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Human Rights, Development and Video

America’s Promise Alliance: Devoted to improving the lives of young people. Ensures young people receive the Five Promises they need to graduate high school prepared for success.
Amnesty International: Protect human rights worldwide.
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma: For journalists who cover violence.
enough! Project: The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity.
Facing History and Ourselves: Combats racism, antisemitism and prejudice and nurtures democracy through education programs worldwide.
Global Kids: Developing youth leaders for the global stage.
Human Rights Watch: News, analysis and resources from human rights perspective.
Reel Works: Free filmmaking programs that provide one-on-one mentoring for at-risk youths.
Witness: Uses video to open the eyes to the world to human rights violations.

Ford Foundation’s Just Films: Advance social justice worldwide through the talent of emerging and established filmmakers. Also coordinates Good Pitch
Humanity United: Works to build peace, promote justice, and advance human freedom in the areas of the globe where these ideals are challenged most.
Human Rights First: Promoting inclusion and combating hate crime as a serious human rights violation.
Independent Television Service (ITVS): Provides funding, production and promotion of independent filmmaking for public television documentaries, narratives, interstitial and children’s programming.
No Film School: List of Grants
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund: Supports contemporary-issue nonfiction filmmakers worldwide in the production of cinematic documentaries with human rights themes.
Sundance Ignite Short Film Challenge: Open to film makers ages 18-25.
Tribeca Film Institute: Provides funding for filmmakers and promoting film as a medium for self-expression and social action

Free The Work: Essential hub for women and minority filmmakers and creatives.
Gravitas Ventures: Aggregator-Video on Demand Programmer.
Icarus Films: Distributing innovative and provocative documentary films from independent producers around the world.
Milestone Films: Eclectic and influential independent distributor.
MobyGratis.com: Reasonable or free music rights, depending on your film project.
New Filmmakers: Former Anthology Film Archive on 2nd Ave. NYC now offers digital New Filmmakers Plus for immediate distribution.
New Day Films: Distribution collective of documentary and educational filmmakers with over 100 titles.
No Budge Films: Showcase of REALLY independent film.
Oscilloscope Films: Distributor, aggregator and producer of film and music.
Submarine Entertainment: Represents, produces, and develops feature films and documentaries.
Swank Motion Pictures: non-theatrical distribution. Education, public performance, etc.

Film School.AI: Empower aspiring filmmakers with cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills in AI filmmaking
Curious Refuge: AI tools to enhance the future of filmmaking.
Coursera: One hour marketing class on creating AI images and video
Career Essentials in Generative AI: LinkedIn Learning and Microsoft
Best Free AI Training Courses: Courtesy of Tech.Co

Acumen Fellows: Year-long fellowship with eight weeks of intensive and multidisciplinary leadership training in New York City.
Ashoka: Supports social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows.
Asia Society Asia 21 Fellows
Aspen Institute – Henry Crown Fellowship Program
Donors Choose: Online charity that helps students in need.
Echoing Green: Awards 20 two-year fellowships to social entrepreneurs annually. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in seed funding and technical support to turn their innovative ideas into sustainable social change organizations.
Enterprising Ideas: Funding ideas for your project from this PBS site.
Fulbright Program: Fellowships for U.S. and non-U.S. students aimed to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills.
Open Society Institute — OSI & the Soros Foundation Network website with information on fellowships, scholarships and grants.

Devex: Comprehensive listing of international development, global health, and humanitarian aid jobs.
Foundation Center: Listings of current full-time job openings at U.S. based foundations and nonprofit organizations.
Idealist .org: interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities.
Mandy.com: International film and TV resource.
Microfinance Gateway: Jobs in microfinance.
Nonprofit Career Network: One-step resource center for non-profit job search.

CB Insights: Data-driven daily must read for entrepreneurs, VCs and emerging industries. (sign up for free email)
Crunchbase: Database of innovative companies. Sign up for free daily newsletter.
Deadline Hollywood: Hollywood insider blog.
The Big Picture: Barry Ritholtz’s leading financial blog, providing a macro prospective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Technology and Digital Media.
Indiewire: Online resource and community for independent filmmakers.
No Mercy No Malice: Pivot’s Scott Galloway tech blog.
SmartBrief: Free e-mail industry newsletters for need-to-know news.
Techmeme: Aggregator of current global tech stories. First daily read for many west coast tech leaders.
Wired Blog: Technology sector news and updates.
Venture Beat: VentureBeat’s mission is to provide news about innovation for forward-thinking entrepreneurs and executives blogs.

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