From the Go Inspire Go YouTube-link:
"I'm exited to announce that Go Inspire Go partnered up with The Bayview Hunter's Point YMCA, YouTube, the San Francisco Mayor's office of Civic Innovation (IMPROVE SF) and National Youth Radio to create GIG Sparks with youth at the Bayview/Hunter's Point YMCA. They wanted to make videos that inspire compassion, change and a shift in perspective.
If you watch the local media here in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'd think that this area is only known for its crime, violence and destitution. I found that there was so much hope for the youth living in this area of the City.
Toan Lam spent an afternoon with a handful of these young adults and met some amazingly inspiring teenagers Kier Wilson, Tajae Hill, and Jonkia Davis. They're proud of to call the Bayview Hunter's Point their home, are deeply saddened their neighborhood is viewed as "the ghetto" and want to do something to change its negative image. They decided to create "GIG Spark" videos to turn around the outside, negative perception of their community.
Thank you to YouTube and the Mayor's office heard about "GIG Spark" and thought it would be an innovative, organized and fun way to inspire them to accomplish this mission.
What can you DO to make your community a better place?"
If you watch the local media here in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'd think that this area is only known for its crime, violence and destitution. I found that there was so much hope for the youth living in this area of the City.
Toan Lam spent an afternoon with a handful of these young adults and met some amazingly inspiring teenagers Kier Wilson, Tajae Hill, and Jonkia Davis. They're proud of to call the Bayview Hunter's Point their home, are deeply saddened their neighborhood is viewed as "the ghetto" and want to do something to change its negative image. They decided to create "GIG Spark" videos to turn around the outside, negative perception of their community.
Thank you to YouTube and the Mayor's office heard about "GIG Spark" and thought it would be an innovative, organized and fun way to inspire them to accomplish this mission.
What can you DO to make your community a better place?"
