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Articles by J Mina Rios MiNAPRESS Column | Arts & Culture MinaCommUnity Column | Climate News Simplified MiNAPRESS Advocate Portfolio via Muck Rack Complete Article Repertoire available for download Nov/Dec 2023 Issue Holiday Gift Guide Topic: Cannabis Holiday Green for Your Highness May/June 2022 Issue Made Section Article: Major Play Sonoma Magazine July/Aug 2018 Issue Sonoma County Comedy Scene Pacific Sun, Marin County Pictured: December 2015 Articles by Mina Rios North Bay Bohemian Pictured: March 2015 Issue J Mina Rios contributing writer since 2013. The San Diego Reader Alternative News Weekly Comic-Con Spectators Combat Hotel Wars In Dance, San Francisco. A Dancers' Group publication. Author profile and articles by Mina Rios Dance For You Magazine, Erding, Bavaria, Germany Nov/Dec 2012 Issue Dance International Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Performance REVIEW: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, San Diego, CA Dance Life blog for DiscountDanceSupply.com The Espresso, San Diego's Coffeehouse and Cafe Newspaper, Publisher John Rippo TableAgent.com formerly SanFranciscoRestaurants.com TableAgent.com formerly SanDiegoRestaurants.com TableAgent.com formerly LasVegasRestaurants.com TableAgent.com formerly PhiladelphiaResturants.com ExploreDance.com, New York, NY, Publisher Robert Abrams San Diego Performer Magazine Jan/Feb 2009 Issue Making It Big Time featuring swing band Big Time Operator (BTO) Dance San Diego Magazine San Diego Performer Magazine The Pointe of Conducting featuring conductor John Stubbs Dancer Magazine; Miami, FL and New York, NY; Publisher Owen Goldman Dance.com, New York, NY

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Crowdfunded book publishing efforts via InkShares Publishing . Waiting for Simone - a children's book by Mina Rios See the Music - A novel by Mina Rios. Details to come. Book Excerpt "Gabriella and her brother Andrew dreamed of having a dog their whole lives. Fueling this desire was the notion that everyone around them — all their friends and neighbors had dogs, and so it seemed." ABOUT "Waiting For Simone" Inspired by fond memories shared between a family and their beloved canine companion of 5 years, "Waiting For Simone" is a tribute to the family's Shepherd/Chow-Chow Simone, who sadly lost her life in 2010. In this first installment of the Simone Tails book series by Mina Rios, readers become acquainted with brother and sister Andrew and Gabriella, along with their parents, and their precious Simone. The story also serves as a commentary on responsible dog ownership and the importance of rescue center pet adoption. Following the publication of "Waiting For Simone" -- otherSimone Tails will include "Sneaky Simone" and "If Simone Could Fly" -- introducing readers to Simone's inherent silly-side, that made her the one of a kind character she was. See the Music - A novel by Mina Rios Details coming soon.

