New Lens is a youth driven social justice organization working to assist youth in making art and media about often-underrepresented perspectives. The work is used to address systemic problems, facilitate dialogue, shift perspectives and stimulate action.
New Lens is staffed by a team of 20 youth and several adults who are the core artists, media-makers and instructors for our projects. We serve approximately 200 public school youth throughout each year through classes and workshops.
New Lens is an outgrowth of the Kids on the Hill arts-based after school program. As the program evolved, a group of youth leaders emerged who were ready for the next step of art and media production and activism. This entity was created informally in 2006 and officially in 2009 under the fiscal sponsorship of Fusion Partnerships. The project has allowed youth to create commissioned videos, to learn job readiness skills, proficiency in the field of video production and instruction, to create a venue for earned income for the organization and to partner with organizations that could use video to enhance or create a social justice message.
Contact:
rebeccayenawine@newlens.info
Phone: 410-383-7200
Support this wonderful effort to get children that live in Baltimore to participate in productive and positive after school problems, rather than running around the streets and being exposed to negative activity!!!
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