2019 Virtual ShowcaseIn 2019, in partnership with Adobe, TakingITGlobal distributed 41 grants to creative youth organizations from 10 diﬀerent
countries. These organizations are building innovative pathways of equity for young people of the next generation to accesscreative education and opportunities for a more inclusive creative ﬁeld. Over 77,000 young creatives were directly served
through various projects and programmings by these innovative creative youth organizations.

The following media pieces are a few of the highlights from the incredible work these young people are doing.

Creative Catalyst Award Winners

Fully Focused
London, UK
https://www.fullyfocusedproductions.com@ukfullyfocused
https://www.youtube.com/user/MillionYouthMedia/
𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐃𝐎
https://youtu.be/g0Oigg4qj7s
A new drama short ﬁlm from the @ukFullyFocused team at MYM. Starring Isidora
Fairhurst, Rita Bernard-Shaw (Shiro's Story), Mia McKenna Bruce (The Dumping
Ground, Tracey Beaker Returns) and Dani Dyer (Love Island 2018 Winner). An
all-female lead cast takes you on a journey through friendship, jealousy andfrenemies. All with the backdrop of basketball and betrayal.

Watch videos by Fully Focused: http://www.tigurl.org/19ccﬀ

Reel YouthVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
https://www.reelyouth.ca@reelyouth
https://www.youtube.com/user/ReelYouthThe Love Song By Sophie Kokak and Faith Kokak from Kugluktuk, NU, Canada
https://youtu.be/lpsiicFfmAE
Made during Reel Youth’s fourth visit to Kugluktuk, NU, this 2019 series celebrates
Inuit musical traditions, culture & landscape. Local youth worked with their elders
to record traditional songs (and a contemporary original) and ﬁlm music videos toaccompany them. The videos will contribute to the ongoing revival of songs andlanguage, with which many Inuit youth have lost connection through the history ofcolonization and attempted cultural genocide in Canada.

Watch the rest of the ﬁlms here:
https://reelyouth.ca/kugluktuk2019.html

RYSE, Inc.
Richmond, California, USA
https://rysecenter.org@ryseyouthcenter
https://www.youtube.com/user/rysecenter/
RYSE Pride Video
https://youtu.be/hmMGGpwhs7E
Directors: Gemikia Henderson and Azaria Kates
Editors: Gemikia Henderson and Azaria Kates
Youth: Kylaa Prejean, Isaiah Grant, Jermaine Garner, Jashawna Chaney, Destiny
Madison, and Aziza Thomas.
Song: Macklemore - Same loveUrban Arts Partnership
New York City, New York, USA
https://www.urbanarts.org@urbanartsorg

Watch Urban Arts Partnership “What Moves You?” promotional video here: http://www.tigurl.org/19ccuap

Wide Angle Youth Media
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
https://www.wideanglemedia.org@wideangleyouthmedia
https://vimeo.com/wideanglemedia

MAMA LINDA
https://vimeo.com/368052949
Wide Angle Productions (NEA Client Work)Project & Collaboration Grantees

Collaborative Projects●Destiny Arts Center (USA) & Prayasam (India)●Yunuen de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical (Mexico), APYRE (Mexico), & the Mayan students from Cholul andCantamayec in Yucatán (Mexico)●NGO A Pratiquecologia (Brazil) & IPEMyt N° 23 (Argentina)

Destiny Arts Center & Prayasam
Oakland, California, USA, & Kolkata, India
https://destinyarts.org & https://www.prayasam.org@destinyartscenter & @prayasam1996

Yunuen de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical,
APYRE, & the Mayan students from Cholul andCantamayec in Yucatán
Mexico City, Mexico
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Theatrical-Play/Yunuen-de-la-Mora-Academia-de-Teatro-Musical-288747468577125/@yunuendelamora_academia

Celebramos la Inclusión a través de las Artes
https://youtu.be/OYnCW7PjEjs

NGO A Pratiquecologia & IPEMyt N° 23
Campo Grande, Brazil & Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://pratiquecologia.org/@pratiquecologia0301

Increasing Capacity of Current Programming●

Artist for Humanity (USA)●

Better Youth (USA)●

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Centre (USA)Artist for Humanity
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
http://afhboston.org@afhboston
https://www.youtube.com/user/AFHBoston/fBetter YouthLos Angeles, California, USA
https://http://betteryouth.org@realtoreelglobal

Watch videos by Better Youth here: http://www.tigurl.org/19pcby

Creative Action
Austin, Texas,USA
https://creativeaction.org@creativeaction
https://vimeo.com/creativeactionchannel

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Centre
Buﬀalo, New York, USA
http://www.squeaky.org@squeakybuﬀalo

Watch Squeaky Wheel’s art installation process here: http://www.tigurl.org/19pcsw

Intensive Mentorship Programs●

Bonaire Youth Outreach Foundation (Bonaire)●Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio (Brazil)●Venice Arts (USA)Bonaire Youth Outreach Foundation
Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
https://www.facebook.com/groups/byof4all/Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/EspacoCulturalAEradoRadio/@naeradoradio
https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiEcer

