We are grateful for the generous grant from Awesome Without Borders for the editing of our newest film from Nicaragua about climate change affecting coffee growing. MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA is being made by 12-year-old Edelsin Mendez and mentored by Joyce Chopra.
BYkids is chosen to participate in the Day of Tech Consulting with the volunteers from Morgan Stanley on Friday, July 14.
BYkids was thrilled to screen POETS AGAINST PREJUDICE to your inspiring and inspired educators from around North Carolina. We look forward to bringing our films into your classrooms over the year to come. Big thanks to the incomparable Charle Lamonica and Julie Kinnaird.
It was a night to remember at Carbone! We were thrilled to screen a rough cut of our newest BYkids film made by a 12-year-old in Nicaragua who’s coffee growing family is being devastated by climate change. Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert Semple of The New York Times joined us to talk about these issues over dinner. Thanks to the generosity of these 33 supporters we are well on our way into Season Two on PBS.
Congratulations to Maria Ceballos and mentor Susan Hoenig! DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED was featured at noon on Saturday, June 11th as part of the 2016 Global Girls Festival. The event was curated by female residents of the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center who “found the film truly compelling.”
BYkids is thrilled to be chosen by the Harvard Business School Community Partners to work with us to measure impact in new ways and maximize fundraising. Thanks to Bettina Klein, Richard Kane and the brilliant volunteers who came to work with us.
Big thanks to Lisa Cahill and Tess Peress for organizing the event to the third graders of PS 290. Jayshree Janu Kharpade and her mentor, Joyce Chopra, are blown away to hear how their film made you feel grateful for YOUR school and teachers.
We were thrilled to be included at the United Nations at the Gender Equity event organized by UN Women with our intern, Sofia Maranto, from the Garrison Forest School. We are grateful to Trevor Mullineaux and Sam Mcguire for the invitation.
Big thanks to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) for including BYkids at the “Energizing Social Inclusion through Youth-Produced Media”. We were honored to share our work on stage with inspired colleagues including Tribeca Film Institute, National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), Scenarios USA, Children’s Media Association, Global Nomads Group and Global Kids.
Not only is the FILMS BYKIDS national broadcast continuing on the World TV channel through March, but the series is coming to an additional 150 cities on Public Television!