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Hear from our current class of 2017 Youth Media Project participants in their own words.

I Have Never Seen My Mom So Excited

6/24/2016

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by Jennifer Shields

It was June 15th, on a Thursday afternoon. I remember the way the light was streaming through the window casting a glow within my grandmother's living room. I was sitting next to my mom on my grandmother's long, black couch, while my chihuahua was nestled between us. My brother was sitting on the shorter black couch working on his summer-school assignments.

Since I had not gone to YMP that day, I decided to check out Basecamp to see if anything was posted. I scrolled down the page on my tablet and saw several items that caught my eye, including our schedule for the upcoming week. I continued to scroll down until I saw that Ms. Donna had posted a message. I sucked in a breath as I reread her post again. Ms. Donna had posted that our blog posts were up. In a frenzied excitement, I rushed to click the web link on my tablet.

​Once the page loaded, I was greeted by our logo along with a picture of one of my advisers. I did not have to scroll too far down the page, since at the time my blog was the first on the page. The first thing I noticed was my picture. I loved it! I was smiling and looked natural. I still can remember the sunny day when I took it along with my other YMP members.

I then noticed my article and started to read through it to see if there were any changes to it. I was really happy when I saw that there were none. As I finally looked at my title, something seemed off about it. I reread again to see if it I could find what was wrong until it hit me, Ms. Donna changed my title. I was actually really happy she changed it.

With a smile on my face, I woke my half-asleep mother for her to check out my blog post. I have never seen my mom so excited before. She jumped up from the couch and immediately took my tablet. She "oh-ed" and "ah-ed" and was just so proud of me. The only question she had was, "Did you post this on Facebook?" So, to satisfy my mother I mentioned it on Facebook. In the end, the experience left me almost breathless, but excited nonetheless. It made me feel even more content knowing nothing major had changed, besides my title, and even that seemed brighter once revised.   
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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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