Stone Soup Productions Inc

STONE SOUP PRODUCTIONS (SSP), HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A DUAL MISSION. ROOTED IN HUMANITIES STORYTELLING, WE CREATE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES, DIGITAL PROJECTS, APPS, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES. LED BY ACCLAIMED PRODUCER ANDREA KALIN, SSP PRODUCES AND SUPPORTS CREATIVE, ENLIGHTENED PROGRAMMING THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS, BLENDING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WITH TRADITIONAL MEDIA. OUR TEAM COMBINES CREATIVITY WITH UNWAVERING INTEGRITY, INTELLECTUAL RIGOR WITH STORYTELLING, AND VISIONARY THINKING WITH ACTIONABLE INITIATIVES. AT SSP, OUR GOAL IS TO TRANSFORM NARRATIVES INTO IMPACTFUL CHANGE, AMPLIFYING DIVERSE VOICES FOR A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY. NATIONALLY, WE CELEBRATE AMERICA'S CULTURE AND HISTORY WHILE RECOGNIZING OUR GLOBAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS. OUR DOCUMENTARIES, DIGITAL PROGRAMMING, AND IMPACT CAMPAIGNS TRANSCEND BORDERS, FORGING CONNECTIONS AND ADDRESSING UNIVERSAL THEMES. BY WEAVING LOCAL AND GLOBAL NARRATIVES, WE FOSTER CROSS-CULT

HUMANITIES. GAMES NEH IMPLEMENTATION GRANTSTONE SOUP PRODUCTIONS WAS AWARDED AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO DEVELOP THE PROTOTYPE FOR HUMANITIES.GAMES, A WEB PLATFORM DESIGNED TO EMPOWER STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LIMITED COMPUTER ACCESS, TO LEARN THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF GAME CREATION AND PLAY.SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES, THE PROJECT STRIVES TO INSPIRE STUDENTS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, BOTH TO ENGAGE IN A NEW WAY WITH THE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT THEY ARE STUDYING, AND ALSO TO STIMULATE AN INTEREST IN DIGITAL WORK. THE HUMANITIES.GAMES PLATFORM INCLUDES A SERIES OF MINIGAME TEMPLATES. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SELECT A MINIGAME TEMPLATE AND BY DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND UPLOADING THEIR OWN ARTWORK, CREATE A CUSTOMIZED GAME WHICH CAN BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM OR AT HOME. TO LOWER THE TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIER, THE ARTWORK AND GAME TEXT IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPLETED BY HAND AND THEN UPLOADED TO THE PLATFORM BY A TEACHER.THE PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPED THE HUMANITIES.GAMES WEB PLATFORM, IN ADDITION TO A MOBILE VERSION, THAT INCLUDES EIGHT MINIGAME TEMPLATES ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONAL PAPER PACKETS FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT, STONE SOUP WORKED WITH EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, CONDUCTING FIVE WORKSHOPS TO PILOT TEST THE PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. APPROXIMATELY 75 STUDENTS ATTENDED THESE WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPATED IN CREATING THEIR OWN GAMES.STONE SOUP CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE PLATFORM, SEEKING NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH CHILDRENS MUSEUMS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HUMANITIES.GAMES AND PLAY AN EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT-BUILT HISTORY GAME, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.STONETOSOUP.ORG/HUMANITIES-GAMES.

MAP- MEDIA & ARTS FOR LITERACYSTONE SOUP PRODUCTIONS IS PROUD TO BE THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR MEDIA & ARTS FOR LITERACY (MAP), A GLOBAL EDUCATION AND TALENT INITIATIVE THAT COLLABORATES WITH TOP ARTISTS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS FROM CHALLENGING CONTEXTS AND DIASPORA COMMUNITIES TO INSPIRE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO USE CREATIVE APPROACHES TO CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND PEACEBUILDING. STONE SOUP AND MAP WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE US EMBASSY IN TUNISIA TO LAUNCH THE MEDIA AND ARTS FOR PEACE COUNTERING DANGEROUS SPEECH IN TUNISIA PROJECT. THE GOAL OF THE 6-MONTH PROJECT WAS TO EMPOWER 15 TUNISIAN YOUTHS TO GALVANIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO COUNTER HATE SPEECH, DISINFORMATION, AND FAKE NEWS IN THE COUNTRY. THE INITIATIVE INCLUDED ONLINE WORKSHOPS BUILT AROUND TEACHING THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONCEPTUALIZING AN ARTISTIC PROJECT TO COUNTER HATE SPEECH. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EXPANDED, IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WHERE PARTICIPANTS PRODUCED AN ARTISTIC PROJECT THAT ADDRESSED THE SUBJECTS OF HATE SPEECH AND INFORMATION DISORDER IN TUNISIA. THE COMPLETED ARTISTIC PROJECTS WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIMARILY THROUGH YOUTUBE, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE CREATORS' WEBSITES.

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