SAIC students and faculty teamed up with Scenarios USA to help Chicago high school students address the issues in their lives.
In fall 2013, SAIC Art Education faculty and graduate students worked in partnership with community-based youth film and literacy organization Scenarios USA to pilot curriculum in nine Chicago high schools, utilizing filmmaking to help young people address issues that impact their lives. Rather than simply sitting down and talking with high schools students about topics such as gender, health, sexuality, and substance abuse, the teaching artists encouraged their students to make movies that address those issues.