Resources for Funders on Media & Tech Grantmaking

On September 12, 2011, ZeroDivide and Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media co-presented a session at the annual conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF). 

The session was entitled "Beyond Twitter: How Youth and their Families are Using Media and Technology to Build Stronger, Healthier Communities." The presenters were from The California Endowment and Youth Radio.

Powerpoint Presentations from GCYF Session - 9/12/11:

• The California Endowment by Mary Lou Fulton
• Youth Radio by Lissa Soep and Asha Richardson

Recommended Resources:

• Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media - Resource for funding media and technology for social good
• ZeroDivide’s Resources Page - Listing of Social Media, e-Advocacy and Measurement resources
• Journalism & Media Grantmaking: 5 Ways to Get Started - Knight Foundation
• GFEM’s Media Database - Listing of worthy media projects to support and use for diverse issues
• Beth Kanter’s blog - Social media learnings and resources
• Immigrant Media Making: New Routes to Community Health - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• How to Fund Media - A one page summary by GFEM
• New Media Toolkit - Renaissance Journalism Center

 
Contact Info from GCYF Conference Session:

Moderator: Laura Efurd - VP and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, ZeroDivide    

Panelists: 

• Mary Lou Fulton - Program Manager, Media, The California Endowment
• Asha Richardson - Project Associate, Mobile Action Lab, Youth Radio 
• Lissa Soep - Senior Producer and Research Director, Youth Radio   

Session designers, resources and logistics:

• Pamela Harris - Acting Executive Director, Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media 
• Jeff Perlstein - Director of Strategic Engagement, ZeroDivide

 

Session Description:

Join philanthropic leaders and nonprofit innovators for an inside look at programming that is weaving the threads of health, media and technology together to strengthen place-based communities. Learn how funders from seemingly disparate sectors are collaborating to advance a framework that defines community health in broad terms - recognizing technological capacity, youth leadership and direct media access as crucial to community well-being.

Hear about The California Endowment’s 10-year “Building Healthy Communities” initiative to improve health outcomes in 14 underserved communities and their integrated approach that embraces new media and technology strategies as core competencies. Youth-led organizations are playing a central role in each of the sites, including a pilot project in Los Angeles mentoring their elders in the use of mobile phones to record community health data. ZeroDivide will discuss their role in “Building Healthy Communities,” as well as their GenZD project with youth media organizations across 6 Western states.

Youth Radio will describe their nationally-recognized model for using media strategies to strengthen young people’s emotional and physical health, and their professional futures. Attendees will learn about the “Peer Health Education” and “Healthy Food Production” programs that are generating ground-breaking social outcomes.

This session is for funders interested in learning how technology and media strategies can augment initiatives to improve the well-being of children, youth and their families.