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“Girls Making Media” is a media production training program offered through the WomanKraft Digital Arts Studio for teen girls and young women.
Our free workshops teach young women aged 12-21 how to create digital media segments about subjects that affect women and girls.
On Saturday, April 24th 2010 from 3-5pm was our “Voices Blooming” Video Showcase, which highlighted all the segments created during this season of Girls Making Media. This public event was made possible because of a grant awarded by the Every Voice in Action Foundation. Please see the Showcase page for more information about the community gathering, and the GMM Studio participants who are producing it. We also want to thank WomanKraft Art Center, and the American Association of University Women for their two year grant which supports our beginning sessions, and rent for the studio sessions offered this season (and next). We couldn’t do it without all the wonderful support we have received and we look forward to a creative and productive 2010-2011 season!
Audio and Video PSA segments created in sessions of the 2009/2010 season:
Session 7 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning session)
Uganda Invisible Children Petition by Aubrie
Let Constance Go to the Prom by Desiree
Flying with the 99s by Emma
Session 6 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning sessions)
Love of Reading, Lack of TV by Amelia
Girls Making Media PSA by Paloma
Biking is Great by Madeline
Women Science and Engineering Conference by Angel and Margaret
Girls Making Media is Sweeping the Nation by Katelyn
Session 5 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning sessions)
DNA Digital Nature Archive by Maggie
International Women’s Day 2010 by Lani
Women in Aviation by Emma
Girl Power! The Power of Literacy by Haile
National Women’s History Month Tribute to Wangari Maathai by Amy
Session 4 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning sessions)
What is a Friend? by Cassie, Mattie and Grace (best friends!)
Girls Making Media Coalition Invitation to GMM in Ghana, Africa by Nautica and Angel
Session 3 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning sessions)
Sustainable Food by Margaret
Relational Aggression: Girl Bullying by Paloma
Online Safety by Eliza, Maya, and Haley
Social Networking Site Safety by Angel and Brittany
Session 2 of Girls Making Media (Studio and Beginning sessions)
WomanKraft Holiday Gallery Promo by Angel
Women in Sports by Emma and Alantis
Women’s Health by Lizz and Julie
Arizona’s Southern Desert by Emma
Session 1 of Girls Making Media (Beginning session, click here to see Studio session video)
Sex Trafficking by Hannah
Stop Ignoring Us! by Candy
A Shout Out about Teen Sex! by Julie
Abortion Ban in Arizona by Katelyn
Girls Making Media teaches teenage women digital media skills as they produce media segments about issues affecting women and girls in their community. The skills learned are used by program participants to educate, inform and influence public opinion about issues they have identified as affecting women and that call for action for social change. PSAs in Beginning sessions are the idea and implementation of girls/young women participating. GMM policy is to not censor girls or get them to do videos about particular subjects. We inspire them to make content that is meaningful to them, and to present the subject in a way that can speak to as many people as possible. Each participant and her parents sign a release that indicates their agreement with this policy.
In April of 2009 “Girls Making Media” and WomanKraft Art Center were awarded a two year grant from the American Association of University Women to assist the continuation of “Girls Making Media” in the Tucson area. Another series of beginning media sessions of twelve hours each (three four-hour segments) began in October of 2009 (see class schedule). Graduates of beginning “Girls Making Media” sessions can apply to continue their skills in “studio” sessions. “Studio” sessions enhance students’ skills as they create audio and video PSAs for community organizations and issues of importance, working individually, or in teams of two. All “Girls Making Media” classes are free.
Participants learn to:
Record and edit audio and video
Record voice-overs
Education in the art of "on-air" speaking and telling a media story
Edit and "render" audio/video into desired format for broadcast and webcast
The grant from the American Association of University Women has paid for a good amount of the total cost of the “Beginning” sessions. Girls Making Media now seeks community support to help our program build its capacity to instruct girls and young women in Tucson:
We Seek Funding for: 1) “Studio” sessions Digital Instructor, 2) Second Digital Instructor for “Beginning” and “Studio” sessions, 3) Budget for Technical Services (Technology and Time needed to promote and distribute Girls Making Media content).
Another Way to contribute... Do you have a business or organization that would like to have Girls Making Media create a PSA or promo for you or an event you are planning?
SPONSOR A GIRL! SPONSOR A VIDEO!
As girls advance through the Studio sessions, they have the skills needed to create an affordable PSA for you while you get to support this program offered by a 501(c)3 organization! For web and traditional advertising. Call Quynn for more info. 520-954-2004.
Do you want to sponsor a PSA created by Studio participants? You or your business will have the following listing “This PSA was brought to you by…” at the beginning of one (or more) of the seven videos created. This is a great way to get the name of your business or organization out into the web while sponsoring a video/audio segment about a subject of importance to you, as well as women and/or girls. Each video is uploaded to WomanKraft’s channel at www.youtube.com , as well as the social networking sites www.facebook.com and www.myspace.com . Your business and website will be listed as keywords for the video you sponsor, in the web forever.
These are incredibly affordable ways that you can support a teen or teen young women as they practice video production skills, while getting the affordable promotion or job done that you want . For details about how you can participate, contact Quynn Elizabeth at girlsmakingmedia@gmail.com or at 520-954-2004
“I’m so excited, I can barely stand it!” Shacely 2009 participant
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