The Austin Digital Heritage Project(PDF) is a growing coalition of for profit and non-profit partners that leverages E4 Youth’s Creative Leadership Academy and immersive storytelling curriculum practices to promote digital and cultural literacy throughout the community.
What Your Sponsorship Supports
Your money supports college-aged youth that are trained and employed to work with industry professionals in immersive media and technology as they collect and curate oral histories of Austin’s older residents of color into the E4 Youth Virtual Archive (E4VA prodnounced "Eva"). They work with sister nonprofits serving elementary and middle school youth to help them integrate technology and immersive storytelling practices into enrichment clubs.
What Is E4VA?
E4VA is an online portal that showcases the oral histories of Austin's older residents based on key locations throughout the city. Currently in development, E4VA will allow users to click on highlighted areas of a map and explore related oral histories through immersive content developed by E4 Youth's students.
In the coming year, we will:
- Train and employ 40+ college-aged youth of color
- Collect and curate 80+ oral histories of older residents of color
- Host two multi-generational workshop events that celebrate and explore the histories of people of color in Austin
Commitment:
- Signature sponsorship $10,000+
- Recognition at community storytelling workshops with 500+ youth and their families
- Branding on the E4 Virtual Archive portal (launches in January 2021)
- Pro bono services (8 - 16 hrs/month from a team)
- Volunteering as part of immersive storytelling workshops (1 hr training, 1.5 hrs coaching per volunteer per event)