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Four motivated mothers addressed the needs of marginalized youth to create Project Media. Media creation, nutrition and physical activity were just some of the topics covered throughout this powerful learning adventure!

Teaching media creation is a great way to encourage young voices to shine. Project Media took it a step further and hired a group of young people to learn both media production and practical skills for everyday living.

Four motivated mothers, fed up with a lack of accessible arts programming, put together Project Media, aimed at young people facing barriers to employment and education. The results were a powerful learning process.

Six participants embarked in a 20 week program designed to develop employability and life skills such as team building, critical thinking and organization.

Follow their journey and other similar projects, here! All that's missing is your complementary media!

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Bounce Back!

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 5 min 4 sec

Year of Production: 2007

Director:

Alyssa Kuzmarov and Jean-Michel Sauri

Producer:

Productions Oracle

The students' own music video shows the wealth of talent that was tapped during the filming of "Turning Points".

The process of creating the video was inspiring: People were break dancing down the school hallways; a music studio was created in one of the classrooms; guitar playing and rap took over the cafeteria. There was noise, laughter, and meaningful exchange. All that creativity and inspiration resulted in this professional-looking video, with a message that comes straight from the student's own experience.

Read about the Turning Points project HERE