Sarah Milinski
Sarah is an educator, filmmaker and activist living and working in Philadelphia. For the past decade, she has taught media literacy and video production to both young people and adults. Through her work with various human rights organizations, she has utilized her media production abilities towards meaningful social transformation. Sarah’s production acumen and love for media education has led her to create curricula for young people that integrates media-making with critical thinking to promote social justice. Her work has been screened at film festivals, and been shown in galleries, both nationally and internationally.
Awarded Grants
2015
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
Related grantees
Overview
Sarah will work with members of the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) to create a participatory website that features media produced by youth about students’ experiences in Philadelphia during the educational budget crisis. To support the creation of website content, Sarah will lead a series of youth media workshops for members of PSU. Throughout the workshops, participants will learn basic photography, video, and blogging skills so they can critically examine the effects of budget cuts on their education, construct personal narratives, and formulate a vision of what their ideal education would look like. Emphasizing how budget cuts have disproportionately impacted people of color and those living in poverty, the students’ multimedia work will be featured in a gallery show to extend the conversation about this critical issue.