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Live Concerts | Comic-Con | Dance Performances |and more Multi-Media All Videos Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:32 Rez/Cowgirl by Underworld at The Warfield 4.21.23 Rez/Cowgirl by Underworld at The Warfield 4.21.23. San Francisco, CA. Recorded by Mina Rios. #underworld #underworldlive #liveconcert #thewarfield #warfield #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobayarea #sf #dj #electronicmusic Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 05:23 Comic-Con: Darth Vader's Theme Performed Live Comic-Con Int'l 2015: Live orchestra performance of Star Wars film score ("The Imperial March," Darth Vader's theme). Performed by the San Diego Symphony on Fri. July 10, 2015, behind San Diego Convention Center. Features a satellite message from composer John Williams and cast of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars film. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:41 San Diego Ballet's "Romeo et Juliet" - corps avec principes San Diego Ballet's "Romeo et Juliet" featuring Rachel Sebastian and Askar Alimbetov with the corps de ballet. Shot by J. Rios, March 16, 2008 in San Diego Ballet's large studio at Dance Place San Diego -- NTC Promenade/Liberty Station. Music by Prokofiev. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 02:53 The Kooks. 8-6-08 001.avi FM94.9 event/promo: The Kooks performing live at Strate Sound Recording Studios. San Diego, CA. August 6, 2008. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:02 Radiohead-Jersey-AllPointsWest08-ThereThere.avi Thom Yorke of Radiohead singing "There There" - Hail To the Thief album. Covering All Points West Music Festival in Jersey. 8/8/08. Shot by J. Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 00:43 Yorke/Radiohead-Jersey-AllPointsWest080All I Need.avi Thom Yorke of Radiohead singing "All I Need" - In Rainbows album. Covering All Points West Music Festival in Jersey. 8/8/08. Shot by J. Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:30 Underworld-BornSlippy-AllPointsWest08.avi Underworld performing "Born Slippy." Covering the All Points West Music Festival in Jersey City, NJ. 8/8/08. Shot by J. Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:36 Underworld-AllPointsWest08-KingOfSnake.avi Underworld performing "King of Snake." Covering the All Points West Music Festival in Jersey City, NJ. 8/8/08. Shot by J. Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:57 Climate Reality Project - 2022 Leadership Corps Training Content by Mina Rios, Mina Communications Climate Reality Project Leadership Training; Las Vegas, NV, Aria Resort; June 11-13, 2022 #climate #climateleadership #AlGore #climateactionnow #climatechange #climatejustice #climatecrisis #climatetraining #lasvegas #nevada #ariaresort #bayarea #sfbayarea Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 00:57 Bellagio Dancing Fountains.avi Covering entertainment happenings in Vegas. Dancing fountains at the Bellagio. Music: Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" from "Rodeo." Footage shot by Jasmine Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 03:00 Volcano Eruption at The Mirage.avi Covering entertainment happenings in Vegas. Shot by Jasmine Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 07:00 MinaComm/Comic-Con 2014 Slideshow A MinaComm Production. #comic-con shot on location in San Diego, CA - July 24-27, 2014 by freelance journalist Jasmine (Mina) Rios. Featuring John Logan, Josh Hartnett, Anna Paquin, Sean Astin, Dwayne Johnson, Seth Green, Matt Ryan, Linda Blair, Sarah Wayne Callies, the cast of CW's Arrow. Public Domain Music via Freesound.org (shout outs to Marcus Dellicompagni, Georgke, Goup_1, and Rutger Muller). Imdb.me/minarios Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 08:31 SLIDESHOW: COMIC-CON 2013 via MinaComm Comic-Con slideshow set to music/SFX via FreeSound.org. Arranged by DANI pe NET (www.danipenet.ro); JOBRO (AudioJungle.net/user/jobromedia/portfolio); DODGY C (www.FreeSound.org/people/Dodgy%20C/); and TIMBRE Remix by Flick3r - Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported (www.FreeSound.org/people/Timbre/). Some images are slightly blurry due to faulty camera. Shots include landscapes,spectators, and discussion panels for the "X-Files," "The Following," Entertainment Weekly's "Brave New Warriors," TV Guide's "Fan Favorites," and "Rotten Tomatoes." A MinaComm Production MinaCommunications.com Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 03:01 Comic-Con 2012: Big Bang Theory cast on Extra's stage Cast of CBS TVs "Big Bang Theory" outside the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Friday, July 13, 2012. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 05:23 Comic-Con: Darth Vader's Theme Performed Live Comic-Con Int'l 2015: Live orchestra performance of Star Wars film score ("The Imperial March," Darth Vader's theme). Performed by the San Diego Symphony on Fri. July 10, 2015, behind San Diego Convention Center. Features a satellite message from composer John Williams and cast of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars film. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 19:06 Comic-Con Int'l 2015: StarWarsPanel-Hamill-Fisher-Ford Hall H at San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 10, 2015. Star Wars Panel. Featuring Chris Hardwick (moderator), Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and J.J. Abrams. Shot by freelance journalist Mina Rios. