Past Events
Young Women’s Empowerment Project’s Research Release – Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2010 1 pm – 4 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, MLK Room A-5
Co-sponsored by: The Third Wave Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing, Visions to Peace Project, and Different Avenues.
The Young Women’s Empowerment Project (Chicago, Il.) presents the findings of their research report, “Girls do what they have to do to survive: Methods used by girls in the sex trade and street economy to fight back and heal – A study of Resilience and Resistance.” This study was designed, conducted and analyzed by girls with current or former experience in the sex trade and street economy.
Visit http://youarepriceless.org to learn more about the Young Women’s Empowerment Project and download their report.
Let’s Get Free!
Sisters in Cinema: D.C.’s Young Filmmakers Flip the Script!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave. NW Washington, D.C. (2 blocks north of Metro Center)
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is pleased to present new video work created by local youth who use their productions to flip the script on adult-controlled media. For this program, youth leaders of the Visions to Peace Project came together in a media arts workshop to create a documentary that would go beyond the stories told about Black youth and violence in the mainstream media. According to 13-year old director Leon Baldwin, “Different kinds of violence affect youth everyday — domestic violence, police brutality, verbal abuse, and gun violence, as well as other types. This documentary exposes violence against youth. We reveal the violence that affects us.” Youth used video in the tradition of black women filmmakers — to bring about dialogue, learning, healing and social change. The program also features other videos created by youth that will educate, inspire and surely entertain. The screening will be followed by a discussion with young filmmakers in D.C., including creators of the works featured.
In Her Memory –
Written and Performed by Piper Anderson
August 17, 2007
ARCH Community Development Center, 1227 Good Hope Rd. SE
In Her Memory is the story of a young woman in search of the true meaning of love in a violent crazy world. After learning of the tragic death of her cousin, Brandy Hartford is desperate to make sense of the pattern of violent relationships that have consumed the women in her family. Unable to find answers in this world she calls on the spirit of her grandmother and a magical journey of transformation begins.
