MISSION AND IDENTITY
Housed in Oberlin’s historic (1913) Apollo Movie Theater, The Apollo Outreach Initiative (AOI) is a year-round media literacy outreach program that provides sustainable educational outreach and media literacy opportunities for public school students of all ages in Lorain County, Ohio. AOI is dedicated to helping young people grow as artists, citizens, and leaders by mentoring them in the use of media, especially film, as a force for local and global education, understanding, community building, and change.
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SELECTED AOI PROJECTS AND RESIDENCIES FROM 2009-2015
- EL CENTRO: Hispanic Youth Oral History Documentary Project in Lorain, Ohio
- Oberlin High School Documentary Film Project
- Oberlin Children’s Shakespeare Project
- Muse In The Museum: Video Poetry Project with The Allen Art Museum and Creative Writing
- Langston Middle School Residency: Video Poem Project
- Playtime at the Oberlin Public Library
- Summer Media Workshop for Teens
- Food 4 Thought -Teaching Lorain county students about health and food-justice
- Quick Cuts AOI’s 48-HourFilm Festival for High School Students
- Eastwood Elementary School Residency
- Around Town Project
- Empowering high school students to explore their community(2012)
- SITES/AOI Collaboration at Prospect Elementary School Project
- Boys and Girls Club Animation project
