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Listen Up!
Listen up!
Chicago's best and brightest student poets grabbed the mic at the 2013 LOUDER THAN A BOMB Youth Poetry Festival to share their stories and speak their minds in rhythm!
LOUDER THAN A BOMB is the world's largest youth poetry slam which emphasizes self-expression, and community via poetry, oral storytelling, and hip-hop spoken word for young people of all races, socio-economic status, and cultures to come together!
Students and Teachers
Jóvenes en Acción, a youth delegation from various cities in Mexico, hosted by WorldChicago, produced this short video about teacher and student relationships in a Chain of Change workshop.
Hamline University Video Letter
Students from Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota created this video letter to address their concerns about the new student center.
Anti-Bullying Flashmob
In honour of International Anti-Bullying Day, two schools came together to create a message about acceptance and challenge others to use social media as a positive tool. The Anti-bullying flashmob was 4 months in the making. It goes to show what two schools can do when we come together for a common theme - Acceptance and the use of Social Media to send this positive message. This is also a challenge to others out there to spread the anti-bullying message to others.

Kyrgyz Republic Video 1 Bullying
A youth delegation from the Kyrgyz Republic created short videos reflecting violence affecting youth in their communities. This video deals with school bullying.

Bullying, Communal/School
Kyrgyz Republic Video 4 Bride Stealing
A youth delegation from the Kyrgyz Republic created short videos reflecting violence affecting youth in their communities. This video addresses the resurgence of the practice of kidnapping young women to be forced into marriage.

Communal/School, Domestic, Sexual
Listen Up!
Listen up!
Chicago's best and brightest student poets grabbed the mic at the 2013 LOUDER THAN A BOMB Youth Poetry Festival to share their stories and speak their minds in rhythm!
LOUDER THAN A BOMB is the world's largest youth poetry slam which emphasizes self-expression, and community via poetry, oral storytelling, and hip-hop spoken word for young people of all races, socio-economic status, and cultures to come together!

Bullying, Communal/School, Dating, Domestic, Harassment, Police, Solutions, State/Political, Verbal Abuse
NUF Said: Young Men & Violence
As participants of the NUF Said project (nuf-said.org), Leadership Council members created videos around the topic of crime & violence. In Chicago, young black men and Englewood have become synonymous with violence. Chain of Change Youth Leadership Council member Tiara Epps interviews young men from Englewood about the violence they experience, how the media influences them, and their solutions to what is happening in their neighborhood.

Leadership Council, Communal/School
Pray for my Southside
Youth from Arab American Action Network created this short video poem in response the the violence occurring on the Southside of Chicago.

Communal/School
RefugeeOne Video 1
Our video shows different types of violence (bulling, girl violence) that youth in America experience, either directly or as observers. We offer non-violent solutions for addressing the violence with the hope that children can live and learn in a peaceful environment.

Bullying, Communal/School, Girl on Girl
Students and Teachers
Jóvenes en Acción, a youth delegation from various cities in Mexico, hosted by WorldChicago, produced this short video about teacher and student relationships in a Chain of Change workshop.

Communal/School
Youth Letter to Ron Huberman
A youth video letter to Chicago Public School's Chief Executive Officer Ron Huberman created during Beyondmedia Education's Wired Up Youth Media event.

Communal/School, Solutions