The weekend of February 26-27 was a whirlwind trip to Washington, DC, where youth from the Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy and Seattle's Youth Media Intitute, participated in the Department of Education’s Youth Summit, performing the song 20/20 Vision for a live audience at Howard University. The weekend included an opportunity for the students to connect with other young leaders from across the country, a Q&A session with the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as well as plenty of sight seeing around the nation’s capital.
The weekend of February 26-27 was a whirlwind trip to Washington, DC, where youth from the Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy and Seattle's Youth Media Intitute, participated in the Department of Education’s Youth Summit, performing the song 20/20 Vision for a live audience at Howard University. The weekend included an opportunity for the students to connect with other young leaders from across the country, a Q&A session with the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as well as plenty of sight seeing around the nation’s capital.
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.
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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…
Dreams Un-deffered is a documentary about young women and their dreams. The film explores girls' aspirations, their struggle to pursue them and the promise and hope for young women pursuing their dreams.
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…
A story about the importance of reforming our educational systems so that students develop common sense and life skills, not just the knowledge and test-taking skills used in exams.