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Black storytelling amplified.

OUR MISSION

Stories In My Backyard (SIMBY) is a nonprofit that provides Black youth access to culturally relevant media arts education led by Black instructors for their social, emotional, and professional development.

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OUR VISION

Through online and in-person learning, we aim to rejuvenate arts programming within formal and informal educational settings that overlook our youth’s natural investment in the media arts.

 

In this work, we also aim to motivate Black youth to define and reach their full potential by providing a sense of belonging that’s missing in their current learning experiences.

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KEY DATA

  • 79% of teachers across the United States in the 2017-2018 school year were White and “in schools where the majority of students were not White, the majority of teachers tended to be White” (National Center for Education Statistics).

  • 90% of the 220 Philadelphia School District schools had full-time art or music education and some had none according to a 2017 study (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

    • 14% of these schools had access to the media arts.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Your support helps us plant seeds of belonging while providing media arts education to students in Philadelphia and beyond. Donate, volunteer, or join our team today to help us continue our mission.

OUR TEAM

Meet the passionate and dedicated team behind SIMBY, including our founders, instructors, and board members.

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PHILADELPHIA AND BEYOND

We currently work in partnership with the Philadelphia School District's TV Station (PSTV) and we look forward to impacting other communities in the future. 

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