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The Santa Ana Youth Media Project: Ypar And Media Advocacy, Jorge F. Rodriguez Dec 2023

The Santa Ana Youth Media Project: Ypar And Media Advocacy, Jorge F. Rodriguez

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The Santa Ana Youth Media Project (SAYMP) was born during the summer of 2019 and grew from a need, expressed by youth, for more critical media literacy that could further amplify and focus on narratives that reflect how youth navigate their personal, cultural-social, and economic environments. Our media projects consist of intentional participative research and journalistic designs that document stories using tools such as narrative inquiry, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and video/media production to visually capture the narratives of youth and community within the city of Santa Ana and its larger Orange County context. Our goal is to develop …