Posts in 'Youth Media'

Through the 2021 Community Voices grant, One Art Community Center will promote healing and self-reliance in the BIPOC community by establishing a solar powered, eco-sustainable multimedia lab that teaches the skills of communication, literacy, leadership, and problem solving through technology and the arts.

The “What is Sex?” podcast provides a platform for adults to reflect on their early experiences with sexuality and bodies in order to heal and better support young people in their development.

Through the 2021 Digital Equity grant, the Equity Project will provide Kensington's majority Black and brown community with access to state of art technology and broadband internet, the skill-building and knowledge needed to navigate digital content and technology, and the media grassroots organizing tools to empower community members, youth and old, to be leaders and advocates for their families and community.

The 2020 Community Voices Fund grant will support Big Picture Alliance's Via Lux Teen Media program, a youth-led collective that produces films about important stories shaping the lives of young people and engages the public through screenings, broadcasts, social media, and an annual film fest.

This two-year operating grant will support the expansion of BPA's school, summer, and workforce digital filmmaking programs including the launch of “Media Futures,” a paid professional development & leadership program for BIPOC youth seeking careers in film and media.

The 2021 film grant will support "This Too Is Liberia," an immersive documentary that follows Liberian surfer Melvin Kabakole Jr. and his friends as they heal their traumatized communities in Liberia through surf therapy.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "LOVE WEST" as it amplifies the voices of young Black girls in West Philly, who are impacted by systemic racism and sexism in their daily lives, through the lens of basketball.