Journey Take Action Project & Award Patches - Monitor, Influence, Cultivate
The MEdia Journey is complete when they earn their Monitor, Influence and Cultivate awards. Some components of the awards are earned during the sessions, but other steps involve completing a Journey Take Action Project (for this journey it is named the MEdia Remake Project). A Take Action Project addresses an issue in the community and works towards a solution by addressing the root cause, since this must be done outside of the workshops to reach the community it has to be completed after the sessions.
The patch set will be given to the leader/parent at sign in session # 1. They are to be awarded to the girls when the steps below are complete.
If girls attend all sessions, this is the progress they will have made towards completing the Awards.
Monitor Award – To earn this award, the girls "monitor" media & explore how they use it, as well as how media affects their community. This award will be complete. (Described on page 92 of the girl's MEdia book)
Influence Award – The Influence Award contains most of the steps of the MEdia Remake Project. The girls will identify some form of MEdia that they think needs to change & they remake it. Once they remake it, they advocate for it & share what they learned to educate and inspire their chosen target audience. Example projects can be found in the girls MEdia book on page 74. The Influence award is described on page 94 of the girl's MEdia book.
They will have earned the portions of this award that involve:
The patch set will be given to the leader/parent at sign in session # 1. They are to be awarded to the girls when the steps below are complete.
If girls attend all sessions, this is the progress they will have made towards completing the Awards.
Monitor Award – To earn this award, the girls "monitor" media & explore how they use it, as well as how media affects their community. This award will be complete. (Described on page 92 of the girl's MEdia book)
Influence Award – The Influence Award contains most of the steps of the MEdia Remake Project. The girls will identify some form of MEdia that they think needs to change & they remake it. Once they remake it, they advocate for it & share what they learned to educate and inspire their chosen target audience. Example projects can be found in the girls MEdia book on page 74. The Influence award is described on page 94 of the girl's MEdia book.
They will have earned the portions of this award that involve:
- Identifying their media issue.
- Choosing their MEdia Remake Take Action Project.
- Forming a team or choosing to work alone.
- Identifying what their talents are and how they will contribute to the project.
- Setting their goals for the impact they want their project to make.
- Implement their project.
- Reflect on their projects impact making note of what they may have done to improve it .