PLUS ME Project activates the art of personal storytelling to build confidence in youth as they pursue college, career, and life goals. This eight-part series features relatable role models sharing honest narratives of struggle and triumph. Students identify the four essential story elements—Characters, Settings, Events, and Lessons—within the videos and reflect on their own lives to recognize their experiences as assets using our guided worksheets. This collection is divided into two phases: discovering the foundation of stories and going deeper with personal emotions.

Teens Curate Teens offers a process for young people to take on the responsibility for creating all aspects of an exhibition. A curator is in charge of selecting artwork for an exhibition or presentation. Learn how a curator or curatorial team creates an art exhibit that gives voice to their peers’ concerns and interests to possibly initiate change. Students develop their collaborative skills to identify a common theme to create a dynamic art event for their community. Together the team chooses a location for the event, guidelines for the artists’ application, outreach, criteria for selection, marketing and PR, placement of the artwork in the space, and the opening & programing of the exhibit.