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Community Panels for Youth Program Overview

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

In 1997, two long-time child law attorneys on the faculty of Northwestern University School of Law Children and Family Justice Center, developed Community Panels for Youth. It was the first juvenile court diversion program in Chicago grounded in the principles and practices of Restorative Justice. This video, filmed in 2002 provides an overview of the programs structure shared by members of the panel and participants. For more information on CPY please visit https://cjyi.org
Community Panels For Youth: Panel Dramatization

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

In 1997, two long-time child law attorneys on the faculty of Northwestern University School of Law Children and Family Justice Center, developed Community Panels for Youth. It was the first juvenile court diversion program in Chicago grounded in the principles and practices of Restorative Justice. This video, filmed in 2002 offers a glimpse of how Restorative Justice can be put into practice by presenting a staged panel. For more information on CPY please visit https://cjyi.org
Sisters Speak Loud and Clear: Stop Violence Against Women

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago
A Fish Almost Eaten By A Shark (Spanish Sub)

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

Una jugadora latina de 17 años intenta hacer un video, “Cómo iniciar una alianza gay-heterosexual en su escuela secundaria”, y en su lugar se encuentra con la homofobia de su directora. Después de participar en las Chicas! Acción! Medios! taller en Horizons, 16 años de edad, Zaida Sanabia se asoció con Beyondmedia para hacer este documental sobrio y sincero sobre la escuela y la vida familiar para los estudiantes queer. Este video de Beyondmedia se encuentra actualmente en distribución local e internacional, y se utiliza como una herramienta de capacitación sobre jóvenes LGBTQ, seguridad escolar y homofobia. Zaida Sanabia, coordinadora juvenil de Beyondmedia y productora del video, lleva a cabo un programa continuo de proyecciones con discusiones en escuelas secundarias, programas de acogida, universidades y organizaciones alrededor del área metropolitana de Chicago. A Fish también ha aparecido en televisión por cable y en 15 festivales de cine y video en todo Estados Unidos y más allá, obteniendo dos premios de primer lugar. Zaida recibió el premio Chicago Foundation for Women’s Ripple Affect como “un ejemplo brillante del triunfo de las mujeres y las niñas cuando se les da la oportunidad.” Desde entonces, Sanabia ha sido incluida en el Salón de la Fama LGBT de Chicago. Ver https://beyondmedia.org para más información.
A Fish Almost Eaten By A Shark (English)

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

A 17 year-old soccer playing Latina tries to make a video, “How to Start a Gay-Straight Alliance in Your High School,” and runs smack into her principal’s homophobia instead. After taking part in the Girls! Action! Media! workshop at Horizons, 16 year old Zaida Sanabia partnered with Beyondmedia to make this sobering and heartfelt documentary on school and family life for queer students. This Beyondmedia video is currently in distribution locally and internationally, and is used as a training tool on LGBTQ youth, school safety and homophobia.

Zaida Sanabia, Beyondmedia’s Youth Coordinator and the video’s producer, conducts an ongoing program of screenings with discussions in high schools, drop-in programs, universities and organizations around the Chicago metropolitan area. A Fish has also shown on cable television and at 15 film and video festivals throughout the US and beyond, garnering two first-place awards. Zaida received Chicago Foundation for Women’s Ripple Affect award as “a shining example of the triumph of women and girls when given the opportunity.” Sanabia has since been inducted to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. See https://beyondmedia.org for more information.
Our View From The Red Line

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

In collaboration with Family Matters organization, Beyond Media made this documentary about the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago, IL. This documentary places a focus in the North of Howard area of Roger’s Park. Residents of the neighborhood share their stories, including their hopes and fears for the future of North of Howard in Rogers Park.
Chicago Jobs Council

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

In 2011, the Chicago Jobs Council celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. This brief video highlights some of the accomplishments they’ve achieved in assisting unemployed people with access to job training programs and education they need in order to find jobs. Various council board members and participants in job training programs share their experiences within the organization from its formation to its goals for the future.
Can LGTBQ + School = Safe?

Beyondmedia Education, Chicago, LGBTQIA

Beyondmedia Education partnered with youth media producers and the Coalition for Education on Sexual Orientation (CESO) and Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to create a multi-media toolkit on issues facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer / Questioning (LGBTQ) youth in Illinois public schools. Can LGBTQ+ Schools=Safe? focuses on sexuality-based discrimination and anti-gay violence of LGBTQ youth in Illinois schools, and shows how to start a Gay-Straight Alliance or Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA). See http://beyondmedia.org for more information.