South Carolina Educational Television
The Creative Black Girl Collective
Started: 2021
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
The Creative Black Girl Collective is a group of rising high school sophomores and juniors with creative interests and a desire to advance representations of Black girlhood in South Carolina. The objective of the collective is function as a safe, affirmative, and productive space for creating Conversations with Crescent, a learning series created by Black girls in South Carolina and adult co-creators. During the summer of 2022, 16 Black girls representing 11 of South Carolina’s 46 counties, participated in a weeklong residential experience focused on expanding the learning series. This project aligns with all six Next Gen Public Media Accelerator priorities.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Civic engagement
Culture, society
Current affairs
Education
Identity, relationships
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
Music, art
Public media
Science, technology
Wellness, mental health
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Production (TV/Radio)
Engagement
Partner organizations involved:
University of South CarolinaMichigan State UniversityRichland County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
T(w)eens
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*T(w)eens
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Website
Other
*KnowItAll.org
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
We partner with *national organizations* to host programming
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
3-10 hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits Curriculum or content distributors (e.g., PBS Learning Media)
Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?
Yes
Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?
Yes