Posts in 'Community-Centered Journalism'

For “The Gaslit Streets,” a podcast to center community voices and creative talent in Camden, NJ.

While cell phone videos allow millions of Americans to see police brutality in a way that was previously not possible, the abuse and degradation of people in prisons remains largely out of public view. The 2021 Community Voices grant will enable the Prison Society to evolve and deepen their highly impactful work supporting, mobilizing, and amplifying the voices of incarcerated people from the Philadelphia region and their families, and in so doing advance decarceration.

Through the 2021 Community Voices Grant, Manifestando Tus Sueños will utilize various communication tools (digital, visual, written and audio) to advocate for, empower, inspire and educate those who wish to manifest their dreams past their current realities. Through Spanish-language content, Manifestando Tus Sueños will motivate their audience to evolve, create and live up to their maximum potential.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the creation of a multimedia room for community members to produce arts and culture reportage focused on Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) communities in the Philadelphia area.

With the 2021 Digital Equity grant, Madre Tierra will uplift and support Spanish-speaking women through digital literacy initiatives using informative, animated comics for tv and social media, as well as comics printed for newspapers and magazines.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the transformation of Tiny WPA's underutilized storefront facade, which is situated along the Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor at 40th and Lancaster in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone, into a media platform for elevating the voices of its neighbors and Tiny WPA's young adult Building Heroes around issues that are important to them.

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support a pilot of a Credible Messenger Journalists program for individuals from communities impacted by gun violence to tell stories related to the experience of living with gun violence as well as identifying root causes and evidence-based solutions.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the expansion of the Credible Messenger Reporting Project, which was piloted by the 2020 Community Voices Fund. This project trains, compensates and empowers people impacted by gun violence to produce and distribute news reports addressing its root causes, their lived experience, and possible solutions from the community perspective, with guidance from professional journalists.

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.