By Amie Williams, Executive Director | Executive Director, GlobalGirl Media
HIGHLIGHTS OF GLOBALGIRL MEDIA, 2014
Here at GlobalGirl Media we have had quite a year. We have summarized all programs and achievements for our GlobalGiving Supporters, and want to thank you for an amazing year. All the best and Happy New Year!
1. GLOBALGIRL LOS ANGELES/ Program Director: Francesca Guerrini
For two weeks, July 7-18th, another GGM NEW MEDIA ACADEMY TRAINING was held, located at a new location, the Young Oak Kim Academy, a STEM magnet middle school in Koreatown, near downtown Los Angeles. This training was supported by the Durfee Foundation, the Weingart Foundation and the California Endowment.
Highlights of the program included:
We were awarded a grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press, who sent a crew to shoot a great video of our training. The girls produced the first video in a new webisode series, GIRLS GO VOTE, highlighting women in politics. We also covered the opening of LIBROS SCHMIBROS, a unique lending library in East Los Angeles.
Francesca Guerrini is our Program Director for Los Angeles, who also asked the girls to answer the question on video: WHAT IS YOUR PASSION?
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: 10
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 6-8 (several from area universities still active and working as interns)
Total Schools Reached: 6
Total Videos: 8
Total Blogs: 6
List of Guest Lecturers:
List of Program Partners and Field Trips:
2. GLOBALGIRL MEDIA COACHELLA/ Program Director: Francesca Guerrini
We added a new program in rural Eastern Coachella, with support and direction from the California Endowment, Building Healthy Communities. Our training was held over the 2013-2014 Holidays, adding twelve new girls trained, with eight still active in our ongoing bureau there, located at the Coachella Boys and Girls Club.
Highlights of the program included:
We produced a new webisode series, MOTHER/MADRE, four healing narratives between mothers and daughters, and these videos were also screened to the community on Mother’s Day. The DESERT SUN and ZOCALO ONLINE and BEAUTIFUL NOW featured stories on the girls and their work. This project is also run by Francesca Guerrini, (our L.A. Program Director), but we are actively looking to hire a local Program Director.
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: 12
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 8
Total Schools Reached: 2
Total Videos: 8
Total Blogs: 12
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List of Program Partners and Field Trips:
3. GLOBALGIRL CHICAGO/ Program Director: Tobie Loomis
GGM partnered with After School Matters and De Paul University in Chicago to train 35 new girls, over a 7-week period, June 23-August 8, expanding our core curriculum, and our largest group of trainees to date!
Highlights of the program included: Headed by Program Director Tobie Loomis, the program took place at De Paul University’s downtown campus, with lead media trainer Lisa Pecot-Herbert, head of their journalism program. Here is a link to a video, MEET THE NEW CHICAGO REPORTERS. The final culmination of the training program produced five “webisode” videos that all fell under the theme “Justice and Liberty for All.” These videos comprised the following topics: LGBTQ discrimination, teen homelessness, beauty and culture, immigration and undocumented students, and sexual assault on college campuses. Another major project involved producing a video for pay: LIVING OFF TIPS, shot in Detroit for the Restaurant Opportunities Center, to help support national legislation to raise the minimum tipped wage. In addition, Chicago partnered with the American Bar Association to produce an article and video for the ABA JOURNAL, CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCE.
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: 35
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 19
Total Schools Reached: 15
Total Videos: 22
Total Blogs: 20
List of Guest Lecturers and Field Trips:
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4. GLOBALGIRL SOUTH AFRICA/ Program Director Sweetness Buthelezi
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: 12
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 8
Total Schools Reached: 15
Total Videos: 20
Total Blogs: 10
Highlights of the program included:
GGM ED Amie Williams traveled to South Africa to lead the Academy this year, a 4-week training held at the JOZI HUB in Johannesburg in April-May, with a grant from the Catalyst Foundation and Open Society Institute. The girls produced six videos and 15 short VOX POPS on the National elections, called FREE BORN FREE MIND, garnering international news reports from Al Jazeera, BBC and CBC Canada, as well as local radio and TV.
Two additional videos were produced: AKHONA’S STORY, aprofile of a global girl in South Africa, who tells the story of how her family and community grew to accept her as a lesbian; WHERE’S THE MONEYis Investigative piece by GlobalGirl South Africa on how 1.9 billion rand allocated to improve the township of Alexander since 2001 is still not fully accounted for. Includes interviews with Alexander residents and children who ask, "where did the money go?"
