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Youth Media and Technology

PIECES OF TAOS: A MEDIA CONTEST

THIS WAS A BIG ONE!

What an amazing event our Pieces of Taos Youth Media Extravaganza was! We gave away over $5k in prize money to middle- and high-school students across Taos County for the top entries exploring the people, places, and things in our magical community. Best in Show went to two young filmmakers who explored Mante’s Chow Cart! All videos coming to our YouTube page on December 18th.

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OUR YOUTUBE PAGE

HOLIDAY PHOTO SESSIONS

Introducing our new student-led business: Holiday Photo Sessions! Here’s how it works. You, your children, your pets, come on down to our HQ. Against the Green Screen in our Studio, our students will take your portrait and then help you select a festive background. You’ll walk away with an AWESOME digital shot + a 5×7″ card you can share with your family and friends, and we’ll offer you excellent prices on holiday cards or prints or even posters…

Contact Pete: [email protected] or 575-425-0222.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

THE FUTURE OF OUR BRIDGE

In this fascinating short doc, the President of the TK1 Youth Council (Angie Burns Diaz) investigates the duality of the Gorge Bridge — on the one hand a thing of scenic beauty, on the other a suicide destination. What should we do to address the future of this iconic bridge?

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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

KIDS, SCREENS & PHONES

How can we guide our children to better balance in their online lives? Our near-peer model of teens talking with K-8 kids about apps, privacy, screen addictions and more is now live across Taos.

With support from the NM Google Kids Initiative

and the Keeler Foundation

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TK1 News

Some quick hits:

In March 2024 we won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to record 45 Oral Histories. This month, teams of TK1 youth will begin interviewing select elders on how climate change and technology have shaped their lives.
Our Kids, Screens & Phones program has a new curriculum and set of homemade lesson plans, and will launch in schools across the county in September. We will also host various parent dialogues.
We are wrapping up videos on the Taos Housing Partnership, on projects led by the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, on the Gorge Bridge and more.

2024-25 AFTER-SCHOOL LINEUP

Monday–Friday 3-6pm at our HQ

Our after-school programs are drop-in, hands-on, project-based mentorship events. That’s a lot of words, but they’re all true. While we do have some formal programs (like Queerious below), most of our programs depend on YOU, the participating teen. We believe in throwing together our instructors, our resources (from laptops to our Production Studio) to YOU, giving it a shake and a stir, and see what happens! Come join the fun.

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