexico but the noted lack of a local market. “There’s only so much of those jobs in El Paso.” He hopes that the competition will result in bragging rights for the participants, who will be chosen by the community, but also bragging rights for the community itself. “This is a way to show off what we’re doing in El Paso.”
“As generations shift, El Paso is fertile ground for expats.” (December 27, 2008). El Paso Media Group, Newspaper Tree.
“Creative, and with vision? Come Downtown and percolate.” (November 16, 2008). El Paso Media Group, Newspaper Tree.
“Forget a Mall, Build an Industry.” (November 9, 2008). El Paso Times.
“Keeping Jazz Alive in El Paso." (October 15, 2008). El Paso Media Group, El Paso Magazine.
“Creating ‘Circular Pathways of Return’ for the Next Wave of El Paso Expatriates.” (August 3, 2008). El Paso Media Group, Newspaper Tree.
“The Crucial Dynamics of District 3.” (May 25, 2008). El Paso Media Group, Newspaper Tree.
five short videos about el paso...
videographers feature 1st avenue lofts
JANUARY 14: 1st Avenue Lofts, "Teaming up with Joseph Villescas and the Karam brothers, Valentin Sandoval created a video that takes viewers from El Paso to Manhattan, highlighting the recent redevelopment project, the 1st Avenue Lofts..."
NOVEMBER 12: The Fertile Ground of El Paso is a short video that discusses the iconic features of downtown and introduces a discussion about investment in El Paso.
NOVEMBER 1: Dia de los Muertos: A Day of Remembrance & a Call for Policy Change on the Border provides the first part of a fifteen minute interview with Fernando Garcia, director of the Border Network for Human Rights.
OCTOBER 30: History in the Making at San Jacinto Plaza contains an interview with Joe Moody on the day he was endorsed by Mayor John Cook and Senator Elliot Shapleigh.
OCTOBER 23: Week 1 at the Percolator introduces several recent subjects of investigation by capturing segments from radio shows, panel discussions, interviews, and live performances at The Percolator (217 N. Stanton St.).
The next set of installments from Smith, Villescas & Sandoval will explore youth leadership development, the border wall, the district emerging around First Avenue Lofts, live music at The Percolator, the culmination of the presidential election, and a number of interviews with downtown professionals and ‘creatives’ contemplating the future of our community.
To explore these subjects of investigation further, contact downtown.theater@villescas.org.
2008 portrait by jesus 'cimi' alvarado
joseph p. a. villescas, ph.d. is an independent consultant, writer and instructor who conducts extensive investigations on latino and other multidimensional populations that explore trends in their educational development, media consumption, internet usage, voting behaviors, racial categorization, organizational capacities and readiness for future leadership roles in community settings.
he is also the founder and owner of villescas research, media & instruction, llc which is a private firm that provides an array of resources and experienced collaborators for community-oriented initiatives.
although based in el paso, several vrmi reports, productions and projects are underway that target multiple border counties, communities in central texas and chicago as well as undergraduate and graduate student populations nationally.
vrmi communiqué
vrmi initiatives
VRMI/UTEP internship (summer 2010): two tracks are now available in research design & multimedia production, contact vrmi to obtain course credit.
2000-2010 latino vote research (summer 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration, contact vrmi for more information.
the 2010 census latinos, & racial self-identification study (spring 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration, contact vrmi for more information.
social inclusion research project (summer 2010): opportunities are available for collaboration on texas border county "digital divide" research initiative, contact vrmi for more information.
svs short films: "first avenue lofts"; "the implications of the el paso border wall"; "a ride downtown with green leaf pedicab"...click here for links to recent svs short films about el paso.
vrmi panel discussions & mixers: "emerging fields of employment in el paso"; "promoting new candidates & mobilizing local voters in 2010"; "the future of film in el paso"; "the class of 2010 project"; "mixers for el paso expatriates & friends"...contact vrmi for more information.
