Advisory Board of Open Youth Networks

Pat Aufderheide (Director, Center for Social Media, American University)
Gabi Fitz (Founding Director, Issue Lab)
Andrea Saveri (Foresight Specialist)
Kathleen Tyner (Professor and Writer, University of Texas)

Open Youth Networks partners and collaborates with schools, community-based organizations, foundations and non-profit media centers locally in Chicagoland as well as nationally including:

Allied Media Festival
Alternative Schools Network
Center for Social Media, American University
Center for Digital Storytelling
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago Youth Voices Network
Chicago Arts Partnership in Education
Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation
Community TV Network
Columbia Links
Columbia College Department of Interactive Media and Art
District 65 Schools
Five Freedoms Project
Free Spirit Media
Google Teacher Academy

HASTAC
Inner City Muslim Action Network
IssueLab
Kartemquin Films
Kentucky Film Lab
Listen Up, Learning Matters Inc.
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Loyola University “Stateville Speaks Project”
McCormick Foundation
Rebellious Pixels (Jonathan McIntosh)
Southwest Youth Collaborative
Youth Media in Practice (website written by Mindy Faber, OYN Director)

Media Outlets, Festivals, Publication and Conferences Presenting Our Work

24/7: DIY Video Summit, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles
Ask Asia
Free Speech TV
Journal of Aesthetics and Protest
Listen Up’s Beyond Green, Beyond Borders and Youth Speak Up on Education projects
How to Read a Film Conference, UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archives, CA

Ohio State University College of Law and Wexner Center Symposium on Mashups and Intellectual Property
The Idea Festival, Louisville, KY
Tutor Media Leadership and Networking Conference
Youth Media Exchange
Youth Media Reporter