SoapBox Productions and Organizing is a film and social activism nonprofit specializing in multimedia storytelling for structural social change. 

We pair art and media with grassroots organizing efforts by developing, documenting, and promoting racial, economic, and social justice initiatives with community collaborators. Our mission is to utilize media to power and sustain social movements for a more equitable and creative world.

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Four LGBTQ+ identifying Latinx Chicagoans navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, interpersonal struggles, and community triumphs throughout a turbulent yet powerful 2020.

W H A T ' S     G O O D ?

​As technology and entertainment push the digital age forward, the need for inclusive communities of compassion, humanity, and justice continues to build. Our destinies are connected to each other. With that, we must remember that creative integrity and radical change are essential to our progress as a society. Check out some of our recent projects, events, and endeavors below.

FILM | Nissa Conde gets camera ready before their interview in "Seguimos Aquí: Pride, Pandemic, and Perseverance", a summer 2021 documentary in collaboration with ALMA and Chicago History Museum (photo by @joey_delisi).

EVENTS | Panelists speak at Fitness Against Fascism 3: Prison-industrial Complex & Healthy Communities, discussing the role the PIC has had in their lives and on society as a whole at the SoapBox fundraiser (Photo by @whereizmerz).

SOAPBOX ACTION WORKS | The 2020 Census is a headcount done every ten years by the U.S. government and the Census Bureau that determines where resources go. It's how the government determines the amount of funding and political power communities receive. An accurate count is immensely important, particularly to vulnerable and disenfranchised groups that are historically undercounted, thus less resources and representation. Federal Law protects our privacy as census takers, including immigrants, refugees, and the undocumented.

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EDITORIAL | Christian Ianniello examines the wellness and fitness industries during the time of coronavirus (Photo by Spencer Pratt).

ORGANIZING | Protesters create a parameter between themselves and Chicago Police Department during summer 2020 uprisings against police violence and White supremacy.

PODCAST | SoapBox colleagues Caullen Hudson and David A. Moran co-host the affiliate podcast Bourbon 'n BrownTown (Photo by @thereal_seankelly).

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We produce scripted narratives, documentaries, promotionals, written articles, educational initiatives, and new media content. Our multimedia format encourages broader access that caters to diverse audiences within the digital space and beyond.

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SoapBox fosters radical imagination in a creative context to deliver emotional impact storytelling with a liberatory, anti-oppressive framework. Say something with us.

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“Our visions of technology, design, entertainment and creativity have to be married with a vision of humanity, compassion and justice.”
BRYAN STEVENSON | Lawyer, Professor, & Activist