How would the shows we watch be different if writer's rooms included our community leaders and organizational members? And how would that change the way we understand the world? Cultural workers, youth media organizations, filmmakers, public media advocates and organizers have all put in so much work for us to reach this golden age of QT-BIPOC film production, where access and representation are central tenets of equity in entertainment. Even as we celebrate, many of us hear the cautionary voices of our political elders telling us, “we have been here before!” And still many others hear, “there are still so many other ways and so much more we can attain!” Movement Matters is pleased to announce our latest report,
Beyond Access
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The PAR project participants (6 local organizations, 1 staff organizer and 2 community leaders) will meet on a monthly basis for 7 months, beginning late Fall of 2019. In between meetings, participants will be tasked with collecting and analyzing information based on the discussions and plans made at the monthly meetings. We anticipate a time commitment to this project of approximately 8 hours per month per participating organization. Community leaders will be offered a stipend for being part of this project; MM will provide funding for one stipend per group while participating organizations will contribute the second stipend. Movement Matters will facilitate and guide the entire process and project, the specifics will be directed by participants who will:
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The project will result in a report that will provide a power analysis of selected officials, with recommendations on how the data and findings can inform future campaigns. MM will also document the PAR process the group used to uncover information, and share it as a roadmap for future Participatory Action Research efforts by local organizations. Lastly, the project will also provide on the ground experience for community members and staff in conducting a local PAR process.
For more information on our Participatory Action Research (PAR) projects,
visit our Research and Reports webpage or connect with us.
Movement Matters is based in Washington, DC.
We work regionally with various communities and with national partners.
visit our Research and Reports webpage or connect with us.
Movement Matters is based in Washington, DC.
We work regionally with various communities and with national partners.
Movement Matters is pleased to announce our latest report, Building Youth Voice for Youth Power in the DMV: Lessons from the Field.
Building Youth Voice for Youth Power in the DMV: Lessons from the Field informs the growth of youth voice and youth power work in the region and also has lessons for the field that extend beyond the DMV. The report offers a framework for youth work that helps clarify the distinction between approaches while also identifying how these approaches can be networked together as an ecosystem to support the development of youth power.
We thank the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation for their ongoing efforts to change the way philanthropy is supporting work on the ground and for commissioning this report.
We sincerely appreciate the time, trust, and recommendations provided by the groups we interviewed as well as their commitment to youth work in the DMV.
With the support of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Movement Matters will also be leading action-oriented conversations (Autumn 2019) around strengthening and deepening youth voice, youth work, and youth power in northern Virginia and regionally.
Building Youth Voice for Youth Power in the DMV: Lessons from the Field informs the growth of youth voice and youth power work in the region and also has lessons for the field that extend beyond the DMV. The report offers a framework for youth work that helps clarify the distinction between approaches while also identifying how these approaches can be networked together as an ecosystem to support the development of youth power.
We thank the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation for their ongoing efforts to change the way philanthropy is supporting work on the ground and for commissioning this report.
We sincerely appreciate the time, trust, and recommendations provided by the groups we interviewed as well as their commitment to youth work in the DMV.
With the support of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Movement Matters will also be leading action-oriented conversations (Autumn 2019) around strengthening and deepening youth voice, youth work, and youth power in northern Virginia and regionally.
For more information or to access our other reports, visit our Research and Reports webpage.
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