The 86 students at one of CTVN’s Alternative School sites, Winnie Mandela Intergenerational Alternative school do not have a lunch program. A group of students, tired of being hungry all day, have decided to change that. The social justice and video production class has begun a campaign, dubbed the Read more…
A message from After School Matters CTVN Apprentices
Last week on May 31st the staff and friends of the Community TV Network had the great honor to attend and be part of the fifth annual Chicago Youth Community Film Festival. Young film makers from the Alternative Schools Network came from all over Chicago to celebrate their achievements and Read more…
At Winnie Mandela Alternative School, students are learning how media can be a tool to raise awareness about day to day issues that affect their lives—in this case—-food justice. Alternative high schools, whose mission it is to give young people who could not succeed in the public school system another Read more…
Explaining the problems of teen bullying. This film talks to bullies and perpetrators of bullying, and explains the three main types of bullying.