SPEAK FOR PEACE Speak for Peace YouTube Speak for Peace Instagram
Ages 16-29
Fall 2019, Youth Opportunity YO! Baltimore, 1212 N. Wolfe Street & Green Street Academy, 125 N. Hilton Street
In this activist art workshop, student fellows will create a street-level campaign for peace, featuring the voices and faces of Baltimoreans impacted by and fighting against street violence. They’ll interview mediators, community leaders, and ordinary citizens, and share their messages and stories with the public through posters and QR code-accessible videos. They’ll consider how to reach and connect diverse audiences in diverse neighborhoods, raising awareness, stirring discussion, asking citizens of all ages and backgrounds to stop and think, and to work toward solutions. They’ll learn videography, audio recording, correct interview protocols, and poster design. Content for the campaign will appear throughout the city and on YouTube over the arc of the workshop, and will also be represented on Instagram, on the program website, and at a public exhibition. Limited to 12 student fellows.
Charles Cohen's recent documentary films include Riding Wild, which follows a group of BMXers into Baltimore's urban wilderness, and The Crooked Tune, an Old Time Fiddler in a Modern World. He holds an MFA in Film and Digital Media from American University and has written for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and Baltimore City Paper.
Darian Jones recently received his associate's degree in Digital Media Production from the Community College of Baltimore County. He is interested in documenting unique and authentic stories, and he hopes to give back by teaching others.
Greg Carpenter has worked in reentry for twenty years. He is a 2015 Open Society Institute Fellow (OSI) and owner of the 2 AM Bakery, which houses his program Eye Can B-More. Eye Can B-More offers returning citizens work experience, job training, and a range of support services. He also co-chairs the Greater Baltimore City Grassroots Network, which is comprised of more than forty service providers and advocacy groups that assist the formerly incarcerated. He is partner in and advisor for Baltimore Youth Film Arts, and he coordinates outreach for young adults.
Myron Higgins, “Sun of Baltimore,” is a musician and filmmaker. His short documentary, LEAD BABY -- #GlowUp, won the Judges’ Award for Nonfiction Film in the 2018 Born in Baltimore Film & Photography Festival.
Carlissia Young is the CEO of Midg3t Productionz “Little in Person Big in Video,” specializing in video editing and documentaries. She is also the Youth Whisperer of Baltimore where she teaches the youth Life Lessons Behind the Lens.
Speak for Peace Fellow Production Team: Cori Bell, Cinitrus Burnside, Shatronda Johnson, Naomi Nina, Wayne Paige, Tavon Shipley, Lashai Simms, and Amber Thomas