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 20:33 Comic-Con Int'l 2014: FX's The Strain - an original TV series panel - Hall H. The cast and creators of The Strain - based on Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's 2009 vampire horror, novel trilogy. Featuring Sean Astin, Corey Stoll, Richard Sammel, Jonathan Hyde, David Bradley, and Ben Hyland. Riproduci Video Riproduci Video 01:47 Comic-Con 2012: Bryan Cranston at "Breaking Bad" premiere Post Comic-Con event: Actor Bryan Cranston of AMC TVs "Breaking Bad" greeting fans after private screening of the Season 5 premiere. San Diego Reading Theatre in the Gaslamp. Saturday, July 14, 2012. MINA COMM on COMIC-CON Pro Bono Articles ​ BlastingNews.com Published 20 July 2017 "The wait is over: The king of Comic-Cons has arrived" by J Mina Rios ​ ​ Examiner.com by Jasmine (Mina) Rios "Memories of Comic-Con 2011" August 2011 "The 2011 Comic-Con Marathon Is On" July 2011 "Single-Day Pass Drama at Comic-Con" November 2010 "Facts Comic-Con Newcomers Should Know" April 2010 ​ ​

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Advocacy Arts and Climate Initiatives Created by freelance journalist J. Mina Rios Climate Initiative Building a Planetary Response to Climate Change Launched in December 2023 Welcome to the MinaCommUnity - a climate news source and initiative dedicated to building a planetary response to climate change using a simplified approach model with positive reinforcements - including: Climate Art Inspiration | Climate Movement Progress | Sustainable Living Solutions Author of the MinaCommUnity Column, freelance journalist and climate advocate Mina Rios, is committed to growing the climate movement through effective journalism and initiative efforts that evoke, inspire, and assert action. Subscribe to the MinaCommUnity Column . Mina Rios is a trained Climate Leader/Content Creator of the Climate Reality Project. She received in-person Leadership Corps Training led by former Vice President Al Gore in Las Vegas, NV from June 11-13, 2022 and virtual Leadership Corps Training in April 2023. Rios is a member of the Climate Reality Project - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and serves as a contributing writer (article list and direct links listed below). The Climate Reality Project is a global climate initiative founded in 2006 by the former Vice President Al Gore. Chairman Gore also wrote the 2006 Academy Award winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth " and the 2017 film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ." ​ To learn more about the Climate Reality Project and Climate Reality - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, visit site links below. Climate Reality Project logos used with permission; for public use/distribution only. Climate Reality Project Leadership Corps Training certification and Climate Reality Bay Area Chapter writing contributions Climate Reality Project - Bay Area Chapter - Blog Writing Contributions October 2022: Water Wise Incentives Everyday Climate Champions Podcast Recaps ​ March 2024: Episode 1: Adapting to Droughts During the Climate Crisis May 2023: Episode 2: People Powered Solar as a Climate Justice Solution May 2023: Episode 3: Art as Climate Activism June 2023: Episode 4: Electrification - A Climate Solution with Built-in Public Health Benefit June 2023: E pisode 5: Youth Taking Climate Action in Silicon Valley June 2023: Episode 6: Giving Eco-friendly Gifts July 2023: Episode 7: Innovation and Equity in the Climate Movement August 2023: Episode 8: Climate Conversations with Kids and Adults August 2023: Episode 9: The Black Church's Inspiring Work in Environmental Justice AUGUST DANCE AWARENESS MONTH The ADAM Arts Initiative Mission To create more dialogue in local dance communities; educate the public about funding limitations; and stimulate year-round dance performance patronage. Synopsis Mina Communications launched the August Dance Awareness Month initiative (ADAM) in San Diego in 2008 to stimulate local interest in dance. MinaComm partnered with Dance San Diego Magazine to create an ongoing dialogue with the local dance community and establish partnerships with neighboring businesses and non-profits to help strengthen campaign efforts. The initiative was inspired by the former Eveoke Dance Theatre's three-day long Celebrate Dance Festival (CDF), held each August in San Diego's Balboa Park. ADAM would become an extension of Eveoke's weekend event, with performances, workshops, dance film presentations, and mixers held throughout the month of August. During the inaugural year of ADAM, the initiative was warmly received by local media, businesses, the dance community, and Congresswoman Susan Davis, who kindly provided a written endorsement for the ADAM initiative (see below). ​ 2008 Fiscal Receiver: Eveoke Dance Theatre ​ In-Kind Donors/Partners in Trade Border's Trader Joe's San Francisco Ballet The Garfield Theatre, JCC La Jolla NTC Promenade/Foundation Karate USA Solare Ristorante Liberty Station Hotels ​ Arts organizations interested in using the ADAM model to promote their performance seasons, submit query here.

