Posts in 'Movement Media'

A two-year general operation grant to help Spiral Q remain a strong resource for the marginalized populations it serves, helping them to amplify their stories for change and justice.

The 2020 Community Voices Fund grant will support a “Spiral Q Community Cohort” using storytelling, art and artmaking toward collective justice and liberation through their participation in the Art for Action Pipeline and the Peoplehood Parade & Pageant in 2020 and 2021. Cohort members will amplify their own communities' stories and messaging, build community beyond their group with a wider demographic striving for justice, and educate themselves in new techniques and practices integral to social justice movements.

To expand and deepen WURD Radio's multimedia coverage and conversations around environmental racism and its direct impact on Philadelphia's Black community with a lens towards action, solutions and empowerment.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support a collaboration with Raise the Bar Philly and Mighty Writers to produce a four-week intergenerational storytelling project. West Philadelphia youth journalists will interview community members about topics related to the Black experience with policing in Philadelphia as well as the community's vision of a better future for Black Philadelphians.

To foster the development of community youth organizers through storytelling and media creation.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support the creation of a social justice theatre piece about educators' and students' visions for educational transformation in Philadelphia. Stories will be collected via story circles that document the beliefs and experiences of students and educators about the dehumanization of the education system. Using storytelling and theater as a cultural strategy, Teacher Action Group and Philadelphia Student Union will propel the movement to rid schools of policing, cultivate intergenerational solidarity, and amplify the need for systemic change in education.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support a partnership between PACA and Bonfire Media Collective to produce a short video series capturing the oral histories of cooperatives in the Philadelphia region. Through collaborative “watch, learn, and dream” events, PACA and Bonfire will use the series to build knowledge and catalyze interest in the co-op business model for a just and equitable economic future.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support the creation of additional opportunities and support for community-based artists, activists, and scholars through Bulletin, a collaborative, web-based editorial platform for critically reading and reimagining public monuments through stories of social justice.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support the creation of the Coatesville Black Media Renaissance (CBMR) project, which will use storytelling and media-making to heal and reconcile race relations in the city of Coatesville. Specifically, CMBR will provide local artists and storytellers a vehicle to amplify community voices through a variety of media platforms such as film, print media, and mural arts to create a community driven media model that activates change against unjust media narratives, policing, and other racist practices that continue to marginalize Coatesville residents.