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Our mission is to connect the rich literary traditions and resources of Greater Boston, building relationships among its artists and authors, by empowering, enabling, and amplifying the voices of unheard and underserved populations through free collaborative workshops, public readings, literary journals, video publications, and public exhibits that showcase their work and encourage personal reflection and re-vision, by both author and audience, while sharing their stories with the world. Our workshops are intended to expand access to literary arts for everyone, including those marginalized, stigmatized, or isolated by the challenges of addiction recovery, disability, trauma, sickness, injury, poverty, and mental illness.

Indigenous Lenses is a 501(c)3, Utah-based non-profit corporation dedicated to ethnographic documentary film and video productions for educational, cultural and scientific purposes. Our Productions will focus on indigenous healer from around the world, recording their stories within the context of their cultures Emphasis will be placed on those healers and healing practices threatened with extinction through acculturation and/or assimilation. The corporation shall also engage in humanitarian work in the communities where we film to help bring education to the girls of those communities, provide food and shelter to indigent Tibetan elders in the refugee camps and support eye and medical care for the Nepali and Tibetan communities.

Founded in 2008, Burnaway provides coverage of the arts in and from Atlanta and the South and connects creative communities in the region to each other and the broader art world. We do this through our online arts publication, the Atlanta art guide, our art writers mentorship program, writing workshops, and other public programs. Our editorial and programmatic content strives to provide coverage that reflects the geographic, demographic, and artistic diversity of the region. Burnaway exists to continue the established tradition of art criticism and uphold its highest ethical and professional standards, while also exploring the potential of new media and providing a fresh identity and perspective for arts dialogue today.

Future Roots Inc. is a Los Angeles-based 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Future Roots is dedicated to the growth of progressive music, arts and culture. Future Roots Inc's core program, DUBLAB, has been broadcasting independent, web radio transmissions since 1999. More than 300,000 international listeners connect to our streams & podcasts monthly. Future Roots and dublab's mission is to share creative music with the world. Our diverse radio programming crosses genres, borders and eras to provide our audience with an adventurous listening experience. dublab also serves as a creative incubator for musicians to develop their sonic experimentations in both live performance settings and studio-based radio broadcasts.

KCRW is an award-winning public radio station and flagship NPR affiliate based in Santa Monica, CA. A service of Santa Monica College, KCRW has served Southern California and beyond for more than 40 years through innovative news, music, arts and culture programming, and in-person events. Inspired by the spirit of Los Angeles, KCRW connects our diverse communities of listeners through trusted and representative programming. Our work is driven by our steadfast commitment to ethics and integrity, and our content features varied perspectives to create a nuanced understanding of the world around us. We address our listeners’ passions and curiosities with original content distributed through cutting-edge platforms, all while celebrating the relationship-building power of terrestrial radio.

Naturestage was founded on the fervent belief that the performing arts can and must serve a central role in reconnecting people with nature and celebrating the intricate interdependence that sustains our planet. We create films, photography exhibits and stage multimedia theatrical concerts to inspire a sense of awe and wonder about the natural world, and build empathy and understanding for other species through the arts and documentary storytelling. Although our work began with live performance we quickly realized that social and attitudinal change comes with reaching more people and that films were the most potent way to do this. The core of our mission is to create a new sense of true kinship with other species alongside us on the planet, and access the wisdom we all have that is often unleashed through the emotional and metaphorical power of the arts.

TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY BROADCASTING SERVICES OF PBS WISCONSIN, A PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE OPERATED JOINTLY BY THE WISCONSIN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN BOARD OF REGENTS-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EXTENSION. 2. TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH COMPLEMENT AND/OR ASSIST THE BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. 3. TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS ANCILLARY TO AND IN SUPPORT OF THE FOREGOING. 4. TO RAISE FUNDS AND INVEST IN, RECEIVE, HOLD, USE AND DISPOSE OF PROPERTY OF ALL KINDS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PURPOSES STATED ABOVE.

