All-ages Movement Project (AMP)

Submitted by Guest on December 4, 2008 - 8:00am.

3082 22nd St

San Francisco

94110

Website:

allagesmovementproject.org

Ownership:

Has Fiscal Sponsor

Coalition

Organizational Membership:

Organizations

Organization Type:

Coalition

Organization Phone:

(415) 593-4400

Organization Fax:

(415) 593-4446

Detailed Description

Mission,Constituency, Structure:

Mission AMP is connecting youth empowerment, music and art focused organizations to enhance participatory culture in the United States. AMP acts as a cohesion-building force centralizing access to resources and information, a conduit for cross-organizational peer-to-peer sharing, and provides start up and capacity building support. Constituency AMP has identified almost 150 community-based organizations that have the following characteristics: ? A youth empowerment component ? A popular music focus (hip hop, rap, rock, punk, electronic, etc) ? A participatory structure ? The means to produce music related cultural products (shows, records, zines, etc) Race/Ethnicity of Participants: ? 40% non ? white (African-American, Latino, and Multiracial) ? 46% Euro-American/White ? 14% unable to declare their primary audience Musical Genre of Focus: ? 25% focus solely on hip hop/rap/urban ? 25% focus on indie rock/punk/hardcore ? 50% mix genres Age of Participants and Leaders ? Most organizations in this field are serving audiences 13 - 30 with a focus on teens and young adults in the early 20?s. ? The majority of the organizations are led by people under 25. Structure AMP is a start up organization awaiting final approval for fiscal sponsorship from the Tides Center (tidescenter.org). This process will be finished within 2 weeks. Formally, AMP is governed by the Tides Center Board but because the organization started out of a collective effort of youth organization directors and participants, it has always maintained an organizing committee representative of those served by the coalition. Currently, there is one full-time staff member who is the primary organizer and fundraiser. Contract staff and coalition members have been and will continue to be critical in developing AMP programs and the organization?s 5-year strategic plan. Membership guidelines and rights are being developed. Because AMP serves organizations with participatory structures, the Coalition's governance will be no different. Decision-making process AMP is currently gathering input from member organizations on how to best structure the coalition. The hard details of AMP's decision making are not yet hammered out.

States Worked in:

CA CALIFORNIA

Current Organizing Agenda:

Current Organizing Agenda AMP is undertaking a massive technology project in order to connect youth music organizations across the United States. The first step is creating an online tool in conjunction with Tumis, an Oakland-based social change focused web developer. Before the tool is finalized and launched, a group of regional organizers (mostly from the local organizations AMP serves) will tour and visit as many youth music organizations as possible to gather input on the Coalition?s governance and services, create a catalogue of best practices, demonstrate and get feedback on the beta version of the online tool , and also to capture a snapshot of the youth cultural work being done currently in order to measure the health and sustainability of these organizations over time. Goals and Tactics At its core, AMP organizations meet young people where they are at and provide more entry points to civic engagement opportunities through culturally relevant mediums. They create alternative leadership opportunities and help build up individuals and communities through providing cultural space in a country where much of our youth resources trend towards correctional purposes. These organizations demonstrate an emerging and effective new field of blending culturally relevant art opportunities, youth development, and civic engagement to create the next great generation of leaders. AMP's goals for increasing participatory culture through this coalition include: ? Increasing Geographic Parity ? Identifying Programmatic and Economic Similarities and Differences to Enhance Support Given ? Promotion of and Study Toward Sustainability ? Carefully Minding the Principles of Grassroots and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Ethics ? Maintaining and Increasing Commitment to Inclusion and Democracy AMP will work toward these goals through the following tactics: ? Creation of Online and Print Directories ? Identification and Sharing of Best Practices ? Training and Consulting Support ? Research Advocacy and Dissemination of New Findings ? Start-Up Support ? Gatherings and Exchanges

Issues:

Civic Participation

Issues:

Progressive Media, Arts and Culture

Issues:

Youth Empowerment

Leadership:

none of the above

Organizing Strategies:

one-on-one meetings

Organizing Strategies:

member meetings

Organizing Strategies:

leadership development

Organizing Strategies:

training

Organizing Strategies:

drafting model policy

Organizing Strategies:

voter registration

Who We Organize:

Youth

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