NewMexicoWomen.Org is pleased to announce a second year of funding for our Adolescent Girls of Color Multimedia Project partners. Indigenous Lifeways and Littleglobe, Inc. were awarded grants last spring to facilitate multimedia projects centering the knowledge and experiences of adolescent girls of color. In spite of the pandemic, young women, girls, and LGBTQ+ youth convened and developed themes, chose the mediums and methods, and conducted multimedia-based projects that highlighted their lived experiences and centered the issues and topics important to them.
Scarred Mountain: Created by Linea Jagles, age 18, Elias Rodriguez, age 17, and Esperanza Torres, age 18, all from Nambe Pueblo during Littleglobe’s recent digital storytelling workshop.
Littleglobe, Inc – In 2020, Littleglobe partnered with Tewa Root’s Society Teen Coalition and Tewa Women United’s A’Gin Youth Council to support Indigenous youth to create their own media pieces through two seven-week workshops. This year, Littleglobe will continue these partnerships, working with youth from multi-generational communities in Northern New Mexico to develop their skills as “Neighborhood Historians”, as they capture stories of belonging, displacement, gentrification, and historical trauma.