SHIFT student participant of the 2013 AYV Film Camp at SHIFT. SHIFT in partnership with Spy Hop Productions hosted a 3-week AYV film camp that culminated in a big-screen exhibition at the Tumbleweeds Film Festival, March 16. We selected 24 students from the ages of 13-19 f…
School: Dorchester Academy Educator: Amanda Schuermann A poster figuratively demonstrating the impact we have when we don't recycle or conserve, and set out to do things that harm the environment directly. It makes an impact to others, animals, and the only environment we …
In our group we experienced what students have on teachers and how it reflects the students' performance and motivation in the class. Students should be more aware of their attitude towards their education. We chose to make a youth video about expressing the relationship b…
We decided to choose this topic because we feel everyone is insecure about something and we wanted to address some of our insecurities. We interviewed students whom had insecurities, and we used the most common topics. We wanted our peers to relate to them. We had three st…
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…
Transferring Creative Energy One Breath At A Time" is the story of 5 youth from East Palo Alto who have identified a gift or talent they possess. Collectively, they have chosen to share these gifts and talents by joining together and defining themselves as the EPA Po…
The message of our project is that it only takes a few words to either hurt someone's feelings or to comfort them. Our main character is a new girl at school who is very affected by what her classmates have to say throughout her first day.