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2011 ANNUAL REPORT empowering youth through media and digital arts

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2011 ANNUAL REPORT

empowering youth through media and digital arts

MEDIA CREDITS

Pg 3. Photo by Kristie Kahns

Pg 9. Street-Level Annual Benefit photos, top to bottom: Elliot Velez, Kristie Kahns, Kristie Kahns, Kristie Kahns

Pg 12. Lower left graphic: “Power to the Change,” Marcus Anthony

Pg 13. Youth spotlight photo by Willie Pirtle; Background music: “Back to Reality, Part I,” Darion Williams-Bangs

Pg 14. Clockwise from top: Music production at Clemente High School, video by James Duke; “Hypnotic,” Ebony Marshall, Young Women’s Leadership Charter School; “Resurrection,” Juarez High School video production; “Violence,” Dvorak Elementary; Audio & video production, Vaughn High School; Screen shot, micheleclarkmedia.weebly.com

Pg 17. “Shared Canvas,” Jaylon Tucker

All other photos and media © Street-Level Youth Media.

From the Director

2011 marked an exciting year of change for Street-Level.

After several years of planning and much anticipation, we laid the foundation for our future growth with

the opening of our new multimedia center this past fall. Street-Level made bold goals that entailed some

risks when we set out to develop this new site amidst uncertain economic times. However, like all our

efforts, we rose up and met the challenge because of our steadfast commitment to give underserved youth

the best educational media arts experience to support their growth.

Within our new walls, Street-Level has built a digital playground where young people can discover their

passions and explore new ways of expressing themselves. We’ve equipped our studio and classroom

training labs with tools that help youth stretch their imaginations and learn to be nimble in our ever-

changing media and technology landscape. We’ve designed a culturally-vibrant and inviting space for

young people from across the city to gather regularly, so they can share and celebrate their artistic talents

with one another.

Through our media arts programs, we’ve also established a supportive environment for youth to cultivate

their unique voice, learn to communicate with confidence, and responsibly engage with the world

around them. In collaboration with their peers and adult mentors, young people process the issues they

face, formulate questions to investigate, and together, nurture intergenerational visions of better futures

through the media they create.

Street-Level is proud of the media arts opportunities we have developed for our youth. My heartfelt thanks go

to all our staff, Board, partners, and supporters whose contributions make this important work possible.

Sincerely,

Manwah Lee Executive Director

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 3 ]

Street-Level Youth Media educates Chicago’s urban youth in media arts and emerging

technology for use in self-expression, communication, and social change.

Street-Level’s programs build critical thinking skills for young people who have been

historically neglected by public policy makers and mass media.

Using video, audio, graphic design, digital photography, and the Internet, Street-Level

youth address community issues, access advanced technology, and gain inclusion in

our information-based society.

OUR MISSION

STREET-LEVEL YOUTH MEDIA sprang from a simple idea: What if young people had

video cameras to document the world as they saw it? What stories would they tell?

What could they teach us?

As it turned out: everything. In the summer of 1992, as part of Sculpture Chicago’s

“Culture in Action” initiative, west side Chicago youth made forty videos on topics

ranging from gangs and families to the gradual gentrification of their neighborhood.

The youth collaborated with an artist collective and threw a giant block party where

their videos were installed on monitors up and down the street. The block party

attracted over one thousand visitors — and national attention.

The success of this and subsequent community-based public art efforts inspired

Street-Level to officially incorporate as a nonprofit organization, dedicated to youth

empowerment through media.

On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of that first project, Street-Level now annually

engages nearly 1,000 young people from all over Chicago in media arts production.

Programs have grown to include audio and music production, stop-motion animation,

multimedia journalism, digital photography, and graphic design. Training workshops take

place year-round at our new West Town community multimedia center. Street-Level

also partners with Chicago Public Schools and other youth providers to bring our media

expertise into the classroom and to out-of-school settings.

Under the guidance of our professional media instructors, youth gain not just

technical media skills, but also essential critical thinking and digital literacy skills for

today’s information-driven world. At Street-Level, youth find a safe and supportive

environment to speak out on what matters most to them and their communities.

