specifically because you would really be competent and you'd really be at the stage where you will be marketable and we will have a special line skills and this company's me when you come out of school of the tongue because i think in a couple years say five to six years all those big companies corporations in the state will be looking for people that are you know that i understand the market the market of africa soul with the background that you have right now you have the cultural background understanding their to train educators to work with young people on how to create meaningful digital art experiences or kids are able to express themselves and produce you know film pieces music pieces  works audio works or animation pieces so they've got twelve partners around the world and since i started in two thousand and six they've worked over there were four hundred teachers about seventy five thousand young people and i think a t last count in fifty two different countries so a really impressive scope i think they're going into their sixth year of the program also a little bit more about the programs that you guys i'm sure in seattle  he foundation is partnered with the youth media organization called the real girls in the real goals went out recruited i think there's twelve partner sites across the city of seattle and it's made up of both community organizations r t i but also working inside public schools and partnering with you know classroom teachers so we're working with educators in both in school and out of school experiences with the girls really training educators on how to deliver quality youth media making experiences with kids that they're working with and what do you expect from these programs or would you guys want to kind of get to the community from these programs  authentic youth stories we want to train teachers on how to work with young people to use a lot of these exciting innovative new digital tools you know the hardware pieces you know the software pieces and teach them how to dot com and there's a large online exhibition gallery there where you can see you work that's been produced by young people from all of the globe there's also a lot of great free curricula resources there so if you're an  educator you know they want to be doing this type of work with the kids you interact with there's all sorts of lesson plans curriculum ideas you know you know software tutorials hardware tutorials that's a great place to just get started if it's something you want to do it your afterschool program or in your new york oakland all of those what do you think is the relevance or importance of media to shoes in the community or just friends everyone's got a media making device in their pocket these not sure how to use them in meaningful ways so you know a lot of the youth media programs such as a w forces you address kind of intentionality in an explicit ways for kids to use a lot of these consumer grade you know cameras smart train people how to use these tools but also you're discussing media literacy which i think is one of the most critical literacies you know of today really built on the foundations of traditional kind of reading and writing your training young people how to become critical exciting it's previously you're able to create media and maybe only share with people on the big screen in the local theatre but with all these are online global outlets i mean you can you can tell your community i think is the quality of the story but also i think young people are frustrated i don't think they feel like you know their voices are represented in mainstream media which you know i think is a travesty and i don't think i think you mentioned media your says they may be representing young people a lot of their stories but are really getting and i think you perspective i think i consistently hear wow they go through these i have these opportunities and this is the first time i feel like my voice really mattered this is the first time someone's really given me the opportunity to kind of share my story or share my voice and i think that's what it's all that is you know is using a lot of these these media arts pop forms as empowerment register participate upload any media that you've created or edited to the website and let other people hear your voice and see what you make and i was just a really great way for people to be heard individually as i am i'd seattle professional as well as a volunteer for ethiopia reads i'm delighted to come talk to you today about the beauty and connections that come through media and through collaboration through different organizations that may have different goals and different vehicles but work together to accomplish a common goal one of those is the multimedia resource and training institute that we have here in seattle which allows ethiopian  to connect through media both from seattle to back in ethiopia one of the things that allowed us to be hugely successful at our first ever fundraiser for ethiopia reads was the support of this training institute to both capture the vent as it unfolded to allow volunteers that couldn't attend or supporters who couldn't attend what the event was all about the beauty of media is it allows people who may not be able to travel or may not have a view into the world excess of all to them from where they are to see and to learn and to connect to individuals that may live across the globe may have a completely different experience than they have i am the mother of a little girl who was born in ethiopia one of the things i wanted to give her was a connection to her home country and a connection to her culture part of the reason i started  ethiopia reads is i had read about their organization and i had understood what they were trying to do which was allow children in her home country to have the same access to education and books and dreams that they could have that she would have here in the u s and as i worked with this organization part of the power of media allowed me to meet artists and writers and to learn about the ethiopian youth media here in seattle and what they were doing and the power of all the different forms of media that connect us and that allow us to become truly global community is astounding and it's available to all that this is an area where people comment can share their message and their message because of the beauty of youtube and the internet can be available you know here in seattle in washington d c you know in europe where my for my parents family and my husband family is from back to back in ethiopia and other parts of africa where my daughter calls her birthplace the beauty of media is that it connects us all and it allows us to deliver a message and learn from all of us so it's  certainly part of my learning process has been using the connections i found supporting them collaborating and there's a wonderful synergy and everyone working together so it encouraged you to think about the media that you can be a part of think about whether or not this is an organization ethiopia youth media that you can support or that you have a message that you want to get out through their vehicle and their media and that they provide free of charge and available to you and i want to thank the founder ability for all his wonderful support because this is part of why we were able to do what we were able to do in seattle and i think it's through this continued collaboration between many organizations and many individuals that we will find many of the to so lucian's for today's problems and the opportunities that we're looking for for the youth of tomorrow thank you very much