Social Impact Productions is a nonprofit organization that produces or supports educational and socially impactful programs and communications vehicles. Our work focuses on youth, particularly from under-resourced and culturally diverse communities, the environmental crisis, and celebrating ethnic diversity. To achieve our goals, we create cross-sector partnerships with the non-profit, for-profit, education, and government sectors that ignite their revenue, reputation, and social impact while creating a greater good for society. Our Executive Director/Producer, Bruce Burtch, is internationally recognized as a pioneer in developing cause marketing and cross-sector partnerships.

The first Youth Poster Contest began in 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The contest was open to all Marin, CA middle and high school students. Unfortunately, following the pandemic, the contest was discontinued. The Youth Poster Contest was unique in California and possibly nationally, providing an unprecedented and highly public platform for youth to stand up and speak out about issues important to them. Marin youth designed remarkable posters that communicated their hopes and concerns about social justice, women’s rights, immigration, discrimination, climate change, firearms regulation, bullying, and other issues important to them. Over $2,500 in prizes are awarded to the winners and to their schools in both the middle and high school categories. Art scholarships to the College of Marin were also awarded to the Producer's Award winner and top-place high school finishers.
Andrea Flores Miranda, 2019 Producer’s Award winner, said, “The contest helped me realize I have a voice, and I can express it through my art. It shows the perspective today’s youth have on these issues so that they can take action and better our future.” Social Impact Productions is communicating with other youth-oriented nonprofits to resume the contest.

Visit our website to view the amazing posters from the Youth Poster Contests. www.youthpostercontest.org

Click the picture above to view a video trailer for this documentary. Celebrate Our America, a documentary film now under development will create a more in-depth understanding that America is best when we celebrate our ethnic diversity, which has made America the remarkable country that it is today. We must honor the contributions of all and place no one above the value of everyone. To exclude or denigrate another person or group due to their national origin, culture, race, or difference between us rots the very core of our strength and tears at the soul of this nation. The underlying theme of Celebrate Our America is that we are not a melting pot; instead, we are a mosaic comprising multi-faceted, multi-colored, ethnically diverse pieces. The United States is home to over 200 nationalities, embracing every ethnicity, race, and culture. Each has its own story, but we cannot tell them all. The places we will visit and the stories we share will only provide a sampling of the beautiful mosaic of diversity in America.

A detailed guidebook was produced to allow schools or nonprofit organizations the opportunity to develop their own Youth Poster Contest. Social Impact Productions offers this guidebook and permission to develop this contest at no charge.

Please click on the photo of the Guidebook to the left and download the free PDF of this guidebook.

Social Impact Productions is a fiscally sponsored project of MarinLink, a California nonprofit corporation. For more information, please contact: bruce@socialimpactproductions.org