Denmark
- Democracy and community development
- Media
- Youth and education
The mission of Upstream Stories is to use participatory media to offer voice to underprivileged groups and individuals and by doing so to promote understanding and intercultural dialogue.
Objectives:
1.Empowering people at risk of exclusion through giving them opportunities to express themselves using means and methods of participatory media;
2. Providing events and workshops aiming at enhancing participants’ creativity, self-reflection, critical thinking and making their personal stories heard, as well as upgrading their IT and communication skills;
3. Promoting social inclusion and dialogue, especially across social and cultural differences;
4. Creating educational content and providing training for trainers aiming at promoting participatory media as a way for empowerment.
Main projects and activities:
- Local and international workshops based on participatory media (mainly digital storytelling and participatory photography) addressed to people at risk of exclusion (migrants, refugees, homeless, people living in deprived areas, people with disabilities and others);
- Facilitators’ workshops aiming at equipping civil society activists with the aforementioned methods;
- Development of educational curricula and publications promoting participatory media;
- Board meeting once a month;
All the activities implemented by Upstream Stories are based on money from the donors and do not require entry fee from participants in order to provide inclusion for people with limited financial resources.
We believe our expertise in the participatory media and working with vulnerable social groups could be a valuable countribution to the Network in Denmark. We have regular calls for Danish participants to join both local and international workshops on digital storytelling and participatory photography - taking part in these activities could be beneficial for the Network members. By cooperating with us, they could gain access to all the educational materials and resources on particiaptory media methods we have developed. In the future we could also organize a trainign or seminar on the methods we use that would be exclusively addressed to the local Network members.
We would like to join the ALF Network to gain valuable professional connections for future projects, both in Denmark and abroad. We see the variety of the Netowrk members as a great chance for us to gain new resources, exchange experiences, and therefore increase our professional capacities as an NGO.