BYkids teaches kids to tell stories in camera. Films air on public television, and are shared by teachers in classrooms with a supporting curriculum.
We also wanted to reach kids before school, afterschool, weekends and summer.
This PSA illustrates implicit bias in seconds, where kids are: the internet.
Who among us does not complete the sentence as we imagine? We all need to work to overcome our rush to judgement, particularly online.
This social experiment, from Cynthia Herrli and Diana Bosniak shows each of us that we share the problem. Together -- we can work to the solution.
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On April 10th, 2017 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law inspired by the “Raise the Age” movement and New York is now raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old, no longer prosecuting and incarcerating 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.
When Michael Martin got arrested at age 17, this law did not exist. As a result, a judge sentenced him to jail time on Rikers Island.
In crafting I Could Tell You ‘Bout My Life, Michael recounts events that led to his incarceration. He describes being bored, “hanging with the wrong crowd” and interviews his 64-year-old grandmother about raising five children in a single bedroom, East Harlem apartment.
We also wanted to reach kids before school, afterschool, weekends and summer.
This PSA illustrates implicit bias in seconds, where kids are: the internet.
Who among us does not complete the sentence as we imagine? We all need to work to overcome our rush to judgement, particularly online.
This social experiment, from Cynthia Herrli and Diana Bosniak shows each of us that we share the problem. Together -- we can work to the solution.
--
On April 10th, 2017 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law inspired by the “Raise the Age” movement and New York is now raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old, no longer prosecuting and incarcerating 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.
When Michael Martin got arrested at age 17, this law did not exist. As a result, a judge sentenced him to jail time on Rikers Island.
In crafting I Could Tell You ‘Bout My Life, Michael recounts events that led to his incarceration. He describes being bored, “hanging with the wrong crowd” and interviews his 64-year-old grandmother about raising five children in a single bedroom, East Harlem apartment.