ABOUT Mina Communications serves as a voice of the arts and climate crisis through writing and publishing stimulating, under-reported content; and as a facilitator of Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, and Grant Writing services for artistic, non-profit, and hospitality business sectors. Mission MinaComm Business Timeline available for download History Founded by freelance journalist and consultant Jasmine Rios, Mina by trade, Mina Communications was established in 2007 with the initial focus on providing the underserved San Diego arts community with solutions to their communications service needs. Having worked in a variety of communications business settings over the decade prior - from a corporate marketing department to two advertising agencies and two publishers - Mina Communications would serve as an independent facilitator of Public Relations, Marketing , Advertising , and Grant Writing services for local artists and arts organizations with staffing and budget limitations. During the company's first year of operation, Rios also found opportunity in freelance writing with the national publication Dancer Magazine - the motivation behind expanding service offerings beyond the local San Diego arts community. Furthering her artistic range in arts news writing, Rios exercised her knowledge of cuisine, by writing for SanDiegoRestaurants.com and SanFranciscoRestaurants.com from 2009 - 2011 (now TableAgent.com), while also gaining momentum in international dance news writing in 2011 with the Vancouver, Canada based Dance International Magazine ; followed by Bavaria, Germany's Dance For You Magazine in 2012. That same year, Mina Communications relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Rios is originally from, to set up business operations in Sonoma Wine Country. Mina Communications remains on the global radar to date - continuously expanding its client base while developing and reporting content for a variety of print publications and online news platforms. ​ ​ ​ Born and raised in San Francisco, J Mina Rios found inspiration in the arts through film, live dance, music, and theater performance, and the local culinary experience. Rios opted to explore a variety of art forms during her youth beginning with the violin, followed by drama at the Performing Arts Workshop (PAW), and later dance. By age 14, Rios auditioned to attend the San Francisco School of the Arts High School (SOTA). She began her four year tenure at SOTA in Intermediate modern, ballet, jazz, and Afro-Cuban dance forms and went on to Advanced dance during her sophomore and junior years. As a senior, she advanced to the Dance Production class. Rios also trained at the San Francisco School of Ballet with the intention of pursuing a BFA degree in dance at a university. She began attending college in 1988. But the idea of pursuing a dance degree was strongly contested at home. Her elders maintained that a BFA in dance would be risky due to job uncertainty. Encouraged to consider other college majors, Rios was conflicted. While considering her options, Rios continued to dance on the side while attending the College of San Mateo. Before long, she found guidance from an unexpected source - an English professor who observed she had a knack for writing; ultimately advising she consider journalism. To this end, Rios transferred to the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University - considered one of the strongest departments of its kind in the state - at the time. Choosing a communications concentration prompted an in-depth exploration of course work in news writing and editing, media ethics and libel law, marketing, and public relations. Once Rios learned that career opportunities in advertising were plentiful, she solidified her objective. As an advertising major, with a minor in humanities, Rios studied copywriting, broadcast media advertising, retail advertising, and business to business advertising. In her senior year, she excelled during the SJSU senior class Advertising Campaign Competition. Serving as copywriter and a key presenter during the competition for the team Kenton Lane, the team won the 1997 SJSU Advertising Department Competition. ​ While attending college, Rios also met her husband, a fellow SJSU Alumni, during which they had two children before Rios graduated from San Jose State University in 1997. From 1997 - 1998, Rios worked at Metro Newspapers in San Jose until she and her husband relocated to San Diego to raise their family. Rios worked in a variety of San Diego based communications business settings starting with the Marketing Department at Charlotte-Russe Corporate Headquarters in 1998, followed by Cordero & Davenport Advertising, Davis Marketing, Elsevier (a global publisher), and the California Ballet's PR, Marketing, and Ticketing Services departments through 2006. Beginning in January 2007, Rios established Mina Communications - becoming the sole proprietor of her own consulting business; while simultaneously launching her professional writing career. ​ In June 2022, Rios attended the Cl imate Reality Project (CRP) Leadership Corps Training in Las Vegas, NV - led by former Vice President Al Gore. Attending the Leadership Corps Training to become a Climate Leader was a life-changing experience, inspiring Rios to become a devout proponent of vital climate information and solutions for the San Francisco Bay Area community and beyond. Rios is a contributing writer for the Climate Reality Project - Bay Area Chapter and launched the MinaCommunity Column , a climate news source and initiative in December 2023. The Founder Climate Reality Project logos used with permission; for public use/distribution only.

