By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  This music video is a collaboration between the Peapod Academy at MACLA in San Jose, CA and the Bonaire AYV Site. The video emphasizes the need to continue to fight and strive to reach your goals, while continuing to run and reach your dreams by any means. …

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  The film includes imagery of flowers in a body of water (lyrics, music and singing written and performed by Julia Lawrence). The poem written by Julia Lawrence is displayed in each frame of the film.  

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  A powerful film created to convince those who are self-esteem deficient  and those who are going through tough times that there is a way through everything, whether it be through art, writing, or other means.  

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  We made this video because we think that we are living in a world where people are hating too much, and they're forgeting one important thing in life, which is smiling. People should be happier, but they are always seeing the dark side of everything, and soc…

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

Polaroids and Films is a music video about Luz's pressure to follow social norms and standards when dealing with the issue of her own body image and the way she sees herself.

By: San Jose Sites

If we talked about one another in the way we talk about ourselves, we wouldn't have many friends. Learning to love ourselves is one of the most difficult thing for a person to do with everyone telling us how to look and act. But beauty is within us all, man or woman, it's …

By: San Jose Sites

A story of 3 teenage boys who’s lives would have taken a different turn if it wasn’t for the Alum Rock Youth Center.  Despite all of the negativity and challenges of growing up in an underserved community, they still manage to positively influence one anot…

By: San Jose Sites

This film is intended to bring more awareness about people who inflict harmful behaviors upon themselves.  In order to help, one must understand and learn why people harm themselves intentionally. 

By: San Jose Sites

A teenager, gets a nice surprise after making an unfair judgment about another teen’s appearance.