In all programs, Street-Level creates opportunities for youth to access media arts

and digital technology not readily available in their schools or homes. More than 95%

of Street-Level participants are youth of color and about 85% hail from low-income

families. All of our programs are offered free of charge, eliminating financial barriers to

media arts participation.

about Street-Level

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 5 ]

[ 6 ] www.street-level.org

our history

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 7 ]

1995: Street-Level incorporates as a 501(c)3 nonprofit

1996: Youth document Democratic National Convention in Chicago

1997: Neutral Ground on Chicago Ave. opens as Street-Level’s primary program site

1998: Street-Level receives the first Coming Up Taller Award from President Clinton’s

Committee on the Arts & Humanities

1999: Street-Level expands special projects and earned income initiatives to

grow our financial capacity

2000: Street-Level launches full-tuition scholarship program in partnership with

Columbia College Chicago

2001: “Peace Sign” project is featured on billboards across Chicago

2002: “Out of the Loop” video featured at Chicago History Museum

2003: Street-Level receives the first Microsoft Unlimited Potential Award

2004: Street-Level retrospective “Urban Expressions” opens at the Field Museum of Chicago

2005: Street-Level’s 10th anniversary

2006: Youth travel to New Orleans to document and participate in Katrina rebuilding efforts

2007: Street-Level upgrades technology and software, and builds out first recording studio

2008: Student exhibition “My Community Matters” opens at Chicago Children’s Museum;

Neutral Ground destroyed in a fire

2009: Media programs resume in Street-Level’s transitional space on Augusta Blvd. in

Humboldt Park

2010: Street-Level launches new logo and visual identity project

2011: Street-Level opens new community multimedia arts center and production studio in

West Town, and reveals a fresh, rebranded website

[ 8 ] www.street-level.org

...after!before...

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 9 ]

5,250Square feet in our

new center

35Mac computers for youth to use

21Of 50 Chicago

wards represented by our youth

our new homeIN FALL 2011, Street-Level opened the doors to our new

multimedia center at 1637 North Ashland Avenue. The

facility features two Mac computer labs, a youth media

gallery, and a professional-level multimedia production

studio with two control rooms and a multipurpose sound

stage — all designed exclusively for young people.

Street-Level celebrated the new center with a grand

opening benefit on September 29. The gala offered friends

and supporters a unique behind-the-scenes preview of the

center’s construction before youth media workshops got

underway on October 17.

Since opening day, Street-Level has welcomed youth,

educators, and community members for after-school

workshops, school field trips, film screenings, performances,

and our youth-led Free 4 All open mic night.

[ 10 ] www.street-level.org

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 11 ]

on-site programs

OVER THE COURSE OF 2011, over 500 youth ages 8

to 22 took part in workshops, field trips, and special

events at Street-Level.

Youth from twenty-seven different schools

enrolled in after-school and summer media arts

workshops at Street-Level. Participants of all skill

levels learned to operate media equipment such

as video cameras, hand-held recorders, boom

microphones, digital cameras, and midi keyboards.

They learned scriptwriting, interviewing, beat-

making, composition, and graphics, and brought

it all together by editing with industry-standard

software. Through the lens of media, youth

investigated issues like civic engagement, cross-

cultural differences, community representation,

and even the federal budget.

From January to September at our Augusta

Blvd. location, youth participated in workshops

such as Musicology (music), Digital Exposures

(photography), Digital Fusion (multimedia arts),

the Summer Arts Apprenticeship Program, and our

summer media arts bootcamps.

From October to December at our new Ashland

Avenue center, youth enrolled in Homegrown

(video), If I Had a Trillion Dollars (video), The Hero

(music), and Digital Exposures (photography).

With our expanded space, the scope of our

activities also grew. We launched a field trip

program that has brought even more Chicago

public school students to Street-Level to participate

in intensive audio and video workshops using

professional-grade media equipment. In November,

we partnered with the Alliance of Local Service

Organizations and the Local Youth Leadership

Council to launch Free 4 All, a youth-run monthly

open mic night that also spotlights local and

emerging artists.

In all our program activities, Street-Level

fosters youth leadership and 21st-century skill

development. Our program alumni serve as

teaching assistants, studio engineers, and event

emcees, and contribute to our on-going program

development process.

“It was challenging to be able to make a video that would be able to catch the attention of young

people, but also be informational to people who are older and who we want to listen and understand

how WE want this money to be spent for our future.”

