This application is closed. You can read some of the stories from the program below. For more, head here.
- Caste Discrimination In India’s School And College Campuses
- No Math Or Science Came To My Rescue When I Was Assaulted For The First Time
- Yes, I Was A Bigot, A ‘Bhakt’. Here’s What Changed Me
- The Harsh Reality Behind The Facade Of ‘Happy Indian Marriage’
- When Will UGC’s Guidelines On Campus Safety Truly Include Queer Folks?
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Youth Ki Awaaz, India’s largest writing platform is back with its award-winning Writers Training Program that has trained over 3000 young people in critical skills of writing, research, interview and effective communication – in a new avatar, to equip young changemakers with creative problem-solving skills to achieve justice outcomes.
The last date to apply for the third and last batch of Justicemakers Writer’s Training Program is April 15, 2022, and the questionnaire for application can be found here.
Justicemaking uses creativity and collaborative action to create solutions that have justice outcomes for a community. This Writer’s Training Program by Youth Ki Awaaz aims to identify, train and support 50 justicemakers across pressing issues and develop their skills around storytelling, narrative building and campaigning to engender systemic change using digital media.
The Justicemakers Writer’s Training Program is being run by YKA in partnership with Ashoka’s Law for All initiative and Agami.
What will participants learn in the program?
- Writing & Storytelling: The Power Of A Good Story, Driving Impact Through Storytelling and Advocacy
- Social Media Campaigning & Content Distribution: Learn why social media is a vital tool for changemakers. Also learn the ‘what, why and how to post’ for Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
- Power-mapping: A way to identify who has power in the community, and to figure out what will move those individuals or institutions to do whatever it is you want them to do
- Demystifying Justicemaking: Via a workshop on understanding structural & systemic exclusion and the kind of strategies that can challenge it. Discussing case studies for successful and unsuccessful justice-making campaigns involving civil society leaders.
Skills that the WTP will help you hone:
- Research: Reaching out to experts, narrowing down questions relevant to your piece
- Data analysis: The WTP will help in finding data and existing research that strengthens your argument and also helps formulate one
- Curation: Choosing relevant information, and discarding the rest, is a key element that makes or breaks the bone of your piece.
- Editing: The editor will encourage you to self-edit and present your case concisely.
- Content distribution: You will also learn to promote their articles on social media to achieve maximum impact and reach.
Output expected from the participants: 3 articles + their social media adapts
- A Personal Story on a social justice issue and its bearing on their life
- A News Report/Data Story on the issue they will be getting into
- Opinion Story (on the policy issue they are targeting)
- Social media adapts for all their stories