Future Perfect Project Inc

TO AMPLIFY QUEER YOUNG VOICES, WE PRODUCE AND FACILITATE CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, MEDIA PROJECTS, AND LIVE PERFORMANCES OF ORIGINAL WORK CREATED BY AND ABOUT THE CURRENT GENERATION OF LGBTQIA+ YOUTH.

GENERAL PROGRAM - OUR APPROACH ENCOMPASSES TWO MAIN PATHWAYS: DIRECT INTERACTION AND BROADCASTING VIA MEDIA PROJECTS. TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY PRIMARILY ALIGNS WITH OUR PROGRAMS INVOLVING DIRECT INTERACTION. DIRECT INTERACTION: SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE'VE MADE OVER 100 VISITS TO LGBTQ+ CENTERS AND SCHOOLS ACROSS 23 STATES. TO BALANCE OUR FOCUS ON PRODUCTION PROJECTS, WE NOW CONDUCT 5-10 IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE ANNUALLY, WITH PARTICIPANT NUMBERS RANGING FROM 10-30 PEOPLE, TOTALING UP TO 300 PARTICIPANTS YEARLY. ADDITIONALLY, OUR ONLINE NETWORK OF OVER 400 ACTIVE MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREE ONLINE PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING WRITER'S ROOM, A BI-MONTHLY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS AGES 13-19. OUR ETHOS REVOLVES AROUND DEPTH RATHER THAN BREADTH; WE PRIORITIZE DEEP CONNECTIONS AND EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT, ALLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR WORK, FORGE CONNECTIONS, AND MAXIMIZE THEIR CREATIVE IMPACT. OUR PROGRAMMING IS INCLUSIVE AND FREE, CATERING TO LGBTQIA+ YOUTH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING THE ARTS OR SAFE SPACES FOR SELF-EXPRESSION. WE FOCUS ON SERVING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH, LOW-INCOME YOUTH, AND THOSE RESIDING IN REGIONS MARKED BY HOMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-LGBTQIA+ LEGISLATION. BY OFFERING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING GLOBALLY, WE DISMANTLE GEOGRAPHIC AND FINANCIAL OBSTACLES, PROVIDING YOUTH WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH FELLOW CREATIVES AND BUILD A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY OF VISIONARY QUEER ARTISTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LOCATION OR FINANCIAL MEANS.

OTHER PROGRAMS: OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY, IN-PERSON SHORT, WRITER'S ROOM, ONLINE WORKSHOPS ACTOR'S ACADEMY, FUTURE PERFECT RECORDS CONCERT, ANIMATIONS AND QUEER2QUEER

THE FUTURE PERFECT RECORDS PROGRAM OFFERS ASPIRING SINGER-SONGWRITERS INVALUABLE GUIDANCE IN CRAFTING PROFESSIONAL PROFILES ON PROMINENT STREAMING PLATFORMS LIKE APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY, AND BANDCAMP, IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF AN ORIGINAL COMPILATION ALBUM. MOREOVER, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE MEMBERSHIPS TO ESTEEMED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ASCAP OR BMI, FURTHER ENHANCING THEIR VISIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. FPR IS AN ONGOING ONLINE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR LGBTQIA+ SINGER-SONGWRITERS AGES 14-22. IN THIS TRANSFORMATIVE 9-MONTH PROCESS, A SELECTED COHORT OF QUEER MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. MEET ONLINE TO CONCEIVE, RECORD, AND RELEASE A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM OF THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MUSIC. IN 2021, THE FIRST COHORT OF SELECTED ARTISTS CREATED THE ALBUM NOT WHAT YOU PICTURED WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS AND PERFORMED LIVE AT NEW YORK CITY'S LINCOLN CENTER WHERE THE ARTISTS MET IN PERSON. THIS PAST OCTOBER, THE CURRENT COHORT OF YOUNG ARTISTS RELEASED "DIVINITY," THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THE FP RECORDS PROGRAM, AND THEY MET IN NYC TO PERFORM LIVE AT THE PUBLIC THEATER. OUR DISCOGRAPHY HAS OVER 42K TOTAL STREAMS, ACROSS TWO ALBUMS ON ALL PLATFORMS, WITH 22 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ON THE ROSTER.

IFQT 1 AND S2 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY THE FUTURE PERFECT PROJECT (IFQT), I'M FEELING QUEER TODAY IS A PODCAST THAT AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF QUEER YOUTH BY EXPLORING CURRENT THEMES AND ISSUES THROUGH A QUEER LENS. PRODUCED AND HOSTED BY A TEAM OF 11 YOUNG ADULTS FROM ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, IFQT IS A COMBINATION OF TRUE STORYTELLING, INTERVIEWS, TRIVIA AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING DISCUSSIONS THAT CENTER QUEER YOUNG VOICES IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS, CULTURE AND ACTIVISM. IN 2023 IFQT WAS IN THE WORKSHOP AND PRE-PRODUCTION PHASE. SEASON 1 OF THE PODCAST LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, WITH OVER 300+ DOWNLOADS AND COUNTING. I'M FEELING QUEER TODAY, AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, HOSTING OVER 140 ORIGINAL VIDEOS, SERVES AS PLATFORM TO CONTINUE AMPLIFYING YOUNG QUEER VOICES AND CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.