— Arani Shearrill, age 12“If I Had a Trillion Dollars” workshop participant

“I felt like I connected with many students in the

program, not just my mentees,” reflected mentor

Allison Yasukawa. “I saw all of them achieve great

things at different points in the program... They

really worked collaboratively to figure out how to

use materials and tell stories in truly creative ways.”

SAAP’s final group exhibition, Brave Youth Voices,

was presented at Yollocalli Arts Reach in Pilsen

from August to September.

summer arts apprenticeship program

FOR THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, Street-

Level’s Summer Arts Apprenticeship Program (SAAP)

provided fifteen advanced teen artists with the

opportunity to take their media skills to the next

level. Apprentices developed a deeper engagement

with media production, arts criticism, and Chicago’s

rich arts and cultural scene. They also learned about

teamwork, organization, and self-management.

Working around this year’s theme of “Chance,

Choice, and Change,” the apprentices created

original multimedia artwork in collaboration with

adult artist mentors, seasoned professionals who,

in turn, found they learned a lot from the teens.

Mentor Frank Rinaldi believes his SAAP experience

strengthened him as an artist. “I was forced to make

sure my grasp on the fundamentals of technique and

theory were absolutely solid,” he explained. “I would

love to teach, mentor and volunteer in the future.”

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 13 ]

SWING BY STREET-LEVEL just about any afternoon and you’re likely to find Clemente High School senior

Darion Williams-Bangs in the studio working the mixing board or writing music.

A 2011 participant in the Summer Arts Apprenticeship Program (SAAP), Darion has grown along with Street-

Level’s audio programs in the last year and a half, as both moved from the limited production space at Street-

Level’s previous location to the current state-of-the-art recording studio.

Darion’s experience of recording his first beat in Street-Level’s afterschool program at Clemente hooked him

on the process. “It was kind of exciting because you get an idea of how you want this to sound, how you want

everyone else to react from it. I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is so awesome.’”

Building on that success, Darion was selected for SAAP, an intensive eight-week experience that allowed him to develop his skills

even more. His final project was a three-part hip-hop production titled “Back to Reality” that documented a young man’s journey

through life’s challenges.

While learning different beat-making programs and how to run the mixing board have occupied a lot of Darion’s time, it is his

growth as an artist that he identifies as the program’s biggest impact. Before Street-Level, he says, “I would just write music just to

do it, but now I actually start to think about, what am I writing? What message am I trying to display?”

A young man who considers himself a positive artist, Darion has big goals for his future in music. “The music that I make in my

head, I hear it as a number one hit. That’s how I view everything that I do and that’s the way I want everyone else to view it, as

something special, something you could vibe to.”

Youth Spotlight: Darion Williams-Bangs

Friends, families, and community members celebrate the summer apprentices’ accomplishments at the Brave Youth Voices opening reception at Yollocalli.

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Lake Michigan

multimedia • arts integration

Dvorak Technology Academy

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PARK Marshall Metro High Schoolmusic production • after school

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Clemente High Schoolmusic production • after school

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Gillespie Elementarymusic production • arts integration

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multimedia • arts integration

Dunne Technology Academy

WASHINGTON

HEIGHTS

multimedia • after school

Young Women’s Leadership Charter School

Von Humboldt Elementaryvideo production • after school

ROSELAND

Michele Clark High Schoolmultimedia journalism • after school

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Juarez High Schoolvideo production • after school

Street-Level has teamed with Vaughn for more than three years, during which

time students have written and produced original media that share positive

messages and reduce sterotypes.

The work is part of Vaughn’s senior seminar, in which students use the training

they receive from Street-Level to develop life skills and engage in advocacy on

behalf of their peers.

In 2011, Vaughn students collaborated to produce create songs and videos

that addressed cyberbullying, disability pride, and the importance of respecting

young women. The partnership was strengthened and extended through field

trips to Street-Level’s multimedia center.

“With the help of the experts from Street-Level,” said teacher Kelly Tepastte,

“we are able to give students creative license in their work and help them create

incredible music and video. I am very proud of my students and extremely

thankful for the opportunity to work with Street-Level Youth Media.”

