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11/30 Youth Collaborative — MozFest 2022 Web Monetization Action Plan

Steve Goss — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 22:10:40 +0000

Project Description

11/30 Youth Collaborative
11/30 Youth is a youth-driven, first-person storytelling project that showcases the voices and stories of individuals who call Chambersburg, Pennsylvania their home, presenting a fuller picture of the community for the community.

We aim to support the development of first-person narratives, particularly among young, marginalized individuals who are rarely heard or seen in the mainstream media and to bring people together to listen to and learn from the wide array of stories that Chambersburg residents tell themselves.

11/30 Youth offers these story collections to community partners as op-eds and testimonials to further social justice work in the community.

The collective just celebrated the launch its first story collection, "Winter 2022: Race and Racism."

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11/30 Youth logo

Web Monetized Resources at MozFest

11/30 Youth Collaborative

Ways in Which I Am Web Monetizing These Resources

The 11/30 Youth Collaborative is currently monetizing all site content through Coil, although opportunities for direct donations are also being explored.

Images That I Would Like to Accompany My Web Monetized Resources in the MozFest Galleries

Image heading for the first story collection
Image from an article for the first collection taken by 11/30 youth leaders

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The 11/30 Youth Collaborative Winter 2022 story collection on race and racism is now live. All support for the 11/30 Youth comes from Web Monetization. #MozFest2022 #webmonetization

I'd Love the Community Support with this Project By ...

Visiting our site and reading our Coil web monetized articles.

If you know of youth or youth leaders who reside in Central Pennsylvania, particularly the Chambersburg area, please encourage them to check out our site and contribute to our upcoming story project.

Let's Stay Connected

11/30 Youth Facebook

Additional Comments

Q: Why 11/30?
A: In Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the Chambersburg Square sits at the intersection of Route 11 and Route 30.

Setting Up a Wallet for a Community

Steve Goss — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:50:58 +0000

Our project finally getting some lift and content is being produced for and by the community we're collaborating with. We're now starting to look closely at how to best use content monetization to sustain the community's capacity to produce content. To that end, does anyone have any ideas on how to best set up a wallet that is managed by a community of content producers and not a single content producer? Has anyone done this yet?

An Oasis in a News Desert — Central Pa Collaborative

Steve Goss — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 04:15:07 +0000

Project Overview

As newsrooms across America continue to shed employees, many small towns have become news deserts. We seek to address this problem through a website dedicated to expanding resident-driven profiles and narratives that aim to increase the representative and visibility of communities of color and low-income residents.

Project Team

Erika Kitzmiller

Barnard College

Letrell Crittenden

Thomas Jefferson University

Steven Goss

Manhattan College

What we are doing

To date, we have created a website where visitors can read original articles on the community residing in and around Central Pennsylvania. We publish articles weekly and have established submission guidelines for future articles. The website features profiles, which are written by journalists in the area and highlight progressive, diverse thinkers who live and work in Chambersburg Pennsylvania, and first-person narratives, which are written by individuals who live in the area on a topic of their choice. We have highlighted the lives of Lance Walker, a Black barber and school board member; Matt Fogal, a former Republican district attorney who publicly has supported Black Lives Matter; Phillip Whitley, an openly gay man and photographer, and Amer Chaudry, a Muslim business owner and resident who is running for public office. In addition, we have shared first-person narratives from Patty Dolaway, a progressive political organizer and three individuals who describe their lives under COVID-19, Kim Amsley-Camp, a certified nurse midwife; Jennifer Morris, a mother of four including a child with special needs, and Melinda M. Schwenk-Borrell, who drives a medical transport van in the community.

What community support would benefit your project?

If anyone has suggestions about individuals who live or work in Central Pennsylvania who might be interested in writing a first-person narrative or being featured in our profiles, we would love to hear about that on our submissions page. We are also eager to have you spread the word about our work to other news organizations and interested individuals both in the area and beyond.

Link Round Up!

Coming Together May Be Easier Than You Think
The Risks to Drivers who Care for Franklin County’s Most Vulnerable Medical Patients under COVID-19
Franklin County DA Matt Fogal, on Black Lives Matter and New Rules on Policing
For Kristi Rines, Social Justice Advocacy Is an Everyday Experience
Phillip Whitley: Local Artist and Advocate Lives his Truth, while Showcasing the Lives of Others