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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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From moment to movement. Since the murder of George Floyd at the end of May, cities including Chicago rose up to demand an end to police violence. Not only is the government standing by as COVID-19 ravages Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities—inciting mass Black death with their calls to reopen the economy, but the police and racist vigilantes continue to brazenly hunt and kill Black folks while they sleep in their beds and on open roads in broad daylight. We protest the genocidal policies of government that have allowed city and county jails, federal and state prisons, juvenile detention jails, and immigrant detention centers to become hotbeds for COVID-19 infections and death camps for millions.
Words by Damon Williams, Editing by Sensitive Visuals, Photos by Love & Struggle Photos, Music by Rebel Diaz, Footage by SoapBox & Equals 4 Media
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​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 | Chicago rapper Taee Savage tells his story for the feature documentary and cross-platform multimedia project Chicago Drill 'n Activism (AKA "Chi DNA"). More at Chi-DNA.com
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.
YOUTH WORKSHOPS | David A. Moran listens to a young person at Camp True/False's DIY Day Workshop, part of the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri.

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PODCAST | Friends and podcast guests Heavy Crownz and Jessica Puri sit down with BrownTown to talk drill rap, activism, exile, and refuge in Chicago and abroad on our first live event at DePaul University on October 5, 2018 (Photo by @whereizmerz).
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.

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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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  • Home
  • Productions
    • Film + TV >
      • "Chi DNA"
      • "Calvin's Story"
      • "What's Beef?"
      • "Blue Notes"
    • Commercial PSAs >
      • Save Antibiotics
      • First Wheels
    • Action Works
  • Organizing
    • SoapBox Action Works >
      • 2020 Uprisings
      • Obama CBA
      • Census 2020
      • Crossroads Fund
      • Judges Matter
      • #NoCopAcademy
      • SoapBox in Trumpland
      • Chicago Votes
    • Events & Programming >
      • Chi DNA Events
      • Fitness Against Fascism
  • Podcast
    • About
    • All Episodes
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  • About
    • Mission & Model
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