Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project

Free + Online! We'd like you to join us for a virtual 45-minute open dialogue centered around what's being highlighted by the Coalition at the moment: Opioids | Codeine + Law Education.

Thanks to our gracious sponsors City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Austin School of Film, and No More, No Más Sunday, July 17th from 1:30 - 3:30 pm, we're able to host a free and virtual educational community round-table discussion around Opioids | Codeine + Law Education.

Sign up & register here: https://bit.ly/SUM22ert

Let's learn, grow, and have fun together. We're a small grassroots effort looking to make a change.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information.

WE VALUE YOUR DONATIONS.

Free + In-person! The Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project presents its bi-annual family Movie Night...

Wahoo! Happy Summer! We'd like to invite you to the Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project's Summer Family Movie Night (:

Thanks to our gracious sponsors City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Austin School of Film, and No More, No Más Friday, July 15th from 6:30 - 9 pm, we'll be showing a free public screening of Pixar's—Soul to help promote a few things:

Drug & alcohol-free activity for the youth
Community awareness of drug & alcohol abuse
Cultivate safe spaces for our youth
Youth opportunities for positive community involvement

Sign up & register here: https://bit.ly/SUM22mp

Let's learn, grow, and have fun together. We're a small grassroots effort looking to make a change.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR DONATIONS.

Come join us for our 3-day Drug-Free Film 101 Community Workshop to develop a Cig | Vape PSA for 6th-12th graders.

Thanks to our gracious sponsors City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Austin School of Film, and No More, No Más July 12th, 13th & 14th from 1 - 4 pm, we're able to host a free 3-day drug-free film 101 community workshop centered around Cig & Vape education being taught at the Austin School of Film.

Sign up to register here: https://bit.ly/F101ws

Let's learn, grow, and have fun together. We're a small grassroots effort looking to make a change.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information.

WE VALUE YOUR DONATIONS.

P.S. We got a chance to run into the honorable Judge Brandy Mueller who partners with the Media Project through her youth // young adult diversion court program Project Engage while we were gone, and she sends her love.

Hey family! It's been a min! Here's what's been happenin'...

We've been battling a pandemic [whew!], retooling, collecting moments of peace, and staying creative out here. We're looking to pick things back up in 2022.

We're gently working on our 2022 -2023 agenda and are pumped about the future. Development for our Cig | Vape PSA starts in January [wahoo!] and look forward to our Summer + Fall 2022 events. Stay tuned.  

We'd like to invite you to the Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project's Virtual Fall Family Movie Night (:

Thanks to our gracious sponsors City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Austin School of Film, and No More, No Más Thursday, December 17th from 6 - 8:30 pm, we'll be showing a free public virtual screening of A Raisin in The Sun (1961) to help promote a few things:

Drug & alcohol-free activity for the youth
Community awareness of drug & alcohol abuse
Cultivate safe spaces for our youth
Youth opportunities for positive community involvement

EVENT VIRTUAL SCHEDULE

6:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Introduce the community to our team & cause
Present the Media Project's latest drug-free PSA
Highlight the youth that made it // helped make it
Briefly educate the community on the current drug we're tackling

6:20 PM - 8:30 PM
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

8:30 PM - 8:35 PM
Suggest donations, tell everyone where to find us (call to action)
Closing remarks

Let's learn, grow, and have fun together. We're a small grassroots effort looking to make a change.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information.

Hey family! Greetings + happy holidays! We've just wrapped our latest PSA entitled "Missed Call", and we can't wait to show it as well as discuss the essential conversation surrounding youth alcohol abuse, dysfunctional family patterns, and virtual school anxiety at our Summer 2021 events.  

With these messages, some of our goals include giving our youth a creative outlet to talk about and honor what they’ve been through, expose the long term consequences that come with poor stress management, talk about gaps in youth support, highlight youth drug & alcohol illiteracy, discuss the burden of family financial hardships, pin-point certain decision-making deficits (cognitive, emotional, social) in our youth, and law-related education.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information and to sign up for our free FALL events. Don't forget to DONATE, as these funds help us make things like this happen!

We did it! Thanks to our wonderful youth cast, the Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project was able to make its 4th Public Service Announcement.

This PSA was written by the students down at Project Engage (Travis County's Court #6 Diversion Court.) It's entitled "Impact" and is centered around Opioids and Codeine.

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information and to sign up for our free FALL events. Don't forget to DONATE, as these funds help us make things like this happen!

We're heading into production for our 4th youth written and driven Public Service Announcement entitled "Impact"!

This PSA will discuss Opioids and Codeine (a type of Opioid), along with exploring the following messages:

1. How do drugs impact the people and situations around them?

2. What are the consequences/results of the impact?

Don't forget to support by donating, sharing, and volunteering! It means a lot and makes a huge difference.

Thanks to your support and our gracious sponsors with the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division and Motion Media Arts Center, we are going to be able to screen our second Family Movie Night this year!

It will be located at the Austin School of Film (2200 Tillery St. Austin, TX 78723) Thursday, December 19, 2019, from 6 - 9 pm.

It will be free and open to the public!

This community screening will help promote a few things:

1. Drug & alcohol-free activity for the youth
2. Community awareness of drug & alcohol abuse
3. Cultivate safe spaces for our youth
4. Youth opportunities for positive community involvement

These community events are meant to provide a safe and nurturing environment for family entertainment and positively promote different ways our youth can steer away from the potential use and abuse of drugs and alcohol.
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SCREENING AGENDA

6:00 - 6:15 pm - Introduce the community to our team & cause

6:15 - 6:20 pm - Present the Media Project's current drug-free PSA

6:20 - 6:25 pm - Highlight the youth that made it/helped make it

6:25 - 6:30 pm - Briefly educate the community on the current drug we're tackling

6:30 - 6:35 pm - Suggest donations (call to action)

6:35 - 8:55 pm - Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse

8:55 - 9:00 pm - Closing photos

Every little bit helps and education is the key!

Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for more information.

Our youth had a blast at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex over the Summer!

They came in one by one curious and excited to check out the new PSA the Austin Metro Drug-Free Media Project made entitled "Mother's Secret" - centered around a drug called Fentanyl.

With these donations and our wonderful sponsors, our youth were able to make an informative PSA about Fentanyl, showcase what they made at the community-driven Family Movie Night, and safely talk about their experiences with drugs and alcohol.

Our youth also got a chance to review what they learned about the filmmaking process to their peers as the event was free and open to the public.

With your continued support, we can do more. Visit www.drugfreemediaproject.com for updates and more information!

Truth be told, Austin's future starts with its youth, thus, this is a sincere appeal and attempt to further uplift education standards

Remember, your support and donation help provide more resources for the next generation of underrepresented young creatives seeking lessons in video production ❤️

As well as, ensures access to professional mentors, open doors that are otherwise closed, and aids sustainability in positive behavioral change for our youth.

All donations are tax-deductible!

Our students at Travis High appreciate the after school snacks that are available through donations when their learning the film-making process and getting a better understanding of drug and alcohol education.

Without giving our youth the chance to tell their story or share their voices we can't facilitate understanding or change. Helping the next generation challenge false beliefs takes giving them a platform and listening. Your donations have been giving us a hand up with this vision.

Funding is the fuel that allows ideas to be developed and creative projects to be launched. Let's make this work together. The next generation is depending on it!

Every little bit counts! Help us reach our $1,500 goal to bring the next drug-free youth driven production to life.

Austin Metro Drug-Free Coalition Media Project has just wrapped another production thanks to our Project Engage students, cast, crew, and donors. It's our Fentanyl PSA | Short Film entitled "Mother's Secret", and our hope is to educate and start the conversation.