Company Profile
Youth Rights Media
Company Overview
Youth Rights Media (YRM) is a New Haven-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth to know, protect and advance their rights. YRM builds youth power and leadership by engaging young people in video production and community organizing, equipping youth with the tools, skills and strategies to affect change within themselves and their communities.
Company History
For eight years, YRM’s youth media has produced award-winning films that have been distributed nationally. Members of YRM’s organizing initiatives have then used these films locally to launch awareness and action campaigns that have resulted in tangible changes in Connecticut’s justice and education systems.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
2002 Winner, Yale Entrepreneurial Society Y50K Competition
2004 Youth Media Activism Award, Hartford Independent Media Center
2005 Best Documentary, Westport Youth Film Festival
2005 Criminal Justice Award, Media That Matters
2006 Audience Choice Award, Wesport Youth Film Festival
2006 Revolutionary Visionary Award, Arts Council of Greater New Haven
2007 Reebok Human Rights Award - Executive Director, Laura McCargar
2008 Champion in Action, Citizens Bank