Outreach Program

Working with nine prominent universities from 24 worldwide Ashoka U Campuses — including Brown, Cornell, New School, Ryerson, and Tulane — PhotoWings mentored campus projects using photography as a conversation starter in cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts to catalyze social change.

Since 2008, DCU's programme has engaged older learners and students in teaching together. As an InSights grant winner, DCU connected generations through intergenerational storytelling inspired by personal photographs and the Irish diaspora.

A collaborative student project by Syracuse University's Newhouse School, exploring family life through visual stories produced by 32 photography schools worldwide — a graduate thesis honoring the groundbreaking Family of Man exhibition.

Educators and students fostering dialogue among the world's youth. Technology enables conversation between middle and high school students who otherwise wouldn't meet, promoting empathy and 21st century workforce skills.

A free webinar produced with Ashoka U giving participants communication skills, visual literacy, critical thinking, applied empathy, resilience, and other critical changemaker aptitudes.

Uses place-based media, arts, and education to document life and voice the concerns of Appalachia and rural America. PhotoWings partnered to create a youth-based media curriculum incorporating media responsibility, representation, and cross-cultural collaboration.

Identifies innovative visual storytellers worldwide, bringing resources and community together to direct their work toward critical social issues — driving engagement, awareness, and impact through the power of photography.

Opens the magical reencounter with the past to anyone who possesses unprocessed film rolls. Fujifilm develops and scans each roll free of charge, and participants explore the meaning of rediscovered images from their personal history.

In partnership with Our Democracy Project and the National Writing Project, PhotoWings shares a toolkit and student publication site letting students explore "What does democracy look like in your individual lives and communities?" — enabling broad, inclusive visual storytelling.

New York City's FREE premier photo destination. Built from repurposed shipping containers, the annual festival creates a physical platform for photographers to engage a diverse audience — a cross-section of the world's photographic community.

A network of photographers and educators building social media narratives through stories of everyday life worldwide. Beginning with Everyday Africa in 2012, the concept spread globally — challenging stereotypes and creating new generations of storytellers.

Building on the PhotoWings/Ashoka U Insights Grant project at George Mason University, PhotoWings funded community outreach and a strategic Toolkit for implementing the project across multiple institutions.

Collaborations for Cause brings together content producers and front-line organizations to harness the evolving media landscape. PhotoWings partnered to provide video documentation of panels and presentations from the annual conference.

A non-profit whose mission is to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography. PhotoWings supports WiLDspeak, a symposium from leading nature photographers, scientists, and conservation implementers exploring visual media's role globally.

Photojournalism workshops bringing the world's most respected photojournalists to developing countries to train majority world students in visual storytelling — fostering their ability and agency to tell their own stories. PhotoWings is a primary funder and proud partner.

A celebration of photography created by photographers, featuring exhibits, outdoor projections, workshops, and on-stage appearances over three days and nights. PhotoWings supported video documentation and live-streaming of LOOK3 INsight Presentations.

An intense four-day gathering of top photography professionals with 100 carefully selected students — tuition-free, chosen by portfolio merit. PhotoWings created a series of twenty reflective interviews with renowned faculty and staff.

A program of Facing Change: Documenting America (FCDA), a 501(c)3 non-profit created by photojournalists in 2009 to address great challenges in the United States through photographs and narratives in collaboration with the Library of Congress.

"War is only half the story." The Aftermath Project broadens public understanding of war and promotes peace through international exhibitions and educational outreach. PhotoWings supported the website, mobile app, educational programming, and the annual book distributed globally.

A world-renowned photojournalism organization whose work spans conflict, human rights, and social documentation across the globe. PhotoWings is proud to partner with VII in supporting the next generation of visual storytellers.