Press Release - Adobe Youth Voices Live Awards Final.
Through a network of dedicated educators, Adobe has inspired young people to be intentional and impactful in their media making, to create with purpose. In all, 250,000 youth and 5,000 educators from 60 countries participated in Adobe Youth Voices since its inception in 2006.
What Kids Can Do (WKCD) WAS one of five founding partners with Adobe Youth Voices. In 2006-2007, we teamed with youth and educators in New York City, San Francisco and San Jose, Seattle, London, Delhi, and Bangalore to produce a rich array of multimedia and book projects. In 2007-2008, WKCD collaborated with youth in Beijing, Hungary, Prague (Czech Republic) and Beijing.
Adobe Youth Voices Awards is accepting entries of media created by youth between the ages of 13-19 for the media created after January 2014. Original, high-quality youth-produced content that creatively express the vision for driving positive change in local communities are accepted for the award. The winners will be announced on 18 June 2014.
Youth Voices is fully non-partisan and welcomes youth of all types, from all regions, and with all viewpoints. Educators support youth in writing and thoughtfully responding to each other through the use of commenting guides, using tags to show common interests, playlists to support self-guided inquiry; opinions expressed by writers are their own.
It’s an extension of Adobe Foundation’s philanthropic commitment and its global signature program, Adobe Youth Voices, which aims to ignite creative confidence in youth around the world by empowering them to find their voice and make it heard. Key Dates. February 2, 2015 - Submissions Open; March 9, 2015 - Media created between 2012-2014 due.
The Adobe Youth Voices Awards is a global challenge that invites youth to creatively express their vision for driving change in local communities and to present potential solutions through visual storytelling.
Adobe Youth Voices Awards recognizes the work of young media makers who inspire change in their communities through the use of 21st century communication tools. Eligible works must be created by full-time middle and high school students between the ages of 13-19 and demonstrate the power of media to give voice to youth issues and concerns. Media must have been created between 2012-2015.