Young Storytellers

Young Storytellers equips Young people to be the driving force of their own narratives. We're passionate about bringing people together and creating stories to raise the voices of those who don't often get heard. We believe that when a Young person understands the power of their own story-made of their unique background, culture, race, gender, sexuality, immigration status, geographic location, and economic status-it creates a more empathetic and equitable future for everyone. We raise voices, one story at a time.young Storytellers completed two semesters, totaling 112 sessions of its youth development programs during 2022. Young Storytellers coordinated and administered their programs successfully in over 65 public elementary, middle, and high schools across los angeles county. All programs were provided in person during spring 2022 and fall 2022 sessions. Approximately 4,000 children participated as Storytellers in our in-school programs which include our flagship script to stage program, collaborative stories program, middle school stories program, high school stories program, and wb story lab in partnership with warner bros. Discovery, dc comics, and lausd. Young Storytellers also created and produced original curriculum for at&t's the achievery, a free digital learning platform for students and teachers nationwide. Approximately 487 volunteer mentors participated in Young Storytellers programs during 2022 and these mentors volunteered over 6,426 hours of their time. In addition, approximately 130 actors volunteered at in-school big shows, as performers of the student's stories, donating an additional 390 hours of their time.during 2022, Young Storytellers published multiple handbooks and workbooks based on each of their program offerings. These were distributed to the local communities across los angeles served by the Young Storytellers programs.