At our recent public forum on voter suppression, Lift Every Voice and Vote, panelists Kristin Clarke and Maria Teresa Kumar stressed the urgency for strong voter turnout among our nation’s youth. The statistics are startling: 1 in 10 eligible voters are Generation Z (ages 18-23), but not all are registered. What a difference they could make.
JusticeAid has partnered with the Civic Life Project’s Democracy 2020 Youth Film Challenge, a film and social media competition that awards youth for their creativity in promoting social justice issues. The newly created JusticeAid Film Prize offers special award money for submissions that focus on social justice or include a call to action to vote.
Think of it as another way to promote justice through the arts. From high schoolers who use TikTok to aspiring college-level videographers, this novel peer-to-peer project is intended to motivate youth to engage in civic life and get out the vote in 2020.
Our democracy depends on the youth vote, and we appreciate your desire to help.
- Kindly spread the word about the Democracy 2020 Youth Film Challenge and the JusticeAid Film Prize—the deadline for entries is August 14th—share with your contacts in the media, education, and the arts, or on neighborhood listservs and among family and friends.
- And please join us at our virtual award ceremony on September 13th at 7 pm to support our award winners and view their prize-winning social justice films.
- Please note that theJusticeAid Film Prize is just icing on the cake! JusticeAid Film Prize submissions also qualify for Civic Life Project prizes; winning submissions could potentially be awarded up to $7,000.
$1000 for short films
$750 for social media campaigns
$2000 for short films
$1000 for social media campaigns
$500 for short films
& social media campaigns
Deadline for Submissions: August 14th
Thank you for forwarding this email to young people you know, as well as contacts and friends!
Save the Date: September 13th
And please join us at 7 pm on YouTube for our virtual award ceremony. Details to come.
JusticeAid leverages the community-building power of art and music to transform awareness into action in the fight against injustice. We organize arts events and public forums to educate people about key civil rights challenges, and we raise funds to support key organizations addressing these issues. JusticeAid advances its efforts by leveraging our Board of Directors’ diverse lived experiences of race, sex, religion, age, and sexual orientation, among others.
