Youth Media Forum for Social Change Archive

  • Gang Violence in Sacramento

    Gang Violence in Sacramento

    By: Alyssa Bartholomew The Summer of Service (SOS) program is a part of the Sacramento City School district where incoming freshmen work on service learning and community service. The students that participate in the program learn the ability to work together and help the community while having fun. Students get the choice of what area [...]

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  • Motivation is Education

    Motivation is Education

    By: Ashley Dong The S.O.S. (Summer of Service) program takes place at West Campus High School and several other school sites within the Sacramento City Unified School District. The purpose of this program is to encourage students to take action for their community by creating projects that will have a positive effect on their community. [...]

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  • When Bullies Take Over

    When Bullies Take Over

    By Xitlali Sedano School. Work. Online. Home. These are some of the many places where bullying takes place. This problem is not something you can get rid of after you stop going to school, because this issue will follow you for the rest of your life. In the Summer of Service program (SOS) each student [...]

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  • Youth Media Forum for Social Change – 2

    Youth Media Forum for Social Change – 2

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  • Go Green!

    Go Green!

    http://www.archive.org/details/GoGreen_790 A youth produced documentary about how we can all make our daily lives more green. It was produced by Latino Voices – a digital media, service learning program that was held during the SCUSD Summer of Service at George Sim Community Center.

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  • Cultural Obstacles To College

    Cultural Obstacles To College

    www.archive.org/details/CulturalObstaclesToGoingToCollege This PSA explores some of the obstacles students trying to get into college can face. At UC Tech Camp, students spend a week at the University of California – Santa Cruz learning about higher education and advancing their media skills.

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  • Mason White_Witness Responsibility

    Mason White_Witness Responsibility

    http://www.youtube.com/v/5ZIIIccjyWM?version=3 The young producers of this short (Mason White, Alex Smith, Sylvester Charles), hope that this film will bring awareness to the issue of witness responsibility, and get people to realize what a big problem they’re causing when they don’t speak up.

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  • Walter

    Walter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84H51ewCNM&feature=channel_video_title A short film surrounding the sudden meeting of two different characters both inspired by historical figures: Walter and Elizabeth. Walter is an artist who has tossed his craft aside, blinded by society’s obsession with wealth and careers that pay highly. Produced by students Alyssa and Cassandra Benjamin, and directed by Gabe Figueroa, this film [...]

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  • Keep’n It Fresh!

    Keep’n It Fresh!

    www.archive.org/details/KeepnItFresh A youth-produced documentary about food desserts and food-imbalanced areas in Sacramento, with dialogue on what can be done to help solve this problem. It was produced by Green Voices – a digital media, service learning program that was held during the SCUSD Summer of Service at Luther Burbank High.

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