2008 Nonprofit Institute Projects

ACLU, Northern California Seeing the need to reach and retain hundreds of new members, ACLU staffer Catrina Roallos came to the Institute to learn how to maximize ACLU-NC's presence online via social networking. They worked with mentor Beth Kanter to develop a strategy, and... READ MORE >	Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Diving deeper into collecting user generated content, CAAM attended the Institute to work with artist Kip Fulbeck to create a collaborative storytelling project (the Hapa Project) that allows mixed race Asians to share video, audio, images or text... READ MORE >	CEO Women The mission of C.E.O. Women is to create economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women through teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills, so they can establish successful livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then... READ MORE >
Groundspark GroundSpark’s latest film from its Respect For All Project (RFAP), Straightlaced—How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up (to be released in late 2008) will be the first RFAP film addressed to youth ages 14-20. It will make the connection between anti-gay... READ MORE >	Homeless Prenatal Project After overhauling their community engagement strategy, the HPP came to the NPI seeking to redesign their website to provide new opportunities for online multimedia content and education through personal storytelling devices. Working with mentors... READ MORE >	Hostelling International The proposed Hostelling International Video Network is a flexible, cross-platform system for disseminating short (five minutes or less) videos through a vlog based at the organization’s websites, a YouTube channel, MySpace, and a Facebook group. An... READ MORE >
ISIS (Internet Sexuality Information Services) Disease Investigator: an interactive game aimed at urban high school aged youth in after school programs to teach about sexually transmitted disease transmission, prevention and treatment options. The object of the game is to prevent a local STI... READ MORE >	Just Think Founded in 1995 as a concerned response to the ever-increasing deluge of messages youth receive from television, radio, film, print media, electronic games, and the Internet, Just Think teaches young people media literacy skills for the 21st... READ MORE >	Preserving Paul McCarthy by artist Paul McCarthy BAVC digitized 1/2″ open reel tapes for artist Paul McCarthy. McCarthy, who studied painting at the SF Art Institute in the 60's, is probably best known for his transgressive performance art (including performances in the... READ MORE >
Preserving The Kitchen The Beastie Boys, Live Performance The Kitchen is a non-profit art space in New York City originally founded in 1971 in Greenwich Village. It takes its name from its original location in the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center. Notable Kitchen... READ MORE >

2008 Nonprofit Institute Projects

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