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The Mosaic Film Experience and Newman's Own Foundation announce the winners of the second annual Nourishing Narratives: Cultivating Youth Stories for Change. A national youth mobile film competition that explores food justice through storytelling, guests in studio share the experience.
Two Ravenna teens are among the 10 winners of the second annual Nourishing Narratives: Cultivating Youth Stories for Change, a national mobile film competition focused on food justice.
In a West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology classroom, future sound engineers, directors and photographers moved like a well-oiled machine alongside film industry mentors, transforming the space into a film set.
Nourishing Narratives invites youth ages 13 to 18 from across the United States to explore food justice through short films created entirely on mobile devices.
One winner from Michigan was announced in the second annual Nourishing Narratives: Cultivating Youth Stories for Change contest.
Mosaic Film Experience and Newman’s Own Foundation today announced the winners of the second annual Nourishing Narratives: Cultivating Youth Stories for Change, a national youth mobile film competition that explores food justice through storytelling.
Students looking to become storytellers also participated in a special summer program, called Living Histories: Grand Rapids at WMCAT. This year, the focus of the program is on Grand Rapids nonprofit leaders.
Collectively, they bring expertise across storytelling, media production, marketing, governance and education, aligning with the organization’s focus on expanding access to creative career pathways.
The initiative encourages students to respond to a central question: What’s your powerful public school story? The submission deadline is May 31, 2026, with three students selected to receive prizes valued up to $500.
Grand Rapids-based nonprofit Mosaic Film Experience has appointed actor, producer and entrepreneur Aldis Hodge and Washington, D.C.-based consultant Valarie Clark, MPA, to its advisory board, strengthening the organization’s national leadership and expanding its reach in youth storytelling and creative career development.