PASE Network News

Reel Works’ free intensive filmmaking and workforce readiness workshops support and prepare New York youth with essential insights and skills needed to make films or work in the media industry. Reel Works students receive hands-on training, learn from professional filmmakers, and use professional equipment to make festival-worthy films. This summer, Reel Works is hosting three opportunities: The Dual Language Documentary Lab, through which students tell stories of family heritage, women’s empowerment, or mental health in English and Spanish, The Supported Experimental Filmmaking Lab, through which neurodivergent students explore experimental filmmaking, and The Career Lab, through which students learn about careers in media making. Check out each application link for dates, deadlines, and info session opportunities. For questions, reach out to mariam@reelworks.org with the subject: Filmmaking Application. 

Want to promote youth civic engagement? Check out the Youth Digital Civic Hub, a platform created by youth, for youth to bridge the gap between civic education and youth engagement. Current features include an Opportunity Board, highlighting internships and volunteer opportunities from local organizations and a Power Map, identifying local elected officials, as well as a 2024 Election Portal and a Civic Glossary. You can learn more about the project’s vision and direction through this recent Chalkbeat article. Check out the site with the youth in your program and submit opportunities and events at your organization.

The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) by InnovateEDU recently launched the 2024 cycle of their New Champions Fund opportunity, an unrestricted competitive sub-grant and year-long mentorship to support leaders of color, or allies of the equity in education movement, who are actively working to support students with disabilities. In addition to a $35,000 grant and mentorship to accomplish strategic goals, the recipients will have opportunities to spotlight their work on a national level through media, podcasts, webinars, and national events. Learn more at upcoming office hours sessions on May 15, 2024 and May 23, 2024. Learn more and apply online by May 31, 2024. 

AWS Imagine Grant, a public grant opportunity through Amazon, aims to support nonprofit organizations to prioritize and leverage technology. They are currently seeking proposals for pilot projects, proofs of concept, or existing programs that utilize technology in a new or expanded way. There are three different categories for U.S. applicants: The Pathfinder - Generative AI award, providing support for a highly innovative, mission-critical project that leverages generative AI, the The Go Further, Faster award, focused on innovative projects leveraging the cloud, and The Momentum to Modernize Award, for technology infrastructure projects. Read the application instructions and apply by June 3, 2024. 

How can afterschool and summer learning programs engage and support youth that are experiencing homelessness or are in foster care? Join Afterschool Alliance and Engage Every Student for a webinar on this topic on May 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM. Attendees will also learn about a range of strategies and resources that can be leveraged to ensure that our most vulnerable students are both engaged and able to add their voices to afterschool and summer learning programs nationwide. Save your spot today.