organizations we love :: world up

Check out this great little video piece I had the pleasure of shooting for the good folks at World Up. Shout out to Ebenezer Bond + Crew!

What we did on our summer vacation:

World Up teamed up with the IRC (theirc.org) for the 2nd year of their Refugee Youth Summer Academy. We brought in guest artists La Bruja (Puerto Rico / Bronx), Bajah and the Dry Eye Crew (Sierra Leone), Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana) and more. We worked with the students on Literacy, Acculturation, and Creative Writing and had an amazing and successful summer with all of the students producing a piece they then performed at their final graduation ceremony.

video shot by Mike Vargas ( friendswelove.com )
editing by Tom Colella ( nanookfilms.com )
photos by Alex Solmssen ( fotonovanyc.com )

Thanks to the students, the artists, the IRC, Modiba Productions, and ( most importantly) ALL THE DONORS for making this a reality!!

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