Venice Arts
Marina Del Ray, California, USA
https://www.venicearts.org@venicearts
https://www.youtube.com/user/venicearts

First Vote
https://youtu.be/4mfXHP4yNz8

Residency & Fellowship Programs●

First Exposures (USA)●

Littleglobe, INC (USA)●Global Girl Media (Greece)●GIRLS VOICE NOW (USA)●The Identity Project (USA)First Exposures
Los Angeles, California, USA
https://www.ﬁrstexposures.org/@ﬁrstexposures

Global Girl Media Greece
Athens, Greece
hhttps://globalgirlmedia.org/category/greece/@global_girl_media
www.youtube.com/user/globalgirlmedia

FREEDOM
https://vimeo.com/345630841

What is Freedom, how do you get it and keep it? This short ﬁlm ofInterviews with migrants, refugees and Greek citizens in the streets ofAthens, proves freedom to be a strange and complex feeling.

Littleglobe, Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
https://www.littleglobe.org@littleglobe.newmexico
https://vimeo.com/littleglobe¡Presente!: Film:Five Young Women
https://vimeo.com/372968077
18 year old Aurora Escobedo from Tesuque Pueblo looks to her
grandfather for advice as she grapples with the decision of how to live
as an adult and make a home in Santa Fe.

The Identity Project
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.theidentityproject.us@praxis_project

Professional Development for Staﬀ Members

Spy Hop
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
http://spyhop.org/spy-hop/@spy_hop_
https://www.youtube.com/user/SpyHop
https://vimeo.com/spyhop

Hardware Grant Grantees

Bonaire Youth Outreach Foundation
Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
https://www.facebook.com/groups/byof4all/

Community Development Center
Madhya Pradesh, India
http://www.cdcmp.org.in/

Water Conservation EWR
https://youtu.be/sXXsXvSGHUA

Creative Action
Austin, Texas,USA
https://creativeaction.org@creativeaction
https://vimeo.com/creativeactionchannel

David E Glover & Technology
Oakland, California, USA
https://www.degetc.org@theglovercenter

DreamYard Project, Inc
The Bronx, New York, USA
https://www.dreamyard.com@dream_yard
https://www.youtube.com/user/DreamYard

Elbstifung
Hamburg, Germany
http://www.elbstation.de@elbstation
https://www.youtube.com/user/elbstation

Elbstation - Frühlingsgefühle
https://youtu.be/Q37WfR9xZyM

Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/EspacoCulturalAEradoRadio/@naeradoradio
https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiEcer

Fundación Puerta 18 Para La Inserción Laboral
Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://www.puerta18.org.ar/@puerta18

https://www.youtube.com/user/puertadieciocho

Global Girl Media Greece
Athens, Greece
hhttps://globalgirlmedia.org/category/greece/@global_girl_media
www.youtube.com/user/globalgirlmedia

UNDER THE LEMON TREE
https://vimeo.com/345635054

This short ﬁlm portrays the meeting in Greece of two young refugee girls from Afghanistan,where they attend an amazing Greek High School, that welcomes them, along with greek
students and other refugee kids.

WOMEN’S VOICES NOW
Los Angeles, California, USA
https://www.womensvoicesnow.org/girls-voices-now-program@womens_voices_now
https://vimeo.com/womensvoicesnow

NOT QUITE HERE NOT QUITE THERE - NI AQUI NI ALLA
https://vimeo.com/356455265
Media representations of immigrants dehumanize the people they portray. Not quite HERE, not quite
THERE is a visual companion to a poem written by Diana Peña, focusing on the undocumented
experience. #EMPATHYTOACTION
Learn what actions YOU can take on the issues presented in this ﬁlm, click the link:www.medium.com/the-wvoice/not-quite-here-not-quite-there-68a46e5bc2fd

Littleglobe, Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
https://www.littleglobe.org@littleglobe.newmexico
https://vimeo.com/littleglobe

NGO A Pratiquecologia & IPEMyt N° 23
Campo Grande, Brazil & Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://pratiquecologia.org/@pratiquecologia0301

Prayasam
Kolkata, India
https://www.prayasam.org@prayasam1996

Raw Art Works
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
https://www.rawartworks.org@rawartworkslynn

SAY SíSan Antonio, Texas, USA
http://saysi.org@saysi_sa

Posthumous Paparazzi Installation

Spark Central
Spokane, Washington, USA
https://spark-central.org@sparkwestcentral

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Centre
Buﬀalo, New York, USA
http://www.squeaky.org@squeakybuﬀalo

The Identity Project
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.theidentityproject.us@praxis_projectVenice Arts
Marina Del Ray, California, USA
https://www.venicearts.org@venicearts
https://www.youtube.com/user/veniceartsWide Angle Youth Media
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
https://www.wideanglemedia.org@wideangleyouthmedia
https://vimeo.com/wideanglemedia

Yunuen de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical
Mexico City, Mexico
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Theatrical-Play/Yunuen-de-la-Mora-Academia-de-Teatro-Musical-288747468577125/@yunuendelamora_academia

Thank You!