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“”Wisdom” shares my most personal and genuine reason for wearing a mask. During the pandemic, I live with my grandparents. They were pretty much my mom and dad for a big chunk of my life and sacrificed a lot in attempts to give me a normal, carefree childhood. As former healthcare workers, they’re always happy to educate younger generations about the scientific importance of hygiene.”

a PSA targeted at disaffected young people encouraging them to get involved politically and to vote. It discusses why people should vote and become involved in politics, even if they don’t like politics. I worked on the Bernie 2020 campaign for a little less than a year, and in my time canvassing and phone banking there I learned a lot about why young people often avoid politics or don’t show up to vote. I’ve found that many people find politics unsettling, which causes them to avoid it. Lots of people also feel like their votes don’t matter, either because they are just one person or because they dislike all the candidates. I think that these types of people can be reached with a message that stresses that nothing about the current situation will change unless they get involved and vote. This is especially true for local elections, which are often decided by just a few votes.”

“This is a PSA about fighting for justice for Asian American and Pacific Islanders. With the increased tensions toward AAPI communities during COVID-19, hate crimes and anti-Asian sentiments have increased rapidly. This PSA sends the message that the AAPI communities need to stand up and use this attention and speak their stories and take back the narrative and create an environment of understanding between us and other cultures. It is my responsibility to use all the platforms available to me to push the AAPI initiative and not remain submissive to hate. I aim for a world where people like me can walk confidently and be proud of their culture and no longer live in fear of what others will do to them because of their race. I want progress for my race and to not settle for the current state of affairs as far as race in America. Thus, I contacted multiple AAPI representatives that I knew and asked for their participation in being shown in the video to show the diversity of Asian Americans.”

“Our short film is meant to inspire hope by documenting how writing poetry has given me (Ryan) a sense of hope during this pandemic. Mainly, it focuses on how poetry acts as an escape from all the stress and gloom of the current state of the world. The message is not specifically about poetry but finding something or someone that can help cope with difficult emotions.”

“My goal is to inform our society and bring awareness to the aftereffects of these tragic deaths and how it affects African American women. While doing my research to make this PSA, I discovered the pain and suffering that these African American women had to endure. It showed me strength, hope, and love. I put myself in their shoes and have empathy, compassion, and understanding of their ordeal. All of the people featured in this video, except Jacob Blake who survived and those who were grieving for their lost loved ones, lost their lives due to systemic racism and lack of justice, fairness, and equality. I felt the need to create this video and vision I had in my mind for some time.”

“We wanted to connect with the viewers and show something that we felt has given us hope during this pandemic. Cooking is something everyone can try, so we want this film to enlighten the viewers and give them the opportunity to try. We dealt with loneliness and finding something joyful to do during the lock down, so we wanted to share what we’ve done.”

“This film will try to bring awareness to the little things you can do to make your community better. If that’s by helping by doing the little things such as picking up trash, or being nice to someone. Small gestures, go a long way and that’s the message of our film. We chose the category to inspire students who are quarantined to have hope and support your community.”

“We decided to highlight recent crimes committed against the Asian American community due to prejudices arising from the pandemic. The film spotlights a girl who is hurt by the hateful phrases that have become common in the past year. She erases the words and writes a new phrase that offers another narrative of togetherness. This relates to the category of justice because we hope that our film will bring light to the issue and provides ways to help the Asian American community.”

for a bright future. I wanted to share my hope with some of those people who have lost theirs for the time being. It will get better soon.”