Vaughn High Schoolaudio/video production • in-school elective

integration — where we collaborate with classroom

teachers on media projects that enhance student

achievement in core subjects like math and

science — and in-school electives and after-school

workshops that emphasize media arts education

and personal youth development.

Among our in-school projects, students used

multimedia tools to explore science and biological

viruses, raise awareness about school bullying, and

report on food deserts and healthy nutrition.

school partnerships

STREET-LEVEL BELIEVES that innovative media arts

education and access to cultural production and

digital technology builds the foundation for future

success. To widen our program reach, Street-Level

partners with Chicago Public Schools to bring our

media arts education programming into the school

setting. In 2011, we worked with ten Chicago public

elementary and high schools, serving nearly 450

students all across the city.

Our school-based programs take the form of arts

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 15 ]

393Final media arts projects

produced by youth

13Partner teachers

8Youth media showcases,

screenings, & events

“In 1871 a fire burned down the town, and it all started with Mrs.O’Leary’s cow.

Bow bow, fire shot all around. Then the whole town burned down.

People’s lives were changing, and after that Chicago was never the same.”

— Lyrics to “Greatest City of All” Ms. Banks’ 5th grade class, Gillespie Elementary

[ 16 ] www.street-level.org

2011 financials

CURRENT ASSETS

EXPENSES

Cash and cash equivalents..................... $679,634

Prepaid expenses............................... ........... $7,628

Fixed assets................................................ $533,796 (net of accumulated depreciation of $275,164)

Security deposit........................................... $13,120

Total Assets.......................................... $1,234,178

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts payable........................................ $64,138

Long-term debt......................................... $142,224

Security deposit........................................... $13,120

Total Liabilities....................................... $206,362

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted........................................ ...... $556,636

Temporarily restricted.............................. $471,180

Total Net Assets...................................... $1,027,816

Total Liabilities & Net Assets............. $1,234,178

PUBLIC INCOME & REVENUE

Contract services........................................ $89,613

Foundation grants..................................... $567,150

Government funds....................................$102,700

Corporate contributions............................ $36,216

Individual contributions............................ $35,682

In-kind contributions........................ ........ $49,063

Interest................................................. ............... $331

Total Income........................................... $880,755

Program services............................... ...... $468,018

Administration.................................... ........ $90,706

Fundraising.................................................. $62,264

Total Expenses........................................ $620,988

“Before I was shy, and I never really showed anyone my talent. Now, ever since Street-Level and all the classes I’ve been in, they

showed me, don’t be afraid, be brave and just do what you love and follow your dreams.”

— Vanessa Roldan, age 12musician & video producer

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 15 ]

board of directorsEddie Clopton, Jr.

Meg Comer

Will Fletcher

Courtney Gray

Shawn Healy

Tim Irwin

Russell Lewis

Lisa Montez

Leilani Sweeney

Street-Level staf fJames Duke Media Instructor

Steven Evans Program Coordinator

Marc Furigay Director of Education

Maria Krasinski Development Manager

Chris Lee Media Instructor

Manwah Lee Executive Director

Aasia Mohammad Community Outreach Coordinator

Maricela Zapian Administrative Marketing Coordinator

teaching corps

Mireya Acierto

Jonathan Alvin

Erin Barnard

Rhonda Jackson

Heather Jurewicz

Devin Katayama

Jeneba Koroma

Sean Owens

Frank Rinaldi

Michael Sirianni

Rico Sisney

Asha Tamirisa

BOARD & STAFF FROM JAN 1 TO DEC 31, 2011

who We Are

[ 18 ] www.street-level.org

Street-Level

is grateful

for our many

supporters,

without

whom none

of this would

be possible.

$250,000+

Kresge Foundation

$100,000+

McCormick Foundation

$50,000–99,999

After School Matters

Challenge Grant for Journalism

$25,000–49,999

Chicago Community Trust

Chicago Public Schools

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

$10,000–24,999

Alphawood Foundation

Artworks Fund

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events

Chicago Department of Family & Support Services

Exelon

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Leo S. Guthman Fund

Illinois Arts Council

NAMM Foundation

Prince Charitable Trusts

$1,000–9,999

@properties Friends & Neighbors Fund

Annonymous

Chicago Youth Voices Network

Day 1 Studios

Deutsche Bank

JP Morgan Chase

kCura

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Midwest Game Developers’ Kickball Tournament

