Top 10 Ways to Support YMP on #GivingTuesday and Beyond

First, a thank you for those of you who generously supported the YMP Fall Showcase at the Capital Club on Nov. 16. Many of the summer 2017 students attended with their families, guests and sponsors; enjoyed wonderful food and beautiful city views; and screened their documentaries and read from their powerful work. (All work available at jxnpulse.com.) We appreciate you so much for helping young people create powerful, honest stories about their communities.
 
Please include the Youth Media Project in your year-end giving to help YMP have space and resources to continue producing year-rounddocumentaries on their education needs and Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s first year, as well as produce a series of crime-prevention neighborhood dialogues to build on their crime-prevention journalism to date leading up to a big YMP Youth Crime Summit in late spring. And please come visit the YMP learning space in Capital Towers when you get a chance. Write [email protected] to schedule a time.
 
In fact, here are 10 ways you can help the Mississippi Youth Media Project grow and keep producing vital solutions-focused media to help improve both the narrative about young people in Mississippi, as well as empower and inspire the community to engage in these solutions together:

1. Include the Youth Media Project in your holiday and year-end giving. You can make a tax-deductible contribution directly here or mail a check made out to our fiscal sponsor, Dialogue Jackson, to Youth Media Project, 125 S. Congress St., Suite 1330, Jackson, MS 39201. And please share and encourage others to donate to YMP as well.
   
   
2. Tell everyone you know about the project. And especially ask them to read student work at jxnpulse.com and more about the project at youthmediaproject.com.youthmediaproject.com. 
   
   
3. Share, share, share their student work on your social media accounts.
   
   
4. Go comment under the stories to encourage the team!
   
   
5. Tell us about grant and other funding opportunities you can suggest. (And thanks to those who have already!) Write [email protected].
   
   
6. Encourage other teenagers, age 14 to 18, to write [email protected] to get involved.
   
   
7. Suggest story ideas and opportunities to [email protected].
   
   
8. Get in touch about volunteering, including to help with the YMP Youth Crime Summit in 2018.
   Write [email protected].
   
   
9. Suggest collaboration opportunities for YMP. We love to work with other groups (adults or youth) with similar goals. Help us network! Write [email protected] with ideas.
   
   
10. Ask YMP students to speak to your organization or company about what we do. Write [email protected] to arrange a visit.
    
    Thank you for your support!

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