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Steubenville Happens Everywhere
This post was written by Erin Fischer, a senior in high school, youth advocate and activist. You can read more of her writing on the Scenarios USA Youth Voices blog and on her personal blog –...
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“Speechless” featured as a tool for sexual violence prevention
The Cleveland Plain Dealer features “Speechless” in today’s paper. This well-timed homegrown film from Scenarios USA, accompanied with a lesson plan for kids in 6th to 12th grades, is an opportunity to...
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Scenarios USA Receives NEA Art Works Grant
Scenarios USA receives National Endowment for the Arts grant to support our New York City REAL DEAL Programs Brooklyn, New York - National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa...
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“In the Loop” with Jason Bourne and Spider-Man
Halloween is fast approaching, and so is the end of our Campaign to Chicago. Backers and friends, tell the world that there’s an audience ready and waiting for a Chicago youth-written,...
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Scenarios Alumni Discover Their Own Story
Greetings! “Never forget where you came from. Never forget the struggle. Never forget what still needs to be done. “ My name is Michael Gabriel Torres, and I am a Scenarios USA REAL DEAL alumnus and...
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This year’s Halloween Costume:Philanthropist!
Greetings! Carve out some funds to help our Indiegogo succeed for young people in Chicago ! It’s time to get your Halloween budget in order, and Scenarios USA is here to help: 4 bags of Candy Corn –...
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What do Andray Blatche, Joe Johnson, and Brook Lopez have to say about Place and Power? We asked them to define these terms so that students can use these stories as inspiration for reflecting on their...
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Real Live Trans Adults: Kat Haché
Real Live Trans Adults is an interview series featuring young transgender adults who reflect on their youth and offer words of encouragement to transgender children, teenagers, and young adults. Real...
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2015 Strong Families RAD Summit
I recently had the wonderful chance of traveling to Oakland, California for the 2015 Revolutionizing a Dream (RAD) Summit. It was spectacular! I had the chance to meet some amazing people from all over...
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My team and I first launched this video project involving our environmental justice organization, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (Lvejo), for the Speak Truth To Power competition....
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The Changing Face of Activism for an Online Generation
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about activism — what it is, how to do it, and how to best navigate certain spaces when trying to create change. Some of this conversation has been...
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We Remember Emmett Till, Murdered 60 Years Ago Today
Emmett Till and mother Mamie Till Mobley On my way for a visit home last fall, my bus from New York to Boston was delayed because of protests in both cities in the wake of the Darren Wilson decision;...
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Expunge.io Links Tech, Youth Voices, and Criminal Justice Activism
In Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, there were approximately 26,000 juvenile arrests in 2013, 20,000 of which never led to formal criminal charges. Of those cases, only 660 sought...
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Prevention+Consent+Healing
Join us this Sexual Assault Awareness Month and all year long for sexual violence awareness and prevention! Scenarios shares the stories of youth: this month we share the stories of those affected by...
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What I learned about teens and sexual abuse from what students wrote in my...
Written by Eugene Hazzard, Chicago educator One of the reasons I became a teacher, many years ago, was to provide young people with a space to engage in free thinking — to teach them how to develop and...
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#SCENARIOSPRESENTS: REAL DEAL Writing Contest Finalists!
COMING THIS SUMMER: We are proud to announce the 2016 REAL DEAL story-writing contest Finalists! From our group of show stopping semi-finalist stories from youth (grades 6-12) in NYC and Cleveland, we...
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Pride Today, Pride Everyday.
A week ago, on June 7th, we celebrated youth, the lives they lead, and the stories they tell. We felt it important to share the words spoken at the Scenarios Awards / Gala by some of the young people...
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Scenarios Celebrates Pride!
Every June, many come together to celebrate Pride Month, which highlights the achievements of the fight for LGBTQ equality all over the world. With Pride month, we remember the 1969 Stonewall Riots...
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My Feelings as a Black Girl in America Following the Alton Sterling and...
via The College Spun On Wednesday morning, I turned on the news to learn about Alton Sterling, a 37 year old black man who was shot to death by the police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During the night of...
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