SWEET BLACKBERRY FOUNDATION

What they do

WORKING AS A GROUP, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to WORK HANDS-ON IN CREATING A SWEET BLACKBERRY FILM. BY FOLLOWING THE SWEET BLACKBERRY MODEL, MENTORS WILL GUIDE THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS of WRITING, ART DIRECTING, ILLUSTRATING, ANIMATING, and CREATING A MARKETING STRATEGY for THE FILM THEY CREATE.STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to BECOME PUBLISHED AUTHORS and CREATE FUN and ENGAGING HISTORICAL BOOKS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY for YOUNGER CHILDREN. STUDENTS WILL RESEARCH HISTORICAL FIGURES, GO THROUGH THE PRE-WRITING, WRITING, PROOFREADING and EDITING PROCESS of WRITING A STORY, CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS, and FINALLY SEE THEIR FINISHED PRODUCT IN A PAPERBACK FORMAT. AFTER THE BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to READ THEIR STORIES to THE YOUNGER CHILDREN IN AN END of PROGRAM CELEBRATION.