Youth researchers and PTMP participants / Photo Credit: Zahrah Mallie Farmer & Doward Hicks
G4GC’s Pass the Mic Project
Amplifying the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth of Color
About:
In 2020, we launched our Love is Healing Fund, which awarded grants to several organizations engaging in participatory research about the impacts of the pandemic on the lives and communities of girls and gender-expansive youth of Color. G4GC’s Pass the Mic Project is a narrative-shifting filmmaking project to amplify these compelling participatory research projects, the amazing work of our grantee partners, and stories by girls and youth of Color from around the U.S. In 2022 and 2023, G4GC hosted ten virtual filmmaking workshops and interviewed and filmed youth under the age of 25 in our grantee community from across five major cities.
2022–2023 Pass the Mic Project participating organizations
Justice and Joy National Collaborative
Portland, OR
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HEART
Chicago, IL
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The Beautiful Project
Durham, NC
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Beyond Identity
New York City, NY
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African American Policy Forum
New York City, NY
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Justice and Joy National Collaborative
Impacts of COVID-19 on cis and trans girls and gender-expansive young people.
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HEART
Reproductive justice and research on sexual health for Muslim women, youth, and girls.
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Beyond Identity
Identity-driven research by women of Color from immigrant and U.S.-based minority communities.
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African American Policy Forum
Racial equity, gender justice, and Black girl lived experiences across spaces.
Learn MorePass the Mic Project Stats:
24 girls and gender-expansive youth of Color researcher participants/interviewees
10 virtual narrative filmmaking workshops for participating youth of Color
5 local and national research-focused grantee partner organizations
4 cities and regions for in-person interviewing and filming
Pass the Mic Project’s Objectives:
- Disrupt the limiting narrative on the experiences and impacts of the pandemic on girls and youth of Color
- Equip and inspire girls and youth of Color to own and tell their own stories
- Offer filmmaking workshop experience and producer credit to fellowship participants
