THE DONT WAIT PROJECT

What they do

THE DONT WAIT PROJECT (DWP) COMPLETED ITS 12TH YEAR WITH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS GROWING PROGRAM. STUDENTS WRITE, DIRECT, PRODUCE and STAR IN ANTI-BULLYING PSAS BASED ON THEIR OWN IN-SCHOOL EXPERIENCES and CONCERNS. THEY USE A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY FILM CAMERA and OTHER EQUIPMENT WHILE LEARNING VALUABLE TEAMWORK and INDUSTRY SKILLS THROUGHOUT PRODUCTION. SINCE PARTNERING WITH FILMMAKER, EDUCATOR, and UNMAKE A BULLY CREATOR MIKE FEURSTEIN IN 2012, DONT WAIT to UNMAKE A BULLY HAS WORKED WITH MORE THAN 18,000 4-12 GRADE STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PRODUCING HUNDREDS of PSAS. THE DWP HAS CONTINUED to EXPAND ITS PROGRAMS MESSAGING to AMPLIFY THE VOICES and CONCERNS of TODAYS STUDENTS, INCLUDING PRODUCING PSAS THAT COVER TOPICS RANGING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY to SAFETY IN SCHOOLS. THE DWP HAS HOSTED MULTIPLE PREMIERES AT DONATED VENUES (I.E. NUMERICA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN WENATCHEE, WA; AS WELL AS SCREENINGS AT THEATERS ALBANY, NY) WHERE STUDENTS, TEACHERS,