Peoples Gas

Up to $999

Chevron

Chicago Tribune Foundation

Columbia College Chicago

Fleet Feet

Gap Giving Campaign

Global Giving Foundation

Kraft Foods Foundation

MB Financial

M&D Investments

Native Foods

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Phosphor Games

P.K. Johnson & Associates

FOUNDATION, CORPORATE, GOVERNMENT, & COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS

$1,000+

Richard Berger

Meg Comer

Will Fletcher

Courtney Gray

Shawn Healy

Andrew Hixson

Timothy Irwin

Russell Lewis

Lisa Montez

$500–999

Leslie Bluhm

Eddie Clopton

Cinnamin Malone

Our Supporters

IN-KIND SUPPORTERS

The Art Institute of Chicago

Arts & Spirits

Branch 27

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Filmmakers

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago White Sox

Cinema/Chicago

Core Fitness Chicago

CRO

DLA Piper

Eilts & Associates

Facets Multimedia

g*boutique

Gene Siskel Film Center

Gorilla Tango Theatre

IFF

Jerry’s Sandwiches

Jones Day

JW Salon

Kidrobot

Komoda

Logitech

Lou Malnati’s

Museum of Contemporary Art

Om on the Range Yoga Studio

Philosophy

Ray’s Bucktown B&B

Ray Villalobos

Samuel Adams

Shure

Solex Partners

Vin Divino

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS

Street-Level Youth Media • 2011 Annual Report [ 19 ]

