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Our Members
FamFrequency Productions
FamFrequency Productions is a Philadelphia-based 501c3 music and entrepreneurship fellowship that empowers young artists to be financially independent. We are more than an after school program. We cultivate creative entrepreneurs through our music production,...
Motivos Magazine
Motivos magazine: a new bilingual resource for students and their families! What makes Motivos unique? The bilingual format and socially and culturally relevant content make Motivos unique. Motivos showcases student voices. Its four sections invite the reader to enjoy...
Philadelphia Film Society
Philadelphia Film Society is a nonprofit arts organization that strives to engage a diverse audience through film initiatives that inspire, educate, challenge and entertain. As the producer of the Philadelphia Film Festival and creative force behind the...
SEAMAAC
SEAMAAC: Supporting and serving immigrants and refugees and other politically, socially and economically marginalized communities as they seek to advance the condition of their lives in the United States. Summary of Program: SEAMAAC’s Hip Hop Heritage (H3) program is...
The Attic Youth Center
The Attic Youth Center creates opportunities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in...
University of the Arts Pre-College Programs
Pre-College provides enrichment opportunities in visual arts, performing arts and creative writing for students in grades 9–12 through programs that foster exploration and embolden students to think creatively and work collaboratively.
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Since 1987, Philadelphia Young Playwrights (PYP) has partnered with educators to bring the transformative power of playwriting into classrooms and community settings across Greater Philadelphia. Placing students at the center of their learning, PYP's intensive writing...
REC Philly
REC is an ecosystem that exists to empower independent creators to do more of what they love. Part creative incubator, part creative agency, REC is a physical space, digital application, and creator community designed and dedicated to providing its members with the...
iCamp
Camp is a social-justice centered, project-based, program that offers rising 11th and 12th grade students an extraordinary opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops in games and web development, as well audio and video production. Students develop system-based...
Youth Set The Stage
Beginning in 2019, Youth Set The Stage (YSTS) brought together eight local organizations dedicated to amplifying youth voices through media and art. The inaugural YSTS event occurred in June 2019 at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, bringing together live music,...
The Rustin Urban Community Change Axis
The Rustin Urban Community Change Axis (RUCCAS) mission is to support the building of power for Southeastern PA metropolitan communities, specifically but not exclusively global majority/communities of color and low-income urban communities, through providing together...
Dobbins CTE High School
Dobbins CTE High School has a brand new interdisciplinary Career & Technical Education program in Digital Media and Music Production. The 3-year program brings together media technology, creative arts, entrepreneurship, and community development with the goal of...
Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Norris Square Neighborhood Project is a unique organization that offers youth and community residents a safe space to explore culture and social-justice issues, create art, and develop their sustainable-agriculture skills. For over 45 years, youth have developed their...
ArtWell
ArtWell’s mission is to support young people and their communities through multidisciplinary arts expression, education, and creative reflection to celebrate their strengths, thrive while facing complex challenges, and awaken their dreams. Since 2000, ArtWell programs...
Big Picture Alliance
Big Picture Alliance’s mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia youth through filmmaking & digital media arts. We provide transformative learning experiences and a supportive pathway for youth to have their voices heard, develop as young...
Center for Media and Information Literacy
The Center for Media and Information Literacy provides tools for educators and the media industry to advance critical analysis, use and creation of quality media content. CMIL was established in 2012 at the Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University...
Girls Rock Philly
Girls Rock Philly is a youth-centered music organization dedicated to building an intergenerational community of girls, women, and trans and gender-expansive people. Through the practice of fearless expression, artistic experimentation, and collaboration, we build the...
Klein College
Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication is the largest communication school in Philadelphia, offering studies in media studies and production, journalism, communication studies, advertising and more. Klein College’s mission is to prepare the media...
Lil Filmmakers
In our current digital age, the art of filmmaking has become widely accessible. Lil Filmmakers provides young leaders a focused shift from consuming technology to creating professionally produced short and feature-length narrative films that address their issues,...
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Through participatory public art, Mural Arts Philadelphia inspires change in people, place, and practice, creating opportunity for a more just and equitable Philadelphia. Mural Arts Philadelphia envisions a world where all people have a say in the future of their...
Philadelphia Student Union
The Philadelphia Student Union exists to build the power of young people to demand a high-quality education in the Philadelphia public school system. We are a youth-centered organization where we make positive changes in the short term by learning how to organize to...
PhillyCAM
PhillyCAM is a community media center that brings together the people of Philadelphia to make and share media that promotes creative expression, democratic values, and civic participation. We distribute content on our cable television channels (Comcast 66/966 &...
Philly Audio Diaries
Philly Audio Diaries trains young people in Philadelphia to tell their own stories for broadcast. We are fiscally sponsored by CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, which means we operate like a non-profit. One of the best parts of Philly Audio Diaries is the real-world...
POPPYN
POPPYN (Presenting Our Perspective on Philly Youth News) is a media program under the University community collaborative. POPPYN is an award-winning social justice media program for high school students in Philadelphia. Since 2011, POPPYN has aimed to alter the...
PSTV
PSTV is dedicated to providing youth equal access to multimedia tools, digital and media literacy training, and industry experience. PSTV is the education channel for The School District of Philadelphia (SDP), and is open to ALL enrolled students who have a current...
Scribe Video Center
Scribe Video Center is a non-profit media arts education center located in Philadelphia. Founded in 1982, Scribe is dedicated to advancing the use of digital media as a progressive tool for social change through filmmaking workshops, community-based participatory...
University Community Collaborative
The UCC provides a continuum of leadership opportunities for youth and young adults aged 14 to 24. The Collaborative Continuum is designed to keep youth engaged at different levels, capacities, and ages within our organization over an extended period of time. Each...
WHYY
WHYY has been running its youth media programming since 2003. Our programs range from one day field trips to years-long experiences culminating in job placement. With afterschool programs in documentary production, filmmaking, podcasting, and animation, WHYY serves...
Featured Project
Youth Set The Stage is a series of online and youth-driven events occurring throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
Opportunities
Welcome to Cinemaniacs!
WATCH FILMS. LEARN. GET PAID! Cinemaniacs (Teen Film Club) will be starting February 8th! Applications are now open to all Philadelphia youth ages 14-19. REGISTER NOW Cinemanicacs is a partnership of Big Picture Alliance and Philadelphia Film Society....
2021 OWHC International Video Production Competition
Do you like making videos? Are you between the ages of 14 and 21? Would you like a chance to win a cash prize and international recognition? Every two years, the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) holds an international short video competition. Young people,...
Scribe Video Center Documentary History Project for Youth
Scribe Video Center is looking for applicants for our annual after-school, weekend, and summertime digital media production workshop called Documentary History Project for Youth! This is a great opportunity for youth to learn about media and how to use it as a...
News & Press
Judas and The Black Messiah: A Discussion with the Director, Writer, and Youth FX
To watch the discussion between the Director and Writer of the critically acclaimed film, Judas and the Black Messiah, with Youth FX click Here.
Youth Set The Stage: Black Lives Matter Edition
Youth Set The Stage: Black Lives Matter Edition Friday February 5th 6:00PM - 8:00PM On Crowd cast and Zoom In honor of Black Lives Matter Week of Action Youth Set The Stage will be screening youth made films that will spark critical conversations about the Black...
Upcoming Events
Zoom Monthly Meeting // Dec 4th, 2024 1:00PM
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8573889525?pwd=aY76vU5mfkauHQjEmqnQohgbUPaRZW.1
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