Connecting you to causes in or near Cambridge, Massachusetts (change location)

« Back
Project Think Different http://www.projectthinkdifferent.org/home/

Project Think Different Headquarters

14 Beacon Street

Suite 503

Boston, MA 02108Map this

Using music, video, and online media, PTD partners with you to create, fine-tune and disseminate new media messages that promote positive action. We educate youth and artists, create job opportunities in media, and are a resource to schools and nonprofits through the following initiatives: %newline% %newline% ...

(more)

For more information:

Name: Tom Nalesnik
Position: Development Manager
Email: tom@projectthinkdifferent.org

Page tools

Support this non profit

Youth Media InstituteEmpowers young people with the tools and resources to become the future leaders of the media industry - Media Watch Team provides 10 low-income diverse Boston teens with meaningful year round employment - Media Careers Internship Program provides 25 additional teens with industry related internships - Our in school programs provide media related enrichment to over 100 Boston middle and high school students annually - Media Action Series engages other youth serving organizations in providing interactive media workshops - In partnership with the Boston Globe, Write Boston and UMASS Boston, over 500 high school students and teachers attend the annual Media Matters Conference
Empowerment Music ProgramWorks with musicians to produce socially empowering commercially viable music messages - Discusses issues of unemployment, poverty, abuse, freedom, and education - Local, national, and international artists create commercial-quality, multi-genre compilation that uses music to inspire people to think about their ability to create lasting, progressive social change - Our Artists have been featured on television stations HBO, WHDH, WCVB, radio stations WERS, WUML, WNBR, and WUMB, and in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, and the Baltimore Sun - Artists have performed at venues locally and nationally, as far as Palestine, Cuba and Nigeria
Movement Pictures Video ProgramWorks with video artists to create and amplify socially responsible video messages in film and television - Empowers people to tell their own stories through video, diversifying the content of media available to the broader public. - Provides tools, resources, and support to artists interested in creating compelling, solution-oriented video messages - Videos and artists have been features on MTV, HBO, CSPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, BNN, and at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
Electronic Media Community ProgramServes as an online hub for all of PTD’s signature programs, as well as an interactive site for socially responsible music, video, and online community building - Blog based site gives users the ability to create their own home pages, and share their diverse perspectives, opinions, and experiences - Provides tools, resources, and support to artists interested in creating compelling, solution-oriented video messages, as well as a community calendar for online movement building - Online library of socially responsible music, film, video, and interactive media
Help Fund our Youth Media InstituteFor 33 cents a day you can make a huge difference in supporting the important work of Project: Think Different! We depend on Your inspiration and action to make our organization a success! There are many ways that you can help us get our messages to those who are currently disengaged. Email or contact us at 617.557.9200 to find out more about the many ways to support Project: Think Different.
Thoughtful ApproachBlack protesters in the United States and South Africa once used songs to promote their desire for racial equality. Scherazade Daruvalla King mines that concept in her efforts to get disenfranchised people engaged enough to push for the socioeconomic change they need to improve their lives. With music, television, and the Internet full of messages mired in materialism, sexism, and racism, King tries to extend another message through her six-year-old nonprofit organization, Project: Think Different. Her company teaches youths how to create music, video, and online media that make consumers more socially conscious. It also supports artists who create these more thoughtful products. Scherazade Daruvalla King's Project: Think Different teaches youths how to create music, video, and online media that make consumers more socially conscious. (erik jacobs for the boston globe/file 2008)
Media Watch TeamSeeking Media Leaders of the Hip-Hop Generation Do you want your voice to be heard? We are seeking 10 young people ages 16-19 to join our staff of the Media Watch Team, and become leaders in Project: Think Different’s Media Action Series. Have the exciting opportunity to: - Gather samples of music, music videos, television programming, magazines, and websites that reflect what is currently deemed “cool” in hip-hop and popular culture - Work with Media Literacy Trainers and a Watch Team Instructor to examine how the media’s images and messages influence our society and ourselves - Co-lead workshops and Take Action Initiatives for middle and high school students during our Media Action Series - Inspire your peers to be active and informed media watchers and makers! Should You Apply? We are looking for motivated, observant self-starters who are turned into the media and popular culture. If you are between the ages of 16 and 19 and wish to have an impact on creating change in the media and in your community, we’d love to receive your application. The Media Watch Team is a paid opportunity! Participants must be willing to commit 6 hours per week for one year.
« Back