Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago teens riff on ‘Love Island,’ ‘aura’ trend to pitch campaigns pushing peers to put down guns
The presentations to city officials and civic leaders were the culminations of a summer program that recruits teens from the South and West sides, many of whom have seen the toll of gun violence up close. “By letting go of a gun, you are showing courage that a lot of people sometimes just don’t have,” […]
Block Club Chicago: South, West Side Teens Pitch Social Media Campaigns To Stop Gun Violence: ‘It’s Not OK’
Nearly 50 teens participated in a summer program that involved pitching an anti-gun violence social media campaign to a local ad agency. by Leigh Giangreco DOWNTOWN — While young concertgoers streamed into Lollapalooza on Thursday, another group of nearly 50 teens from the South and West sides gathered Downtown to pitch ideas for anti-gun violence social […]
NBC Connecticut: ‘It’s our future’: Hartford teens participate in gun violence prevention program
Hartford teens gave up a part of their summer to participate in a gun violence prevention program for several weeks. The program is a partnership between Hartford Communities That Care, Yale School of Public Health, and Project Unloaded, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that employs young people to prevent gun violence through education, storytelling, and community […]
Nearly 50 Chicago Teens Confront Gun Violence and Teen Takeovers Via Social Media Pitch Competition
Teens from the South and West Sides Pitch Ideas to Peers and a Panel of Judges with the Goal of Inspiring Young People to Decide Against Owning and Using Guns CHICAGO – Nearly 50 teens from Chicago’s South and West Sides pitched anti-gun violence social media campaigns to influential Chicagoans and their peers on Thursday, […]
WGN 9: Chicago teens compete, pitch anti-gun violence campaigns for social media
by: Marisa Rodriguez, Jewell Hillery CHICAGO — Dozens of teens from the South and West sides were in the Loop Friday, pitching social media campaigns they created to help tackle gun violence. Many of the teens participating in the pitch contest know firsthand the devastation of gun violence and because of that, they’re passionate about preventing their […]
NBC 5: Chicago teens face off in anti-violence social media contest
An anti-violence group is breaking through to teens with a message about the dangers of guns and gun ownership through a new social media contest. NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports. Watch: https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/chicago-teens-face-off-in-anti-violence-social-media-contest/3803512/
WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago teens dream up anti-violence social media campaigns
Groups of teens pitched their ideas in a competition on Friday. The winning message, meant to encourage young people to turn away from guns, will be blasted nationally. By Sarah Karp About 50 Chicago teens spent the summer being shocked by statistics about guns and violence, realizing many of their assumptions were wrong, and coming […]
Release: Teens Use Social Media Savvy Against Gun Violence
South, West Side Youths Pitch Ideas to Key City Leaders with Support from Global Ad Agency; Millions Will See Their Work As Part of Project Unloaded Campaign CHICAGO – Nearly 50 teens from the South and West Sides spent six weeks creating anti-gun violence social media campaigns, and now millions will see their heartfelt, fact-based work. […]
WTTW/PBS: Community Safety Leaders Emphasize the Power of Youth, Social Media in Gun Violence Prevention
Eunice Alpasan | October 8, 2024 5:47 pm Empowering young people is an important component in helping to shift narratives about guns and violence prevention, community safety leaders said during a Tuesday panel conversation. The conversation was the final installment of a three-part series, “Ending Gun Violence in Chicago: Connecting Policy, Practice and Community,” hosted by […]
The Philadelphia Tribune: At competition, Philly youth create pitches to target gun violence
By Kiara Santos A city-wide pitch competition Tuesday allowed Black youth to present creative ways to transform the effects of gun violence as it disproportionately affects their demographic. The event was sponsored by two nonprofits that focus on gun violence reduction, Project Unloaded and Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout, also known as YEAH Philly. Tuesday’s […]