Emily Egan

Erik Eidukas

Joseph & Heather Emrich

Cody Engle

Christopher Erikson

Chad & Jan Fellah

Mindy Fishel

Boris Fisher

Eileen Flaherty

Daniel Forden

Michael Foy

Marilyn Franck

Annie Funke

Julie Furigay

Kate Geisler

Adam Goff

Mark Gorski

Melissa Graves

Elizabeth Gray

William Gray

Brian Greenblatt

Sandy Guttman

Jaroslaw Gwarnicki

Roxana Hadad

Craig Haines

Geoff Haines

Colleen Harvey

Rita Heusinger

Roger Hirsch

Christopher Hoeft

Nicholas Hoeft

Steven Hoeft

Kevin Hoke

Christopher Horlacher

Iwei & Doris Huang

Roberto Hurtado

Ellen Hutchinson

Emily Johnson

Linda Kalata

Megan Kane

Scott Kapp

Mary Kelly

May Lin Kessenich

Mayra Khan

Eric Kiander

Johnny Kidd

Daniel Kim

Barbara Koenen

Gary Krasinski

Tessa Kwant

James LaBelle

Christopher Lacalamita

Matt Langton

Beth LaRocca

Thomas & Catherine LaRocca

Emily Lautenbach

Mary Lewis

Diana Linn

Daniel Loane

Amelia Love

Christopher Magnus

Thanh Mai Nyugen

Jack Pace

Tony Streit

$100–499

Robert Acton

Lorilynn Ando

Stephen Beard

Clark Bell

Peter Bennett

Lolly Bowean

Gary Burgess

Jennifer Cadigan

Robert Carroll

Chris Cobb

Justin Corcoran

Patrick Curry

Matt Daugherty

J.E. Dillon

Helen Doria

Matthew Doucet

Michael Flores

Ed Foppe

Jeena Greenwalt

Venu Gupta

Maria Gutierrez

Rhonda Haney

Shaun Himmerick

Elaine Hodgson

William & Vicki Hood

Elena Jiang

Jennie Jiang

Paul Johnson

Zack Jordan

Thomas Kang

Christopher Keyser

Chris Krastel

Jonathon Krusell

David Lang

Karen Langham

Corinna Lema

Cathy Linn-Thorstenson

Nancy Erwin Maher

Louis Marsico

Cory Marzullo

Ismael Medeles

Matthew Miller

Hoang Nguyen

Mark Norman

Eric Nyquist

Fred O’Connor

Daniel Panuska

Nicholas Pavlidis

Bruce Philipson

Mary Purcell

Erik Purins

Susan Rider

Eric Sacks

Amy Schiciano

Ronald Sonenthal

Lyn Soo Hoo

Gerry & Gwen Swanson

Kelly Tepastte

Matthew Twetten

Michael Urda

Andras & Connie Vari

Nancy Wall

Jesse Woghin

Phyllis Zendejas

Up to $99

Angela Adams

Miguel Alba

James Altman

Emily Anderson

Zoe Anderson

Jill Antoniewicz

Deborah Anzalone

Katherine August

Ashley Ausikaitis

Mirza Baig

Kyle Bailey

Clark Bell

Richard Bernal

Megan Bernard

Chelsea Blasko-Muse

Katrina Bockus

Katharine Boss

William Bramer

Lori Brayer

Courtney Brouwer

Joseph Budlovsky

Alicia Burke

Cedric Busse

Frank Buttitta

Jim Butts

Anne Cadigan

John Calcagno

John & Mary Ellen Capuzzo

Christopher Cariano

Richard Carle

Dustin Carroll

Matt Carter

Julio Castillo

Cynthia Cata

Nathanial Cavalieri

Rhoda Chang

Jeremy Chapman

Salome Chasnoff

Lindsay Cochrane

Jeremy Conkin

Hillary Cook

Josh Criz

Daniela Denaro

Adriana DeVost

Joe DiBernardo

Zach Duffy

Cynthia Durley

Bryce Dwyer

Patrick Dwyer

Thomas Eastman

Josh Edelman

John Malloy

Joey Manso

Matthew Marsden

Andrew Massari

Scott Matott

Benjamin Mazza

Jeff McCarter

Meghan McLaren

Erin McLaughlan

Lourdes Milian

Jennifer Mills

Aasia Mohammad

Amber Mohammad

Peter Mondejar

Austin Montgomery

Zach Mortice

Sujatha Nagarajan

Samuel Nallen

Daniel Nelson

Anthony Nelson

John Neumann

Aaron Newton

Dan Nikolaides

Geralyn Navarro

Robert Nyblad

Michael O’Connor

Mary O’Malley

Matt O’Neill

Melissa Oglesby

Ken Overbey

Joseph Palmer

Kate Palmer

Meghan Palmer

James Pappachen

Gladstone Payton

Ben Perez

Anthony Perkins

Gus Peterson

Bonnie Pleuthner

John Podlasek

Jen Pollard

Kenneth Porrello

Frank Pusateri

Cindy Recht

Elizabeth Richter

Sherri Rinker

Michael Rios

Cary Robertson

Gretchen Roecker

Vanessa Sanchez

Harvey Sanders

Peter Sauerbrei

Leslie Schramer

Erica Schuetz

Shannon Schuyler

Michael Scodro

Steve Sengele

Timothy Shymkus

Joseph Simons

Anthony Smith

Casey Smith

Chris Smith

Amalia Snowdon

Adam Stanley

Regina Stefancic

Benjamin Stokes

Kristine Strom

Shannon Stubblefield

Julie Swartz

Joe Szulkowski

Sandra Szulkowski

Dina Tallarico

Ellen Tani

Juan Tejedor

Andrea Temkin

Jessica Terlikowski

Cindy Ternes

Diana Teruel

Alice Thomes

Barbara Thompson

Ardy & Curt Thorstenson

Kurt Tillmanns

Michael Tisdale

Fereshteh Toosi

Joshua Tsui

Dahlia Tulett

Micah Uetricht

Jeremy Underhill

Frank Valadez

Elizabeth Van Fleet

Doug vanderHoof

David Vari

Vanessa Vari

Rebecca Vaughn-Stepter

Katherine Walsh

Kelsey Wander

Lindsey Weeks

Katherine Whitington

George Wietor

John Williams

Brian Wing

Mary Beth Witte

Allyn Woghin

Helen & Steven Woghin

Christopher Zalek

Doug Zartman

Katherine Zartman

Teresa Zbiciak

$25 Set of headphones for video and audio production projects

$50 Memory cards to capture audio interviews, photographs, & documentary video

$100 Refreshments for a media showcase, where youth share their work with friends, family, & community members

$500 Hand-held recorders for ten students in an audio production class

$750 Youth stipend for ten-week advanced studio internship

$1000 Digital photography kit, including dSLR camera, lens, batteries, and case

$5000 One year of professional printing of youth work, postcards, & program brochures

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