Awarded Grants

To continue and strengthen a citywide network of youth media organizations by engaging young creators in collaborative storytelling, amplifying their voices, and providing access to professional development through mentorship, skill-building workshops, and paid media opportunities.

For continued support of Drag Arts Oral History Project, an archive of oral histories of Philadelphia area drag artists, and activating the existing archive through new multimedia-focused efforts.

To support the general operations of PhilyCAM, a community media center where residents express themselves, learn from each other, and produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people.

To support DayOneNotDayTwo's Community Apprentice Fellowship, which provides community-centered journalism training to residents of North Philadelphia.

To support Philly Community Wireless with building community-controlled wireless networks, expanding public internet availability in Philadelphia, and developing shared models of internet access and adoption.

To provide support for Free Press' "Philly Comunicadores Initiative," which builds collective power among Spanish-speaking media workers and journalists in the Delaway Valley region by facilitating a collaborative group that provides culturally competent training and resources in Spanish on a variety of journalism and media issues.

To support POPPYN, which mobilizes youth to combat oppressive narratives in the media landscape using youth-driven stories that shape movements for social change.

To support the general operations of G-Town Radio, a community radio station serving the Germantown neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia.

To support Radio MILPA, which amplifies the stories of immigrants and poor and working class people, highlighting shared struggles and connecting issues, people, and regions in order to shift the narratives about immigrants to make movements stronger and more unified.