news
5/1/2010: VRMI LAUNCHES SUMMER 2010 INTERNSHIP IN EL PASO, CHICAGO & AUSTIN
4/24/2010: VILLESCAS & PENA CONDUCTS 2010 LAKE COUNTY WEEKEND SERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY CENTER OF GRAYSLAKE, IL
3/5/2010: VRMI LAUNCHES SPRING 2010 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN CHICAGO
2/17/2010: EL PASO YLC CONDUCTS INDUCTION FOR 2010 TEAM MEMBERS
2/17/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS H. LOPEZ & D. CANDELARIA ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
2/16/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS H. LOPEZ & T. CABALLERO ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
2/6/2010: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS CHICAGO PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING
2/5/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
1/15-17/2010: VILLESCAS, VILLARREAL & NIETO CONDUCT 2010 SOS TRAINING
1/15/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
1/8/2010: VILLESCAS JOINS THE "COWBOYS" ON EL PASO FOR AMERICA
12/3/2009: VILLESCAS & WELLS HOST FIRST ANNUAL TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE FILM FESTIVAL
11/12-15/2009: EL PASO YLC ALUMNI COMPETE AT 2009 NATIONAL GREAT DEBATE
10/12/2009: VRMI ANNOUNCES INSTRUCTOR INITIATIVE FOR 2010
9/30/2009: WHAT'S UP DISCUSSES VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE
9/30/2009: TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE SUBMISSION DEADLINE
8/17/2009: TWC VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE PRESS CONFERENCE AT SAN JACINTO PLAZA
8/3/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE 2009 TEXAS AMBASSADOR GREAT DEBATE
8/1/2009: VRMI CELEBRATES TWO YEARS IN EL PASO
7/20/2009: NHI CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
6/20/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES VOTE WITH YOUR REMOTE WITH CHARLES HORAK ON KTEP 88.5 FM ‘ON FILM’
6/15/2009: EL PASO MAGAZINE DISCUSSES EL PASO ON DEMAND FILM & MUSIC VIDEO EXHIBITION
6/15/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE 2009 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/11/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM ARRIVES AT THE 2009 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/7/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
5/24/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
5/17/2009: EL PASO YLC WEEKEND SERIES
5/3/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
4/26/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING
4/19/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
4/5/2009: EL PASO YLC MEETING & PARENT SESSION
3/31/2009: VILLESCAS HOSTS EL PASO YLC ALUMNI MIXER AT THE PERCOLATOR
3/29/2009: EL PASO YLC TEAM INTRODUCTION
3/13/2009: VILLESCAS LAUNCHES 2009 EL PASO YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE
3/4/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES DIGITAL DIVIDE ON LISA D SHOW
2/24/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, FUTURE OF FILM IN EL PASO-PART 3
2/21/2009: SANDOVAL & VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED FOR KTEP 88.5 FM ‘ON FILM’ WITH CHARLES HORAK
2/20/2009: MEXICANS AT NIGHT TAKE OVER THE PERCOLATOR
2/23/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, EL PASO MUSICIANS & EL PASO ISSUES-PART 2
2/4/2009: VRMI DISCUSSION, EL PASO MUSICIANS & EL PASO ISSUES-PART 1
1/27/2009: VILLESCAS HOSTS ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH WORKSHOP
1/21/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES NEW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN THE EL PASO TIMES
1/20/2009: VRMI PROVIDES LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
1/17/2009: SVS & DEL PUEBLO HOST JOE OLVERA PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE PERCOLATOR
1/14/2009: SVS RELEASE 1ST AVENUE LOFTS SHORT FILM
1/4/2009: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES LEGACY OF NEW TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES IN EL PASO TIMES
12/27/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES EL PASO EXPATRIATES IN NEWSPAPER TREE
12/27/2008: VRMI HOSTS WELCOME HOME MIXER AT THE PERCOLATOR FOR EL PASO EXPATRIATES
12/18/2008: VRMI PANEL DISCUSSION ON FILM, PART 2
12/17/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSS DECEMBER EXPATRIATE GATHERING ON CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA
12/1/2008: SMITH, RAMIREZ, SANDOVAL, & VILLESCAS SUPPORT TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS IN EL PASO
11/20/2008: VRMI CONDUCTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF FILM IN EL PASO AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
11/19/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES ENGLISH ONLY LEGISLATION IN NEWSPAPER TREE
11/12/2008: SVS RELEASE FERTILE GROUND OF EL PASO SHORT FILM
11/5/2008: DOWNTOWN THEATER RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE EL PASO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
11/9/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN EL PASO TIMES
11/9/2008: VILLESCAS ASSERTS THAT EL PASO CAN PRODUCE & EXPORT MEDIA IN EL PASO TIMES
11/4/2008: SMITH, VILLESCAS & SANDOVAL AWAIT CHANGE TO COMMENCE IN AMERICA
11/3/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES YOUNG VOTERS WITH KVIA ABC 7
11/3/2008: DOWNTOWN THEATER SCREENS "VOTE AMERICA" FOR TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
11/1/2008: VILLESCAS & SANDOVAL DISCUSS FILM IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO ON KTEP WITH CHARLES HORAK (LISTEN)
