Change Youth Media Project currently serves youth through workshops, intensives and partnerships with Northern New Mexico educational institutions and youth organizing programs. We train young professionals, as Project Leaders, to design and facilitate media programs with our educational partners. Populations we serve include Native, Hispanic, and Anglo students; immigrants; high school drop-outs; special needs—gifted and challenged; young people involved in the juvenile justice system; international students; and students seeking job skill development and work experience. Students learn to reflect on their own lives, seeing themselves within the fabric of a social, political and environmental context, and to use this awareness to gain confidence and to solidify self-identity.
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Create Youth Media Project (YMP) is a non-profit organization that teaches the craft of digital storytelling and the art of listening for a socially responsible world. YMP works directly with educators and youth leaders to design curricula that is inquiry based and incorporates media production, creativity, reflection on critical issues, and integration of academic studies. Through the making of media, youth apply their talents and discipline, plus practice essential skills in ‘real’ world settings.
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Students choose topics that are relevant to Through partnerships with high schools, their lives. Students’ productions take the form colleges, social action teams and performing arts of personal narratives, community interviews, programs, YMP produces Audio Revolution!, panel discussions, radio dramas, minia regular radio broadcast, airing on regional documentaries, spoken word poems, multIstations and the Internet. media projects and music performances. YMP partners include: Adelante; Capital High WHAT DO WE TEACH? School; Earth Care; The Kennedy Center; The • Active listening MASTERS Program Charter School; Monte del • Oral delivery techniques Sol Charter School; New Mexico School for the • Digital recording techniques and equipment Arts; REEL FATHERS; Santa Fe Art Institute; • Critiquing and teamwork Santa Fe Children’s Museum; Santa Fe Indian • Effective writing skills • Writing personal narratives, commentaries, radio School; Santa Fe Community College; Santa Fe dramas Public School’s Student • Interviewing people about social issues Wellness Action Team (SWAT); United World • Developing radio scripts and hosting talent College-USA and the Global Leadership • Digital editing of finished radio pieces and audio Forum; and YouthWorks! slideshows • Conducting final presentation of work--on air or to live audiences • Recording a final presentation to be built into an hour radio broadcast
YMP is a member of Santa Fe Youth Collaborative; an affiliation of non-profits addressing the well being of children and youth in northern New Mexico.
Change Youth Media Project currently serves youth through workshops, intensives and partnerships with Northern New Mexico educational institutions and youth organizing programs. We train young professionals, as Project Leaders, to design and facilitate media programs with our educational partners. Populations we serve include Native, Hispanic, and Anglo students; immigrants; high school drop-outs; special needs—gifted and challenged; young people involved in the juvenile justice system; international students; and students seeking job skill development and work experience. Students learn to reflect on their own lives, seeing themselves within the fabric of a social, political and environmental context, and to use this awareness to gain confidence and to solidify self-identity.
gital i d f raft o ially c e h ing t for a soc h c a ... te ytelling e world. stor ponsibl res