a documentary project produced by youth with incarcerated parents
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Below is the second part of our 2016 year in review - including our newest Resiliency Story. (You can see part 1
here.)
It's been great to reflect on the past year, and exciting, inspiring, and a little daunting to think to the year ahead.
As we gear up for this tremendous challenge, please consider
supporting our work.
With your support we can continue bringing film training to students across the city
we can continue delivering youth-led trainings and professional development to stakeholders across criminal justice field
and we can continue sharing powerful stories and new visions for a more just society to a wider public.
If you're not in a position to commit funds, please leave a comment, feedback or encouragement in the comment sections of one of our
films. The young filmmakers always benefit from hearing directly from audience members.
as we re-commit ourselves to our work in 2017.
Happy New Years!
Click HERE to make a tax-deductible
donation
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2016 Highlights (part 2
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Director Jeremy Robins and producer Francis Adjei presented at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's Artist-As-Activist conference in September.
We started production on our new series of first-person journalism stories. We're excited to launch this series in 2017.
In June, crewmember Kharon Benson, along with 19 other youth from around the country, presented to federal government officials at a first-of-its-kind "National Listening Session" in Washington, D.C.
 This fall
we launched a new crew! Five new youth have gone through their basic training and completed their first practice projects. We're excited to have Milca, Naya, Linda, Jalon and Xavier on board.
As part of their basic training, new students created two PSA's - which you can see
HERE and
HERE
The crew continued to film and speak at conferences and trainings around the country, including at John Jay College in New York, Friends Outside LA conference in California, Family League's COIP Conference in Baltimore, and many others.
As we continue to chase the light, h
ere's to a 2017 full of peace, joy and justice.
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Please
contact us with questions, ideas or feedback, and thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
-Jeremy and the Echoes Crew
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