The COVID-19 pandemic has up-ended the regular school experience for nearly 2 billion young people worldwide. At the same time, communities are confronting the insidious realities of systemic racism and grappling with how it shows up in schools. Both crises demand we step into a new future where the mindsets, structures, policies, and habits that have perpetuated educational inequities for centuries will no longer pre-determine the fates of future generations. This FREE film festival is designed to support that new future.

Join Cultural Equity Learning Community and its partners on Thursday, September 10 @ 6pm EDT for the panel, “To the arts & beyond: What does it mean to support Black Lives Matter?” featuring: Sadada Jackson, Martin Henson, and Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, moderated by Michael Bobbit, featuring music by Precious Perez.

YOUNGA Forum with the United Nations Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Office is inviting youth and educators to make history with a first-of-its-kind global youth takeover September 28-29 in collaboration with the United Nations using virtual reality to connect young people with decision-makers to co-create solutions for a better world.

The concept of cultural exchange in the time of physical distancing and restricted mobility has emerged as the key question and challenge in 2020. In response, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the ASEAN Foundation are launching a new and innovative format to adapt to the current environment and rallying their communities to co-create online.

The webinar is hosted by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, which is a global, interagency group which sets standards and provides technical support to ensure that efforts to protect children from violence and exploitation are of high quality and effective.

Over 3 full days of programming, the conference will offer more than 40 sessions led by colleagues from 19 different countries and a diverse range of art forms. In addition to a jam-packed workshop schedule, there will be break out spaces where you can connect with colleagues from around the world, collaborative online art projects, keynote speakers and more. In true ITAC style, we plan for all workshops to be participatory and practice enriching for those who attend. Spaces are limited so make sure you sign up quickly! Urge your colleagues in other countries to meet you there.

The 2020 Mid-Atlantic Teaching Artists Virtual Retreat will bring together arts education professionals from across the Mid-Atlantic region to build and strengthen a regional network of highly qualified teaching artists. This event will take place via online video conferences over a period of four weeks, from August 10 through September 2, 2020. Participants will have the opportunity to acquire financial tools, artistic knowledge, educational pedagogy, and self-care practices that are necessary to lead sustainable careers as entrepreneurs and creatives.

The Lewis Prize for Music is opening the application for its 2nd Annual Accelerator Awards on July 24, 2020. Three multi-year awards of $500,000 each will be awarded in January 2021. Accelerator Awards are open to Creative Youth Development (CYD) music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems so all young people have access to learning, creating, and performing experiences that reflect their culture and identity. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, August 21. More information about the application process, guidelines, and past Accelerator Awardees can be found at https://www.thelewisprize.org.

Earlier this year the ITAC Collaborative invited proposals for field building projects from leaders throughout our international community. Each selected project represents a significant step forward in adding tools, resources and frameworks that can be used by our sector internationally. As part of their work, some of our Innovators are looking to recruit a few helpful colleagues who will volunteer to join their advisory board. The time is now right for our first project to take that step.

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) at the Education Commission of the States is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2020 AEP Virtual Gathering. All arts and education colleagues are encouraged to register now for this year's programming held online on September 9, 11, 15 and 17.

The United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To mark this special occasion, the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and Artivive are launching a call for artists to create posters about peacemaking and peacebuilding, which also utilize augmented reality technology.

Please join the Association of Teaching Artists in an evening of raising the visibility for the teaching artistry field and celebrating to innovation and excellence. Teaching artists are the bedrock of arts education and will forge our new future of the field in a post COVID-19 world. Join the celebration of their incredible work.

Calling all young writers, artists, and activists! The International Human Rights Art Festival is curating a digital anthology of youth writing and art on human rights and social justice. We are calling for young people 21 years and under to submit poetry, fiction, essays, journalism, visual art, photography, or any other medium that highlights the beauty and strength of humanity. You can choose to create a piece about a human rights issue/violation that is affecting the world, or something that highlights the beauty, sincerity, and vulnerability of our world. We want to highlight as many young voices as possible, so please submit as soon as you can!

#TOwardTOmorrow is an Instagram competition with a cash prize of 10,000 Euro, with qualifier exhibition opportunities for participating artists. Covid-19 may have postponed the launch of our plans for 2020, but it hasn't slowed us down.

Creators of all ages, countries and languages can bring the global community closer together by capturing actions that are making a difference in response to Covid-19, thereby sharing their vision of a post-pandemic world that meets the Sustainable Development Goals.

Use any type of media combinations—from combining pen and paper with an audio recording, to Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, or 3D design—that create an immersive story and connect with creators in other parts of the world to harness the universal creativity and solidarity.

Young people consistently rank culminating events -- performances, exhibitions, youth summits, screenings of their films -- as a powerful motivator and key aspect of their involvement in creative youth development programs. How can CYD programs adapt these events to the current, largely virtual environments?

The Booz Allen Foundation has established a $1 million Innovation Fund to help nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurs, innovators at colleges and universities, and startups and small businesses throughout the U.S. harness the power of data, technology, and diverse intellectual capital to improve COVID-19 relief efforts. The Foundation is specifically targeting solutions and projects that will build lasting community resilience through protecting vulnerable populations and frontline workers or providing for the safe return to work. The application deadline is June 5, 2020.

Creators of all ages, countries and languages are invited to bring the global community closer together by capturing actions that are making a difference in response to COVID-19, thereby sharing their vision of a post-pandemic world that meets the Sustainable Development Goals.

This virtual seminar will provide an opportunity for the global arts education community to share research and begin to examine the structures, processes, and practices, which may lead our field towards a new reality of arts assessment and program evaluation. This seminar will bring together several invited international experts and host a discussion of evidence-based practices aimed at measuring impact of arts learning and arts programming.

The Ving project is a national movement sparking the next generation of givers. Through VING, teens have an opportunity to give an individual in need an encouraging boost by surprising them with $1,000.