Video Produced by LGBT Youth at the Highland Youth Center | Create Now
In August 2014, producer Rebecca Reese of MediaMavericks organized a workshop for LGBT kids at the Youth Center on Highland in Hollywood. Videographer Max Yoffe taught them how to shoot, Rick Gianelli taught editing, and Jonathan Winbush and his friend Freddy taught graphic design. Create Now Founder and Executive Director Jill Gurr taught the youth about screenplay format and how to write stories and promote their scripts. We have had to blur these youths' faces to protect their identities. Create Now is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1996 that helps youth in need find their voices through arts mentoring and education. We serve abused, homeless, incarcerated and other challenged youth ages 2-21 through our therapeutic programs in music, writing, visual arts, digital media, fashion design, and performing arts. Each year, we also bring thousands of these "forgotten children" who have fallen through the cracks to concerts, plays and other cultural events at premiere venues in the region. We have reached 37,000 of the most troubled youth in Southern California during the last 20 years. Learn more at www.createnow.org
