LIFE DOESN’T STOP AT AN HIV DIAGNOSIS
Today an HIV diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. With accessible treatment and medication individuals diagnosed with HIV can now lead long and rich lives. Sadly the stigma around HIV is still ever present and causes great emotional and physical harm to people living with HIV. This stigma can have real consequences especially for folx newly diagnosed with the virus. As part of a global campaign the 5280 Fast-Track Cities Task Force hired us to create photo and video content for a large anti-stigma and resource campaign for those living with HIV in Denver, CO. In collaboration with marketing firm Spectacle we created a series of videos and portraits to support a web, print and social based outreach campaign.
https://www.5280fast-trackcities.org/
Opportunity Starts At Home
From better health, to food security, to good education, housing is foundational to every aspect of well-being, building stronger communities, promoting economic growth, and providing opportunities for everyone to thrive. In 2022 we partnered with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) to create a short documentary to support the work CCH was leading on with the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign. The goal of the campaign, is to generate widespread support for local, state, and federal policies that correct long-standing racial inequities and economic injustices by ensuring quality housing for people with low incomes.
https://www.coloradocoalition.org/opportunity-starts-at-home
HOW PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS BUILD CONNECTION
A team of researchers at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work were looking for a way to engage a broader audience around key research findings on the relationship between peer support specialists and young people experiencing homelessness. The goal was to expand the reach of their findings beyond academia and into the hands of organizations serving unhoused youth. Historically these youth have had low engagement with service providers as services have been largely non-relational and not met these youth where they are at with their unique needs and goals, which can look different than adults who are unhoused. The opportunity for Emergent Media Collective was to create a short piece of content accessible to a diverse audience base educating them on the key findings of the research, create deeper emotional understanding around the relational importance of peer programming and move them further into the research. We knew we could best achieve these through an animated video.
Overdose Awareness Day
We worked with a diverse set of community members at Denver Health to support development and production of this project. Peer support specialists, individuals in treatment for substance use disorder and medical professionals all collaborated with our team to develop key messaging, learning points and the social context around the crisis.
Community Solutions to Health Disparities
In 2017 the CO Office of Health Equity (OHE) launched the Health Disparities Grant Program (HDGP). The goal of the statewide program is to provide resources and support to community-led grassroots organizations working to change inequitable systems to improve health outcomes. We supported this work by creating an interactive documentary highlighting the transformative work of three community-led organizations. The documentary includes interactive content like pdf downloads, podcasts, and photo essays.