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The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) is the only youth-centered organization that bridges the gap between social science research and media creation to help storytellers better reflect the lived experiences of adolescents. They bring together the academic and creative communities to unlock the power of storytelling to help the next generation thrive and grow. Their primary aim is to support content creators who are working toward changing entrenched cultural narratives around the key issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, mental health, and inequality. CSS is affiliated with UCLA through the faculty appointment of their founder in the Psychology Department, one of the highest-ranked in the nation, and they have more than 100 academic collaborators working with them from universities around the world.

YSRP works to keep children out of adult jails and prisons, and to bring home people who were sentenced as children to life in prison without the possibility of parole (“Juvenile Lifers“). Their core work involves mitigation, reentry planning, training for legal defense and advocacy, and advancing policy reform.

Big Picture Alliance empowers youth to define their own narrative through filmmaking and digital media. Their pathway of digital media programs, independent filmmaking, and industry apprenticeships provide youth ages 12-24 the tools to tell their own stories and the skills to succeed in school, life and career. They aim to uplift & amplify marginalized voices and cultivate a new generation of storytellers who contribute towards a more inclusive, equitable and just society.