Youth Programming and Workshops
Media making, storytelling, and creative digital literacy are powerful additions to any youth program. Mindful Media designs and builds them with you.
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Mindful Media designs and implements youth programs and community workshops grounded in Critical Positive Youth Development and current media literacy research.
Every program centers youth voice, builds critical thinking and digital literacy skills, and is adapted to your community, setting, and goals.
Youth media literacy programs
Young people tell their own stories, question the stories they're told, and build the critical skills to understand and navigate the media world around them.
Community workshops
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Young people and the adults around them come together to explore digital culture, online safety, and civic voice — building shared understanding and practical skills across generations.
Digital wellbeing series
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Young people examine their own relationships with technology, develop healthier habits and boundaries, and build the self-awareness to engage with digital life on their own terms.
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Youth voice and advocacy programs
Young people find their voice, develop their civic power, and build the media literacy skills to advocate for the communities and causes that matter to them.
What this can include
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Youth-centered program design built around doing, making, and sharing
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Hands-on media production and creative storytelling activities
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Community collaboration and partnership development
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Opportunities for young people to share their work with real audiences
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Skills development aligned with both media literacy and positive youth development frameworks
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Staff guidance and co-facilitation
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Logic models, program frameworks, and evaluation
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Grant writing support and funding strategy
Outcomes
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​Young people with real media literacy skills, a creative voice, and the confidence to use both
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A community that has seen and heard from its young people in new ways
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Staff who can facilitate ongoing digital literacy and media making conversations
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A program grounded in positive youth development that young people want to come back to
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Materials and frameworks your organization can sustain and build
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Documentation and evaluation ready for funders and reporting
Who this is for
Organizations ready to build new youth programming connected to media literacy, digital wellbeing, creative storytelling, or civic voice — in school, after-school, or community settings, including:
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Experiential learning programs
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Youth-serving nonprofits
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After-school and summer programs
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K-12 schools and districts
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Libraries
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Community centers
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Child welfare agencies
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Faith-based oraganizations
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Programs can be structured to align with grant deliverables, funder priorities, and reporting requirements,
including proposal development support.
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