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Oct. 27, 2017: YMP's Maisie Brown Gives TEDxWomen Talk

Maisie Brown attended the summer 2016 Youth Media Project, then gave a TEDxWomenJackson talk about it in October 2016. The Jim Hill High School student was 15 when she did this talk. She is also a student journalist in the summer 2017 YMP session.

YMP Student Wins 2017 Mississippi Scholastic
​Gold Key Award for Column

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YMP summer 2016 and 2017 student journalist August Harp of Murrah High School won a Mississippi Scholastic Writing Gold Key Award for his powerful column that first appeared on YMP's student journalism site, jxnpulse.com. In "Ego and the Fear of Losing," he wrote about the equity differences between his his soccer teams, one at his majority-black high school and the other a more privileged and whiter team with far more resources. He wrote:

"​To truly grasp the differences between them, you must first understand these simple facts. Murrah has 1,600 students: 93.52 percent of the school is African American, and 5.30 percent are white students. Fifteen of the 18 players on my select team are white, while I am one of two white boys on the Murrah soccer team, which consists of 22 players. Many of my select teammates attend private schools and could afford La Bernardin every meal, while most of my high school teammates cannot afford school lunch."

April 17, 2017: Jackson Youth Mayoral Forum

All three network newscasts in Jackson, Miss., covered the Youth Media Project's Youth Mayoral Forum held on April 17, 2017, in collaboration with the Jackson Council PTA's student ambassadors. YMP student Maisie Brown, 15, moderated the forum, and two students from the summer 16 session and two Spring 2017 Wingfield students comprised the on-stage media panel. The Clarion-Ledger featured the forum on its front page the next day, and the Jackson Free Press ran a story as well.
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And WLBT:
MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS
YMP students made the cover of The Clarion-Ledger
​ the following day:
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April 9, 2017: YMP Student Doc Wins Film Festival Award

In summer 2016, a team of YMP students directed, shot and edited a short documentary on the effect HB 1523 on young people in the state. They later submitted it to the Crossroads Film Festival, where it screened in April 2017, winning a Lagniappe Award. Two students, Maggie Jefferis and Kelsee Ford, were invited to be part of the Women's Filmmaker Panel at the festival.

Major Sponsors and Supporters of YMP

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Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) is a leader in informational broadcasting. MPB has exhibited a commitment to educating and informing Mississippians. MPB has partnered with YMP to lend tech equipment and provide youth engagement and media specialists to train students. 
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E3, a project of Parents of Public Schools of Jackson (now Ask for More), supported YMP in summers 2016 and 2017 with stipends for students, and other  resources.
The Community Foundation of Greater Jackson (now The Community Foundation of Mississippi) is the
​fiscal sponsor for E3.
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Podastery Studios in downtown Jackson offers a network of locally produced podcasts. Beau York, founder of Podastery, has generously donated his time to train YMP students in podcasting skills and allowed Youth Media Project students to borrow professional podcasting equipment to learn
​production skills.
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Dialogue Jackson, formerly Jackson 2000 Inc., is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to fostering understanding and building harmony between people of different races, ethnicities and backgrounds. The group became YMP's fiscal sponsor in 2017 and hosts youth dialogues for teens.. 

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Choice Printing in downtown Jackson is an in-kind sponsor of YMP offering YMP copying and printing services from its Capitol Towers location.

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Good Design & Code >>

Good Design & Co offers high-end UI/UX, web development, app development and branding services. Principal J.C. Hiatt is helping YMP students publish their own website for stories, video, podcasts and more.
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Jackson-based Workplace Solutions by Barefield is a Steelcase authorized dealer offering high-end office furniture and technology solutions. Workplace Solutions has loaned chairs, mobile desks and mobile whiteboards to create a collaborative office for YMP participants.

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Jackson-based Fuse.cloud (formerly Broadband Voice) offers Voice-over-IP phone systems, fiber Internet connections and technical services. Fuse.cloud has sponsored phones, VoIP phone service and technical assistance for YMP.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. GEORGE SCHIMMEL and NATALIE IRBY FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF PRODUCTION IMACS FOR THE YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT.
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