Alisha's Give OUT Day Fundraiser for QWOCMAP

I’m part of a team raising $21,000 for QWOCMAP. For 20 years, their Filmmaker Training Program has provided free professional workshops, mentoring, and equipment and resources for filmmakers like me to create a new film. 

Critical Juncture takes this work even further, providing production camera packages, post-production laptop packages, and small grants along with advanced training and industry mentorship. The Ford Foundation “Beyond Inclusion” report noted that the filmmakers that QWOCMAP serves are forced out of filmmaking because of a lack of additional resources and support. This is important because our films play a big role in shifting culture over the long term toward justice.

QWOCMAP wants to change all that for emerging filmmakers like me who have created 1-2 films through the Filmmaker Training Program, and for filmmakers who’ve continued to create beyond the program. We want to make sure that our community creates the films that create change.

Right now, we need 2,100 individual donors each make contributions of $10 or more in order to meet our goal of $21,000. If we meet that goal, QWOCMAP will be eligible for additional cash prizes!

It would mean a lot to me if you made a donation.  QWOCMAP gave me the support I needed to make a film. With their help, I created a short film that explored my multiracial identity. The QWOCMAP workshop provided mentorship to develop the crafts of storytelling and video production. After the workshop, I've continued using those skills for creative writing and instructional video production. And I know many other QWOCMAP alums who have also launched new careers and creative projects using what they learned from the Filmmaker Training Program. 

If you donate to QWOCMAP during Pride month from June 1 to June 30, that will count towards my goal for Give OUT Day, the only national day of giving for the LBTQ community. I will personally match up to $500 of donations, so your donation to QWOCMAP would be doubled, and also make QWOCMAP eligible for even more cash prizes. Your gift of $10 or more will help to lay a cornerstone as a foundation for change!  

Thanks for considering this and thank you for being in community with QWOCMAP,