Experience California Arts Council ​Seasonal Grant Assessment: Peer Review Panelist for Impacts Project Grants ​Reviewed forty California based grant applications from July-August 2024.​ Client: Warnecke Institute - Chalk Hill Artist Residency Spring and Summer of 2023: Researched grant program models and prepared action plan for Artist Residency Development Portfolio. Explored new collaborations and strategized ways of integrating climate efforts into programs with existing partners. Client: Santa Rosa Salsa Productions July 2018: Wrote grant proposal and supplemental content for CreativeSonoma The Pop Up Creativity project would support a new project - Santa Rosa Day of Dance - a public outreach effort to empower those living with depression through an invigorating dance experience that instills joy, connection, and hope. Client: San Diego Ballet 2007 - 2012: Created grant prospect list Managed grant records Wrote grant portfolio content Submitted applications for state, corporate, and private sector grants Acquired grant funding from: California Arts Council J.P. Morgan Chase Masserini & French Charitable Trust Sempra Energy Grant Program Writing & AssessmentTraining ​California Arts Council, Grant Assessment, virtual training, 2024 Pew Charitable Trusts Workshops, Grant Writing, San Diego, 2009 Qualcomm Inc. Workshop, Grant Writing, San Diego, 2007 ​ Services ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ Grantmaking: Grant Panel Review/Assessment for government and foundation grants Grant and Giving Program Stewardship ​ ​​ Strategy and proposal development Program and fundraising event oversight Program Development Plan and implement programs that s upport the organization's mission and vision; including w orkshops; collaborations ; and public and educational o utreach Prepare portfolio content for each program : ​ Project goals and objectives Project budget Project methods and strategy ​ Project effectiveness Community impact Prospecting: Federal, state, local, privat e, and corporate grant sources Record​ management Grant writing Letter of intent Executive summary Board of Directors' background summary Organization b udget and f unding sources Problem statement/project purpose ​ ​ ​ ​ Service rates negotiable. Hourly, project-based, or retainer fee options. Send query . Grants

SERVICES Marketing Focus Groups Surveys Media List Generation Social Media Account Management ​ Advertising Copywriting Accou nt Management Performance Pro gram Advertising Media Buying Public Relations Case Study Research/Writing Campaign Research/Execution Public/Media Outreach Newsletter and Press Release Writing Grants ​​ Grant panel review for philanthropic agencies Grant program development Grant program stewardship Grant prospecting Grant record management Grant writing ​ Visit Grants page to learn more. Advocacy Arts and Climate Initiatives established by Mina Communications The MinaCommUnity Column and Initiative launched in December 2023 ​ A climate news source and initiative aimed at building a planetary response to climate change. Visit Advocacy page to learn more . August Dance Awareness Month The ADAM Arts Initiative launched in 2008 Established to create more dialogue in local dance communities; educate the public about funding limitations; and stimulate year-round dance performance patronage. Visit Advocacy page to learn more.

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