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Producing award-winning documentaries and videos since 1997, Juneteenth Productions uses media as an effective tool for social justice and communicating to diverse communities. With expertise in state of the art communication vehicles and technology, we develop, produce and provide documentaries, podcasts, production workshops, and media consulting.
OUR FOCUS AND MISSION
is on the health of the individual, communities, environment — and the human condition and spirit.
OUR WORK
combines storytelling and messaging to craft visually and emotionally compelling media that heightens awareness, promotes understanding and inspires behavioral change.
OUR GOAL
is to produce media that impacts quantifiable improvements in individuals’ and communities’ health, respect for the environment, and personal empowerment.
Kartemquin is a collaborative media arts organization that produces independent documentary films and supports emerging filmmakers in honing their craft. Its growing community of over 600 program alumni and partner filmmakers examines and critiques society, tackling issues such as climate change, systemic racial inequality, the justice system and more. Kartemquin focuses on supporting filmmakers based in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
With 52 years of service, La Raza (www.LaRaza.com) is the most recognized Spanish publication in Chicago, named in 2021 the best Spanish weekly in the US by the National Association of Hispanic Publications. La Raza was founded in Chicago to serve the growing and often underserved Hispanic community. La Raza is devoted to informing with independence, professionalism, ethics, balance, and fairness about the issues that affect the Hispanic community, and to defend, represent, and empower the Hispanic community and its culture in Chicago. As the main Spanish publication in the city, La Raza wants also to be a champion of Spanish language and literature and has a critical role in the preservation and promotion of Hispanic culture in Chicago.
Loop North is a news and information website serving the Loop and Near North neighborhoods of downtown Chicago.
The McKinley Park News covers Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood through original local news reporting, event calendars, community features and more.
N’DIGO presents lifestyle media on authentic Blackness with viewpoint, insight and perspective.
We tell stories, untold, mistold and need to be retold.
A monthly magazine and daily newsletter dedicated to coverage of the arts and cultural worlds of Chicago.
The North Lawndale Community News is published weekly by Strategic Human Services. Our purpose is to help inform our community on resources, events, and issues relevant to them and our neighboring communities.
Our community includes those who live, work, worship in, and/or care about North Lawndale and the surrounding communities. Our focus is on positive, productive solutions, that will improve the lifestyle of our community members.
The North Lawndale Community News is a free weekly publication devoted to North Lawndale, East and West Garfield, South Lawndale, Austin, Humboldt, Pilsen, and the Near West communities in Chicago. We provide information on relevant resources, events, and issues that improve the lifestyles of individuals and families and the economic vitality of community businesses.
The westside of Chicago is a rapidly growing area located less than ten minutes from Chicago’s Loop. The community features dense commercial districts, industrial areas, increased housing opportunities, parks, schools, and efficient transportation routes for over 41,768 residents.
By expanding our distribution outside of North Lawndale, we have added thousands of citizens to our base of readers and consumers. By covering our neighboring communities, we reach 20,923 residents in East Garfield; 23,085 in West Garfield; 91,065 in South Lawndale; 106,910 in Austin; 65,523 in Humboldt Park; 43,201 in Pilsen; and 21,109 in Near West. That’s 413,492 residents on the west side of Chicago.
We strategically distribute each issue of the North Lawndale Community News to the door of 8,000 homes – on a rotating area basis. We take 6,000 copies door-to-door to over 325 businesses, government agencies, libraries, non-profits, community meetings, and other high-traffic locations. 1,000 copies are distributed at community meetings, events, subscriptions and special requests.
This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the economic and residential growth in our communities.
OTV | Open Television is a non-profit streaming platform and media incubator for intersectional storytelling, with artists and their creative visions at the center. Since launching in 2015 as a research project housed at Northwestern University, OTV has transformed the way the film and television industry supports independent artists and communities marginalized by their race, gender, sexuality, class, disability or nationality. Through intentional artistic development and holistic community development, the award-winning organization provides a network of care to identify, activate and mobilize the next generation of storytellers. In addition to serving as a streaming home (#OTVapp) for hundreds of intersectional pilots, series, short films and video art, OTV presents an annual fellowship (#OTVFellows), hosts an educational workshop series (#OTVStudyHall), and mounts an internationally recognized film competition (#BraveFutures).
Pigment International® is a Black woman founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art. Founded in 2018 in Chicago, Pigment serves as a connector within our community of Black creators, collectors, curators, investors, and other stakeholders. We are conveners, bringing together the Black art ecosystem for inspiring, cross generational dialogue. We are the publishers of Pigment Magazine and founders of Black Fine Art Month®. Follow Pigment International on FB and IG. At Pigment International we tell stories!
We are a Chicago-based media company producing a variety of original work independently including dramatic film, documentaries, television programs, and podcasts. We are storytellers with the goal of enlightening the mind and lifting the spirit – to facilitate a greater understanding of the world around us. As writer Alex Kotlowitz said on our podcast show, RHYTHM OF LIFE, “The centripetal force of great story-telling is empathy.”
SoapBox Productions and Organizing is a film and social activism 501c3 nonprofit specializing in multimedia storytelling for structural social change. Our mission is to utilize media to power, frame, and sustain social movements that advance holistic solutions to root problems. In tandem with grassroots organizing efforts for racial, economic, and social justice, SoapBox delivers emotional impact storytelling for liberation. We produce documentaries, fiction films, podcasts, articles, and community-based programming that intend to educate, agitate, inspire, and ultimately transform.
StreetWise exists to elevate marginalized voices and provide opportunities for individuals to earn an income with dignity. Anyone who wants to work has the opportunity to move themselves out of crisis. StreetWise provides “a hand up, not a handout.”
The Harvey World Herald is your trusted news source for in-depth reporting on education, business, public safety, health, politics, and entertainment in the City of Harvey. Our digital newsroom fills the void left after the collapse of local newspapers 40 years ago, providing critical information to the Harvey community. We do this by filling information gaps, passing the mic to those with a voice but without a platform, and helping the next generation of storytellers shape and own their narratives.
