A short PSA featuring words of wisdom from young people to young people.

Bonairean youth are often stereotyped as just hang out either looking for trouble or not doing anything productive. The truth is that the majority of Bonairean young people want to make their dreams become a reality but for some, it is a struggle. Unfortunately, many have given up. But the good news is that we can do something about that. We can make the youth's voice and dreams be heard. We can empower the youth in our communities by providing them with the skills they need to effect change on Bonaire. The we set-up a town-hall meeting in each town where the youth can share their vision for their own town. Their solutions should be in the following areas: - closing the culture gap (help prevent differences between cultures in their town and stimulate mutual understanding) - strengthen the intergenerational infrastructure (bringing seniors and youth together) The ideas need to be narrowed down the top 3 best ideas for each area. After this the youth should brainstorm on activities for the two areas. Finally the youth should implement the ideas themselves using youth media, social media and music.

"A Voice for Orphans" is a self portrait video documentary in which a sixteen year old orphan called Kyomugisha Christine recounts her experiences as an orphan living alone. The Adobe Youth Voices learners of PMM Girls School created the media to highlight challenges faced by orphans, how they deal with these challenges and also to show that EVEN orphans live with dreams...

H.B. Beal Secondary School has been the major technical secondary school in London, Ontario, Canada since the year 1912. In that time, Beal has established itself as being at the forefront of practical, hands-on education. The school has always welcomed those eager to learn, even those whom other schools discarded. For over 50 years, Beal has also been the leader in Broadcasting Education across Southwestern Ontario. However, recently, due to limited funding and an economy that is getting poorer and poorer, Beal’s broadcasting program, “BTV”, is falling behind. In order to prevent this, BTV is teaming up with local news station, Rogers TV, to create a show for youth, about youth, and produced by youth. This is quite exciting for the students enrolled in the program, but with funds being at their current level, the show seems due to fail. Both those at Beal and those at Rogers TV believe that this youth-oriented television show is vital to improving conditions in a city with a 9.1% unemployed rate (2% more than the Canadian average). At Beal, approximately 25% of the student population is high-risk, and almost 5% of the students live on their own (the highest across the school board). With tv segments that will talk about youth issues such as drug abuse, food preparation, and mental health issues, we believe that we can be a great aid to these students as well as youth all across the viewership.

Adobe Youth Voices Film Camps provides to youth the opportunity to create high-quality youth-produced media created to address critical issues and effect positive change. Students gathered at the Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, CA to learn how to take their filmmaking to the next level.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. On June 18, 2012, we recognized extraordinary youth media by announcing the winners of the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards online to a global audience. Now we are taking the celebration to the next level by introducing a live event series called Aspire Awards Prize Patrols.