Mission statement KGNU is an independent, noncommercial community radio station licensed in Boulder and Denver and dedicated to serving its listeners. We seek to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals, groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media. The station seeks to expand the listening audience through the excellence of its programming without compromising the principles stated here. Organization KGNU depends on community volunteers, coordinated by paid staff,to produce quality programming. It relies on its audience for financial support. The Board of Directors of the Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc., is the licensee and is legally responsible for the conduct of station activities. The Board hires a manager who is responsible for managing the station and hiring other staff. The Board, Staff and Volunteers are committed to collaborating with each other.

The Close Up Foundation brings citizens from throughout the nation and around the world to Washington, D.C., for a firsthand look at the federal government and the development of public policy. A nonprofit, nonpartisan civic education organization, Close Up connects individuals of all ages to their communities and institutions through challenging education programs and products. By building partnerships with the education community, the private and philanthropic sectors, and all branches and levels of government, Close Up makes civic participation a dynamic and meaningful experience. Since its founding in 1970, Close Up has remained focused on the values of citizenship and the importance of an educated electorate, aware that democracy is a constantly renewing experience that must be taught and shared with each new generation. It has continued a strong organizational determination to make the democratic process available to students from every background, and places special emphasis on outreach to disadvantaged young people, with fellowship programs for low-income students, minority students, migrant students, recent immigrants, American Indians, Alaska Natives, the hearing and visually impaired, and other students with special needs.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Free Speech TV ch. 348 and Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!’s podcast is one of the most popular on the web. Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. In addition, Democracy Now! hosts real debates–debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other.

The Baron Jay Family Foundation is a 501(c)(3) federally tax exempt nonprofit organization that was legally incorporated in 2004. We are committed to promoting health awareness, relationship guidance, employment preparedness arts education, and financial literacy in economically distressed and underserved communities. We host workshops and programs for at-risk youth that prepare them to become responsible, civic-minded, respectful, and productive citizens. We also sponsor free training programs in computer skills training and English literacy to local communities in underdeveloped regions of the world such as West Central Africa. One of our main goals is to increase digital literacy through computer skill development in poverty stricken communities. All of our workshops are designed to give our beneficiaries practical life-skills that promote self-esteem, empathy, stress reduction, anger management, academic improvement, and civic leadership. Vision Our vision is to become a leader in helping low-income people “at risk” for poverty, despair, and violence overcome these challenges so that they not only uplift themselves, but also lend a helping hand to others. Mission The Baron Jay Family Foundation is a global nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life of people in living in underserved communities worldwide. Our mission is to motivate and empower economically disadvantaged individuals — especially youth — to become productive and contributing members of society by providing: • Life skills education in healthy habits and harmonious relationships. • Culturally enriching experiences that promote self-esteem, good citizenship, leadership qualities, and empathy for others. • Extracurricular workshops in job preparedness, computer training, and financial literacy to help reduce the achievement gap and the global digital divide.

CID's mission is to support the production and distribution of high quality independently produced documentaries and the filmmakers who create them. The cooperative arrangement between CID and independent film and video producers is unique. Once involved in a project, CID becomes totally committed to its successful completion by working with producers at all phases including helping to raise and manage project funds and offer creative, technical, and distribution support. We promote our films through our website (396,000 visitors this year) and social media (7000 friends and followers). CID also provides professional development programs and collaborates with other organizations on initiatives that strengthen the production environment for independent filmmakers including offering monthly workshops, a weeklong retreat seminar for 10 filmmakers held each summer in Vermont, and the pride of the ocean film festival and seminars which provide a unique resource for LGBT filmmakers. CID works with filmmakers from all regions of the country. A total of 142 films are currently in the development and production phases. The demographics of the filmmakers and the subject matter of their films are equally diverse. CID films have been seen on PBS as part of American Masters, American Experience, Independent Lens and POV, received national cablecasts from HBO, Sundance, Discovery and Logo channels, and have appeared at every major film festival receiving awards from Emmy’s to the Peabody.