To provide an intensive media training program for Philadelphia high school students in order to amplify the voices of younger community members on key public policy issues.
To support the Acting Without Boundaries' Youth Acting Lab Film Project which amplifies the voices of BIPOC youth who have disabilities by sharing their talents and stories through film.
To support a video journalism project that teaches elementary and middle school students to become communicators of relevant and accurate health information for their peers, families, and neighbors.
To support the Restorative Justice Filmmaking Program, where young people impacted by the juvenile justice system will be trained to use filmmaking to share their stories.
To amplify the voices of youth impacted by the carceral system as they share their stories, in order to change community perspectives around responses to harm and violence committed by young people.
To support the Ginger Arts Center, an intergenerational "third space" for youth in Chinatown to document community stories through art and oral histories and learn collective organizing alongside community elders.
To strengthen the No Arena in Chinatown campaign by creating and distributing videos and print media, and training young leaders to support multigenerational, multicultural, and multilingual narratives.
To continue developing and implementing IDEA’s Community Voices local news program with podcasts, bi-monthly zines and a vlog, and increasing skills training for careers in the media.
Supplemental funding for general operations to support Big Picture Alliance's work to empower Philadelphia youth to define their own narrative through filmmaking & digital media arts.
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