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Ambreen Qureshi (she/her) Executive Director Ambreen joined the EVC community as Executive Director in 2018. She has extensive leadership experience in the non-profit and media industry including Magnum Photos and the Associated Press. Ambreen received her M.S. with a concentration in media and culture from the New School and completed her undergraduate studies at the City College of New York. Previously as the Deputy Executive Director of the Arab-American Family Support Center, a trauma informed Settlement House, Ambreen spearheaded the development of innovative youth media programs including “I Need to Be Heard!” a participatory youth filmmaking program and “Stomp the Ban,” a large scale film installation and dance action to protest the travel ban. She also worked for the Jordan Red Crescent Society creating an arts and education program for refugee youth. The social justice issue that Ambreen is most passionate about dismantling is systemic racism and classism. (ella) Directora Ejecutiva Ambreen se unió a la comunidad de EVC como Directora Ejecutiva en 2018. Tiene una amplia experiencia de liderazgo en la industria sin fines de lucro y de medios de comunicación, incluyendo Magnum Photos y la Associated Press. Ambreen recibió su M.S. con una concentración en Medios y Cultura de la New School y completó sus estudios universitarios en el City College de Nueva York. Anteriormente, como Directora Ejecutiva Adjunta del Centro de Apoyo a la Familia Árabe-Estadounidense, Ambreen encabezó el desarrollo de innovadores programas de medios para jóvenes, incluido "¡Necesito que me escuchen!" un programa participativo de cine para jóvenes y “Pisotea la Prohibición”, una instalación cinematográfica a gran escala y acción de baile para protestar por la prohibición de viaje anti-inmigrante. También trabajó para Jordan Red Crescent Society creando un programa de arte y educación para jóvenes refugiados. El problema de justicia social que a Ambreen le apasiona más desmantelar es el racismo sistemático y el clasismo. aqureshi@evc.org

The Youth Documentary Workshop is the Educational Video Center’s award-winning signature program that has been preparing students for active community engagement, successful media careers and college since 1984. YOUTH DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP The Youth Documentary Workshop, Educational Video Center’s flagship program, has been preparing young people for community action, successful media careers, and college since 1984. Our Youth Documentary Workshop (YDW) is a credit-bearing afterschool program in which high schoolers learn and work on all aspects of documentary filmmaking. The result: documentaries that investigate social justice issues from the perspective of those who are most impacted yet seldom heard. And a life-changing experience for many youth. Participants learn storyboarding, interviewing skills, editing, cinematography, and industry standard tools such as Adobe Premiere. They share all decision-making from selecting the topic of the film to how the end credits roll – and everything in between. At the end of each semester, the films premiere at theaters across NYC including at HBO, Film at Lincoln Center, and SVA Theatre. Through our signature portfolio roundtables, the newly-minted filmmakers discuss the films and reflect on their experiences making them. The films are entered in film festivals, screened at the students’ schools, and in many other venues, reaching new audiences, and winning awards. Participants also have the opportunity for paid internships with our media partners including Firelight Media, Union Editorial, and Bloomberg News. Many graduates of the workshop have gone on to work at media companies including Univision, CNN, Bloomberg News, Urbanworld Film Festival, PBS’s POV series, and more. Want to enroll students from your high school? Simply fill out the form below, or email Ines Morales , Programs Manager. PARTNER WITH EVC CONTACT US YOUTH DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP AT A GLANCE Young people make a documentary film – from start to finish! On a social justice topic important to them. 15 weeks, 4 days a week, 3 hours a day (after school.) Open to all public high schoolers citywide especially Transfer, International, Consortium, and District 79 schools. Paid internships for students in work-based learning programs (such as Learn to Work, Work Learn Grow, and more.) NEXT SESSION: October 15th 2024 to January 16th 2025 (15 weeks) SCHEDULE: Monday to Thursday, 3:30pm - 6:30pm (12 hours/week) LOCATION : 16 Clarkson Street, 4th Fl, New York, NY APPLICATIONS : Accepted now through October 10, 2024 APPLICATION LINK RECENT DOCUMENTARIES

The Youth Documentary Workshop is the Educational Video Center’s award-winning signature program that has been preparing students for active community engagement, successful media careers and college since 1984. WE'RE ALL CONNECTED We Are All Connected (WAC) is EVC’s urban-rural summer exchange and documentary program. We Are All Connected (WAC), brings together young people from New York City and Appalachia to live, work, and learn together to collaboratively produce documentary films and websites about social justice issues that impact their lives and bridge the urban-rural divide. EVC’s Appalachian partnership dates back to the mid 1980’s when EVC first held urban-rural youth video summer camps in Eastern Tennessee. In 2017, EVC revived these summer camps with our original partners. Youth that have completed a previous EVC program are eligible to participate in WAC. Through the program, New York City and Tennessee students have chosen to turn their cameras on systemic issues personally relevant to them, including broadband access, the opioid epidemic, foster care, and most recently water quality. Both communities end off with a video that is a powerful tool to foster dialogue locally and visibility nationally on critical issues. Through We Are All Connected, youth in urban and rural communities find shared values, learn how much they have in common, and how interconnected their communities really are. Want to learn more? Simply fill out the form below, or email Mary Grueser , Deputy Director, Programs. PARTNER WITH EVC CONTACT US RECENT PROJECTS