ImMEDIAteJustice was created last year by Co-op members and Wonder-Women, Tani Ikeda and Sylvia “Strawberry” Raskin. The org trains youth in media literacy and reproductive health with a gender conscious lens. Through this program, professional filmmakers provide the mentorship, tools, & distribution teens need to share their vision with the world.
Now they need our help! They’ve entered Pepsi’s month long contest “Refresh Everything” for the chance to win $25,000. To win, they need to be voted into the top 10 projects by March 31st. Each person can vote daily, so please vote! Help Strawberry and Tani educate young women about reproductive justice and change the world!
To vote, visit http://www.refresheverything.com/immediatejusticefilms (Pepsi requires that you sign up, but fear not, they won’t spam you)
More about IMJ:
The focus for summer 2010 is to create positive sexuality education films by LGBTQ youth. They envision sexual education as an inclusive, exploratory, youth-driven process that utilizes new media as a tool to share and safely access information. Their online community, CALIBODYPOLITIX, keeps young women informed about reproductive health and justice in California with the largest network of national and local reproductive health resources for youth.
The program and retreats foster positive self-image, supportive female alliances and media literacy skills, as participants graduate through a two-tier leadership development program that increases their influence as filmmakers and leaders of the next generation of women.
