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Free Spirit PRO is an Emmy Award winning video production team that specializes in social impact storytelling, documentaries & PSAs, and special event coverage.
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Alvin Ailey believed that dance is for everybody. AileyCamp represents a vital component of Alvin Ailey’s vision: using the power of dance to enrich and positively impact the lives of children. Video support provided by ABC7 Chicago and Free Spirit Media.
Navigating the "sea of goodwill" can be a challenge for service members, veterans, and their families (SVMF) in need. Illinois Joining Forces (IJF) connects the SVMF community to resources and services throughout the State of Illinois. Meet Rich Malone who reached out to IJF when he needed help. Video support provided by Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Public Narrative, and Free Spirit Media.
Women's History Month Celebration | A Storytelling Event at Mount Sinai Hospital North Lawndale Sesquicentennial | 150 Years
The Center’s mission is to provide a range of support services to empower student veterans with disabilities to realize their potential through a world-class educational experience that prepares them to lead fulfilling, meaningful, and maximally independent lives. Through educational innovations, research breakthroughs, and a dedicated staff of counselors and specialists, the Center supports student veterans’ health and full participation in society. Video support provided by Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Public Narrative, and Free Spirit Media.
To enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity.
The National Gathering of American Indian Veterans is a yearly event held in the summer at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois. This three day weekend event honors veterans and military personnel of all cultures, eras, and branches in a Native American style. Guests can come to participate in special panels lead by veterans and veterans service providers on topics ranging from traditional health and wellness, working with the VA, jobs and economic development for veterans after service, and more. Each year features unique performances and entertainment, as well as cultural vendors and artists. This event is free and open to the public, and to anyone who would like to join us in honoring all those in the United States military. National Gathering 2018 Report Online: http://online.fliphtml5.com/vtib/qxbg... Trickster’s newest documentary, “Forward, Together” – Stories from the National Gathering of American Indian Veterans has been honored with an Award of Excellence from the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards. Here is the link to view the documentary as it aired on WTTW. https://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/46... Video support provided by Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Public Narrative, and Free Spirit Media.
Mikva Challenge Youth Advocates invited all 2019 Chicago Mayoral Candidates to have a conversation about issues that matter to young people. They asked candidates 5 questions submitted by young Chicagoans from all over the city.
Seven young Peace Builders from Chicago traveled to Rwanda in 2019 as part of The Peace Exchange leadership development program. Their visit coincided with the nation’s 25th commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi that cost the lives of more than 1 million people.
The Peace Builders’ days were filled with educational and interactive activities, including visits to genocide memorials, conversations with survivors and génocidaires (the perpetrators), peace classes at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, meetings with Rwandan youth leaders, home stays with local families, and attendance at the national July 4th Liberation Day commemoration.
The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund supports the work of nonprofit lenders Accion and LISC to provide capital to minority-owned small businesses and stimulate economic growth by boosting commercial activity and helping create jobs on the South and West sides. The initiative was launched in July 2018 with initial financial support from JPMorgan Chase and Fifth Third Bank.
The Better Government Association is a non-partisan, nonprofit news organization and civic advocate working for transparency, efficiency and accountability in government in Chicago and across Illinois. The BGA uncovers waste and wrongdoing in government, holds elected officials accountable, litigates for open records and meetings, advocates for good government and empowers citizens to engage and act.
The COVID-19 crisis has reshaped our world and our media ecosystems. Now — more than ever — the need for accurate and responsible reporting is paramount.
The second of this series we talked to Maia McDonald, the environmental health and wellness editor at the Real Chi, the community newsroom at Free Spirit Media, about her beat reporting experience during quarantine and her community grocery store story.
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Continuing Ed. is a yearlong, statewide series of free public programs that puts parents and schools back at the center of conversations about public education.
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Chicago CRED works to reduce violence by providing skills, emotional and mental health support, employment opportunities and positive connection to young men most likely to shoot or be shot. Thereby Creating Real Economic Destiny.
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Seven young men from Chicago CRED participated in an eight week video production and media training program with Free Spirit Media. Chicago CRED provides job skills, employment opportunities, and positive connections for at-risk young adults, thereby Creating Real Economic Destiny.
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Westside Health Authority envisions a future in which all of Chicago’s residents are contributing members of safe and sustainable communities.
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Howard Brown Health exists to eliminate the disparities in healthcare experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through research, education and the provision of services that promote health and wellness.
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The Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants is a non-profit, faith-based organization of staff and volunteers called to respond actively and publicly to the suffering of all individuals and communities affected by immigration detention, deportation, and post-detention through pastoral care, advocacy, public witness and other activities.
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We fund grassroots nonprofit organizations that otherwise would have difficulty obtaining financial support.
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Chicago Survivors provides multi-cultural crime victim/survivor services to surviving family members following homicide in Chicago. Our services are free and open to all families who have lost a loved one to violence.
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Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is the region’s premiere civic leadership development organization.
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NL Reads is a summer learning program aimed at mitigating summer learning loss with students in Chicago's North Lawndale community. The program aims to improve the students' reading, math and STEM abilities. Funding provided by the Steans Family Foundation
2016
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Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund, Chicago Convening, April 2016.
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Free Spirit Media transforms media and societyby providing opportunities for emerging creators, primarily from communities of color, to produce and distribute original content and to pursue artistic, personal and professional aspirations.
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"I am what I am, because of who we all are."
As part of the Peace Exchange leadership program, Peace Builders from violence-plagued Chicago neighborhoods traveled to South Africa in the summer of 2016, 22 years after the end of apartheid.
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Danielshé, a media maker with Free Spirit Media, makes a difference in her community by building empathy through documentary films.
Commissioned by The Chicago Community Trust in celebration of their centennial year.
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Nia is a high school senior only months away from graduation. A bright student, she dreams of attending college and having a successful career.
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The Chicago CRED Pullman Pilot recruited 28 young men ranging in age from 18 to 24 to change their neighborhood and change their lives. Two weeks of community building, employment readiness and Life Coaching lead to several months of transitional employment, deconstructing abandoned historic homes and beautifying streets in Pullman.
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In July, 3,000 teens gathered at Northerly Island to enjoy T.I.P. Fest. Teens in the Park Festival is a free event hosted by the Chicago Park District in partnership with Donda's House Inc.
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During the summer of 2016, thanks to a generous partnership with the Emerson Collective and One Summer Chicago employment initiative, the Chicago Park District was able to expand teen leadership and job opportunities to hundreds of youth.
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Evette, a parent coordinator for A Long Walk Home, is still dealing with the aftermath of a family tragedy, but she finds her voice and purpose as a community activist against gender violence.
2015
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Produced in collaboration with Chicago Media Project by young adult media makers of Free Spirit PRO, a social enterprise of Free Spirit Media.
Inspired by the film, Romeo Is Bleeding.
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Veracity is a story about an African-American girl named Olivia, who gains the courage to reveal to her friends that she has feelings for another girl at school. The response Olivia receives is not what she expects from those she trusts most.
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