Since 2004, Colectivo Piloto has been advancing community participation and youth development through multimedia storytelling in partnership with government agencies, cultural centers and educational institutions. Our Mission:
· Encourage all individuals to thrive within their community through participatory cultural initiatives that strengthen their voices and promote culturally diverse perspectives
· Foster students’ entrepreneurial mindset through inclusive multimedia storytelling, encouraging students’ independence in exercising a critical point of view
Our Achievements:
· Developed over 100 film making workshops and educational media initiatives across public schools in Argentina, Spain and the U.S., which have engaged more than 5 thousand teens and community members
· Partnered with more than 100 educational centers, non-profit organizations, cultural institutions and government agencies in Latin America, Europe and the U.S.
· Established the foundation of a dozen new film production companies created by young entrepreneurs
· Co-produced 2 award-winning film documentaries
· Created 2 film festivals designed to advance youth filmmakers
· Produced 2 ‘coming of age’ series; with 60 episodes released online and 200+ teens involved in the production process
· Designed and implemented strategies to achieve significant and scalable community participation by organizing community members, film directors and producers to tell stories about their communities
· Our educational initiatives have raised awareness about the Rights of the Child worldwide benefiting more than 1000 K-12 students in Spain, Latin America and the U.S.
· Successfully empowered marginalized groups by creating an international and collaborative broadcasting platform which has built networks to trigger change
· Our educational media projects have been cited by researchers in several books and papers for ‘the use of digital media to foster youth independence and leadership'
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