We also added two new South African Board Members joined this year, Alyson D’Oyley and Michelle Thulkaman.
List of Guest Lecturers and Field Trips
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5. GLOBALGIRL OAKLAND/ Program Director Summer Training: Nicole Middleton. Program Director Fall Training: Jazmin Ontiveros
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: 14
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 9
Total Schools Reached: 10
Total Videos: 6
Total Blogs written: 16
We added a new program in East Oakland, in partnership with Youth Uprising, a leading youth-services community based center servicing vulnerable and at-risk youth, particularly youth transitioning out of incarceration and into jobs. We trained 6 young women from June 23-July 11 I East Oakland, and produced three videos, CELEBRATE HER,TEEN MOTHERS IN OAKLAND, and TRAFFICKING, MY STORY. Two girls secured summer internships through GlobalGirl at Center for Investigative Reporting and Loteria Films, an Oakland-based production company. Board Chair Therese Steiner served as volunteer trainer for two weeks of the program.
List of Guest Lecturers and Field Trips
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6. GLOBAL GIRL MOROCCO/ Program Director: Hasnae Fathi
Total Number of Participant Girls in Training Academy: (no academy held this year)
Total Number Active in News Bureau: 24
Total Schools Reached: 6
Total Videos: 6
Total Blogs written: 10
Highlights of the program included:
Ongoing contract with RTI, paid videos produced on youth leadership in Morocco. GGM Morocco also produced two paid-for videos for Terres Des Hommes, and as a result have been invited to submit a proposal for a new training at the Swedish and Norwegian Embassies. Program Director Hasnae Fathi is close to getting the NGO fully registered in partnership with another NGO located in Mohammedia. The video produced last year on sexual harassment, BREAKING THE SILENCE won an award from Women’s Voices Now, an online Muslim Women’s Film Festival, and $3,000.
7. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS
GGM UK LONDON
In May 2014, Amie Williams presented Global Girl Media to a group of London based women who are interested in the supporting anddeveloping activities which help young girls develop their voice. Following this meeting a small Advisory Group was created to explore the potential of establishing a Global Girl Media UK Bureau (GGMUK), initially based in London. A small pilot project was started with a school in East London, but it fell apart when a new Head Teacher was hired. The Advisory Board is still building a base there, with Amie’s oversight, and we hope to have a new training in Summer, 2015 held in Tower Hamlets.
GGM KOSOVO
Amie was approached by KOSOVOLIVE, an award-winning online news site which also has a focus on women to bring GGM to Kosovo. A young woman who works there, Anne Hapciu has successfully engaged the US Embassy to partially fund the program and is actively raising all necessary funds locally with Amie’s guidance. Schedule for this program to launch is also Summer, 2015.
GGM NEW YORK
We are looking into a partnership with Creative Arts Works in Harlem, www.creativeartworks.org. Since 1986, CAW has been at the forefront of change within their urban communities, empowering young people through arts programming that incorporates academic enrichment, creative expression, workforce development and community engagement.
8. SUMMARY OF OUTPUTS AND REACH:
DIRECT IMPACT:
TOTAL NUMBER OF GIRLS TRAINED: 107
TOTAL SCHOOLS REACHED: 54
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS: 20
TOTAL WEB VIDEOS PRODUCED: 78
TOTAL SHORT DOCUMENTARIES FOR NGOS AND CUSTOMERS: 8
TOTAL BLOGS: 76
INDIRECT IMPACT: 5,637 UNIQUE MONTHLY WEBSITE VISITORS
TOTAL TRANSMEDIA PARTNERS: 85
YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS: 493
FACEBOOK LIKES: 4,971
TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 9,305
9. MEDIA PARTNERS AND MEDIA COVERAGE:
Our work is regularly picked up and shared widely by the following partners this year:
Women’s eNews
Girl Museum
Shriver Report
Huffington Post
Why News Matters
Women’s eNews is actually also working closely with all GGM Bureaus to help mentor girls in pitching stories through their TEEN VOICES initiative. We were also approached to provide content on the theme ‘Cam Women Haveit All?” when Maria Shriver’s newShriver Report launched, and we were featured on their home page.
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