Youth Programs
Anais Arias-Aragon
How did you first hear about BAVC Media? Through my friend Sarah Chapman who was a participant in Youth Radio. Tell us your BAVC Media story. My BAVC Media story. It started when I was 15 years old and I walked in to the confusing intersection where Telegraph and Broadway street where I was to have my audition to show my work to Davin Thompson (Do D.A.T). That day started what has now become a life of singing, songwriting, composing and recording. At BUMP Records I saw and experienced first hand creative young people collaborating to create a piece [...]
2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
Awardees will be recognized by Mrs. Obama for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to help increase academic achievement; growth in graduation and college enrollment rates; and improvements in literacy and language abilities, communication and performance skills, and cultural awareness.
BAVC Media Next Gen at the White House!
Today, BAVC Media celebrates! It is with incredible pride that I share some great news: BAVC Media Next Gen programs – programs that would not exist without our partners and contributors from our many communities – are today being honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. Why? BAVC Media’s youth program is being recognized for its effectiveness in promoting learning and life skills and receiving the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor for youth programs! The award recognizes the country’s best after-school and out-of-school-time creative youth development programs for using engagement [...]
Looking At The Sky
March 29, 2015 the BAVC Media Next Gen students visited Sierravilla, CA for the first part of a cultural exchange with Loyalton High School. During the first night of the journey the BUMP Records students did an impromptu live performance over a campfire while the Factory students filmed. Looking at the Sky by AVRG (Above Various Rap Group) Performed by Day Day and Reu. Track available at https://bumprecords.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-sky-prod-by-mg
Brake
An illuminating drive through family obligation, personal stress and having to grow and face responsibility. From frustrated stop lights to emotional phone calls, the protagonist deals with her troubling home life situation despite a natural inclination to avoid it. Tension builds, and she is forced to confront her inescapable reality.
Not Just A Tree
A short documentary about Friends of The Urban Forest (FUF), a non profit based in San Francisco. FUF teaches teenagers how to plant and maintain trees in urban settings through their “Green Teens” program. They focus on spreading awareness about the environmental issues through hands on training. This film follows the people and places involved with Friends of the Urban Forest, and how they are a crucial
Pueblote
People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER) is an environmental justice non-profit organization that is based in the Mission and the Excelsior Districts of San Francisco, California. PODER's youth program, Urban Campesinos, strives to make social and environmental change in their community.
HerStory
A documentary explaining the importance of media literacy curriculum in regards to women's rights.
Lost Letters
An experimental music video about family and loss.
Ableism
Sylvia shares her personal experience of ableism.
