Wondering what we’ve been up to these past few months? We’ve been working hard on these storytelling projects to create impact in these challenging times. Developing an Immersive Experience for Summit Public Schools This summer, we partnered with Summit Public Schools–a transformative charter management organization and nonprofit that uses personalized learning to prepare a diverse population for success in college, career, and life. Summit’s results are amazing–96% of its graduates are accepted into at least one four-year college and its students finish college at double the national average. To help Summit demystify its process and pedagogy so other educators can implement its model, we built an interactive website that combines video and interaction design to demonstrate what it’s like to teach, learn, and thrive at Summit Public Schools. The toolset is already having an impact, as more and more educators learn how to implement personalized learning in their schools, helping each child…

We are so thrilled to announce that Undersired, a film by Walter Astrada and MediaStorm, will be featured on January 25th and 26th at the Brooklyn Human Rights Film Festival. The Brooklyn Human Rights Film Festival features short films on human rights and social justice, focusing on women's rights, refugees and incarceration. The evenings will also host debate opportunities to support local and global communities. Undesired tells the story of women in India who face intense pressure to bear a son and the activists who fight for gender equality. Please join us for this special event. Samia Khan, Director of Partnerships, will be speaking at a panel after the screening on Wednesday January 25th. The screenings will take place on: Wednesday, January 25, from 7-9pm at Berg'n, 899 Bergen Street, Crown Heights Thursday, January 26, from 6-8pm, at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP, at 30 John St., DUMBO To…

On Monday, January 9th, Backpage.com, one of the world's largest classified ads sites, closed its adults ads section. Advocates against sex trafficking hail this closure as a victory, as Backpage has been accused by a scathing U.S. Senate report of hiding criminal activity by deleting terms from ads that indicated sex trafficking or prostitution, including of children. Natalie, the fifteen-year old girl from suburban Seattle who was forced into prostitution and is featured in The Long Night, has been an advocate in this case, claiming that her pimp used Backpage to fuel his business, and her enslavement. With the help of the ads posted on Backpage, Natalie was repeatedly raped every single day, bringing in as much as $4,000 a weekend - every penny of which would go to her pimp.  With that much money on the table, her pimp became increasingly aggressive and abusive. Natalie had no way to escape. When her mother, Nacole,…