Monday, June 24th, 7:30pm – 9:30pm The New School’s Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12 Street)
Hosted by Alexandra Kelly with Jovon, Imani and Joshua Moderated by Peter Lucas (The New School)
A showcase and panel discussion of creative media work produced by high-school students involved with innovative youth media programs in New York City, including the Center for Urban Pedagogy, Engage Media Lab, Global Action Project, Reel Lives, Radio Rookies, and The LAMP. The event is being hosted in partnership with the Mozilla Hive NYC Learning Network.
Prior to the screening, a reception was hosted in the Vera List Courtyard at 66 West 12th Street, as an opportunity for media makers, educators and program coordinators to meet each other and swap stories, best practices, and visions for the future over refreshments. The event was free for anyone under 18. Celebrating Courage, Perseverance and Passion in Young Media Makers & Educators, article by The LAMP, June 25, 2013.
Participating Organizations
Center for Urban Pedagogy
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement. CUP collaborates with designers, educators, advocates, students, and communities to make educational tools that demystify complex policy and planning issues. We believe that increasing understanding of how these systems work is the first step to better, more equitable, and more diverse community participation. Learn more: welcometocup.org
Panelists: Douglas Paulson and Zoya Seaforth
Engage Media Lab
The Engage Media Lab is committed to fostering civic engagement through media that empowers the voices of youth, citizens and marginalized communities. The lab is designed to train students to become media educators, youth skills, and communities to engage in media through hands-on programs and collaborative projects. It aspires to become a hub at The New School and in New York City for design, research and civic action through participatory media innovations. Learn more: engagemedialab.org
Panelists: Olubusola (Shola) Ajayi and Imani Joshua
Global Action Project
Founded in 1991, Global Action Project (G.A.P.) has provided media-arts and leadership education for thousands of youth living in underserved communities across New York City and the country. G.A.P.’s core program is called Urban Voices. It consists of several distinctive after-school projects that combine best practices in youth development with media-arts training and social justice values. Urban Voices offers youth trainings in media analysis and production, leadership and self-expression, as well as access to public forums and venues, and meaningful connections to communities working for change. Learn more: global-action.org
Panelists: Aleksei Cohen Wagner and Adriel Grant
The LAMP
The Prevention PSA program is a partnership between The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project) and Immigrant Social Services, Inc (ISS). The LAMP is a nonprofit organization bringing 21st-century learning skills to youth, parents and educators throughout New York City, and ISS is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of youth and families in the Greater Chinatown and Lower East Side communities. Learn more: thelampnyc.org
Panelists: Jennifer Liu and Lai Wa
Radio Rookies
Radio Rookies is a WNYC initiative that provides teenagers with the tools and training to create radio stories about themselves, their communities and their world. Since 1999, Radio Rookies has been conducting workshops across New York City, in predominantly under-resourced neighborhoods, training young people to use words and sounds to tell true stories. The Rookies’ documentaries air during Morning Edition on WNYC (93.9FM/ AM820 and WNYC.org) and online at wnyc.org. Learn more: wnyc.org/shows/rookies/
Panelists: Sanda Htyte and Danielle Motindabeka
Reel Lives
Reel Lives uses media to support education, empowerment and social change. Our approach consists of an integrated set of programming that achieves both depth and breadth of service. Each participant in the Core Program shoots and edits an individual, non-fiction film related to a personal human rights issue. Through the process of making these films, our youth are supported in engaging with their own lives in a unique way, and in experiencing the catharsis of an informal, but powerful, art therapy structure. Learn more: reel-lives.org
Panelists: Bridget Jordan, Abigail
EVENT SPONSORS
Mozilla Hive NYC Learning Network
Mozilla Hive NYC is a New York-based learning lab that engages youth around innovation, digital media and web-making. Hive NYC is composed of fifty-six non-profit organizations—museums, libraries, after-school clubs and informal learning spaces—that collaborate to create Connected Learning opportunities for youth. Learn more: explorecreateshare.org Special thanks to the Education and Learning Initiative and the School of Media Studies at the New School for Public Engagement for supporting this event.