11/1/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR LULAC YOUTH CONFERENCE
11/1/2008: SVS RELEASE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS SHORT FILM
10/30/2008: SVS RELEASE HISTORY IN THE MAKING AT SAN JACINTO PLAZA SHORT FILM
10/27/2008: VILLESCAS APPOINTED TO SERVE ART MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF EL PASO
10/23/2008: SVS RELEASE WEEK 1 AT THE PERCOLATOR SHORT FILM
10/23/2008: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON EMERGING FIELDS IN EL PASO AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
10/18/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ON KTEP WITH HOST LOUIE SAENZ (LISTEN)
10/16/2008: VRMI CONDUCTS JAZZ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LISA D
10/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES THE LEGACY OF JAZZ IN EL PASO IN EL PASO MAGAZINE
10/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH IN NEWSPAPER TREE
10/15/2008: VRMI & PERCOLATOR HOST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH AT DOWNTOWN THEATER
10/2/2008: VILLESCAS & DEL PUEBLO ALLIANCE HOST HIP HOP PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE DOWNTOWN THEATER
9/25/2008: BECK ROCKS THE PERCOLATOR
9/25/2008 : LISA D BROADCASTS CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA AT THE PERCOLATOR
9/18/2008: LISA D BROADCASTS FIRST CHARLANDO CON LA GRINGA AT THE PERCOLATOR WITH BOBBY SMITH & VILLESCAS
9/16/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES DISTRICT 3 & STANTON REDEVELOPMENT ON LISA D SHOW
8/24/2008: VILLESCAS TRAINS WITH NHI CENTRE FOR LATINO LEADERSHIP STUDIES/WORLD INSTITUTE OF ACTION LEARNING
8/12/2008: VILLESCAS DISCUSSES 'CIRCULAR PATHWAYS OF RETURN' ON LISA D SHOW
8/5/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM TEXAS AMBASSADOR GREAT DEBATE AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
8/3/2008: CREATING 'CIRCULAR PATHWAYS OF RETURN' FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF EL PASO EXPATRIATES
7/29/2008: EL PASO YLC ARTICLE IN THE EL PASO TIMES
7/12/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM TAKES SECOND AT 2008 SOUTHWEST GREAT DEBATE, NATIONAL FINALISTS IDENTIFIED
7/10/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM DEPARTS FOR THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE'S 2008 SOUTHWEST GREAT DEBATE
6/24/2008: VILLESCAS RECOGNIZED BY EPISD FOR PARTICIPATION IN STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
6/16/2008: EL PASO YLC TEAM RETURNS FROM THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE'S 2008 TEXAS GREAT DEBATE
6/13/2008: EL PASO GREAT DEBATE FINALIST VIDEO
5/25/2008: THE CRUCIAL DYNAMICS OF DISTRICT 3
5/1/2008: VILLESCAS MARCHES WITH EL PASO ACORN FOR RIGHTS & JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS
4/30/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS IMPLICATIONS OF DISTRICT 3 RACE
4/29/2008: DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES DEBATE AT ACORN FORUM
4/27/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES
4/24/2008: EL PASO TIMES BLOG ON DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/22/2008: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/17/2008: EL PASO TIMES COVERS DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES
4/16/2008: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT GREATER EL PASO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORUM & AT PASADENA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORUM
4/12/2008: VILLESCAS CONDUCTS LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR LULAC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
4/10/2008: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT CIELO VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORUM
3/25/2008: VILLESCAS ADDRESSES CITY COUNCIL AS PROPONENT OF CIELO VISTA LIBRARY
3/4/2008: VILLESCAS FILES FOR DISTRICT 3 CITY REPRESENTATIVE
2/16/2008: VILLESCAS BECOMES FAR WEST REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2/14/2008: NIETO & VILLESCAS PRESENT AT TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
2/13/2008: VILLESCAS ATTENDS TCEQ/ASARCO HEARING IN AUSTIN
1/30/2008: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
1/28/2008: VILLESCAS ANNOUNCES RUN FOR DISTRICT 3 CITY REP ON THE LISA DEGLIANTONI SHOW
12/23/2007: HOLIDAY MIXER FOR OVER 100 EXPATRIATES
12/22/2007: VILLESCAS CIRCULATES EXPAT REPORT TO ALL RESPONDENTS
12/21/2007: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
12/16/2007: EL PASO TIMES COVERS EXPAT PROJECT
12/15/2007: NEWSPAPER TREE DISCUSSES PRELIMINARY EXPAT FINDINGS
12/12/2007: KFOX COVERS EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT
12/10/2007: NEWSPAPER TREE COVERS EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT
12/7/2007: EL PASO EXPATRIATE PROJECT: SURVEY 1 LAUNCHED (CLICK HERE)
12/4/2007: VILLESCAS PRESENTS LATINO FINDINGS IN SIX COUNTIES ALONG I-35 TO AUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
11/30/2007: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT LULAC COUNCIL 4457 ON FUTURE EL PASO LANDSCAPE
11/27/2007: EPISD ANNOUNCES NEW TRUSTEES
11/26/2007: VILLESCAS ON THE LISA DEGLIANTONI SHOW
11/18/2007: VILLESCAS LEADS WESLEYAN TEAM TO CHAMPIONSHIP IN LOS FRESNOS
11/2/2007: VILLESCAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STRELZ
10/30/2007: VILLESCAS SPEAKS AT EPISD COMMUNITY FORUM
10/15/2007: VILLESCAS FOR EPISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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joseph
