We are MENTORS | Creative MEDIA | AcTIVATING YOUTH | Better TOGETHER

TRAINING. TECHNOLOGY. TRANSFORMATION.

WE VALIDATE YOUTH BY DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS THROUGH MENTORING AND MEDIA ARTS TRAINING
We serve a community of foster, former foster (TAY), homeless and low-income youth.

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Advocacy

We advocate for vulnerbale youth: foster, homeless, and economically disadvantaged.

Hands On Support

We match youth with supportive mentors who work in the entertainment and tech industries.

Training

We equip youth with media arts curriculum, technical training, professional development and certification.

Transformation

We help transform young people by developing and sharpening life and social skills.
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“Through the lens of creativity, we shape long term goal perspectives in youth who would otherwise have a blurred view of their potential.”

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HISTORY + MISSION Founded in New York, by writer and filmmaker Syd Stewart, as an organization that provided music and creative writing as a form of healing to kids battling …

REAL-TO-REEL GLOBAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL

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Since 2012

15, 000+ in mentoring hours

100% youth engaged through media and technology platforms

98% of participating youth have graduated from high school and are enrolled in a college or university and/or gainfully employed.

95% of our youth have produced a media project or event in their communities for peers, parents, teachers and community stakeholders

12,000
YOUTH SERVED

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AIM-N-INSPIRE Program

At Better Youth, we believe that the future rests in the hands of engaged, driven, and empowered youth. We also believe that ‘story’ and storytelling through new media are the …

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MONTHLY C.A.R.E ROUNDTABLE:

THE EFFECT OF VFX Powered by BetterYouth, Skydance Media and the Los Angeles Film School this event will be moderated by LAFS on Friday, July 29, 2022 @ 4:00pm (PT)  …

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    FOR ALL INTERVIEWS OR MEDIA RELATED INQUIRIES CONTACT:
    DEBORAH GRIFFIN | PUBLICIST
    E: DEBORAHMCKJ@YAHOO.COM
    M: 323-839-4521 | O: 323-692-2881 | F: 323-345-6466


    BETTER YOUTH, INC.

    1626 N. Wilcox Avenue, Suite #2-216
    Los Angeles, CA 90028
    800-357-2535 ofc/fax
    sstewart@betteryouth.org