The Civic Power Media Studio is a gathering space and multimedia lab entirely dedicated to creating power in, by, and for Philadelphia's Fairhill-Hartfranft community members. In response to a democracy where power resides among a privileged few, Village Arts and their neighbors built a space to generate their own people power.

Located in a newly renovated and community co-designed building within The Village Arts campus, neighbors can use state-of-the art media equipment to study how power operates; to amplify existing neighborhood power; and to build new systems of power that are rooted in care rather than control.

Grants Awarded to Civic Power Studio

$170,000 - Awarded May 2021

Focus areas
Movement Media
Description

This two-year grant will provide program support for the Village's media and justice-based initiatives for teens and young adults to be housed in their new Civic Power Media Studio in North Philly.

$200,000 - Awarded July 2019

Focus areas
Movement Media
Description

This two-year grant will support The Village's neighborhood-based media advocacy work through two initiatives: the Juvenile Justice Media Fellowship, and the Civic Power Studio's Media Justice Lab. Through amplifying the voices of local experts—those most affected by systems of injustice and misrepresentation—these initiatives work to reshape narratives and dispel myths, bringing often unheard voices to seats of power and driving positive change for the community.

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