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The Learning Lab has partnered with several community service organizations to create programs for out-of-school youth. These programs, housed in job-training centers, offer video production skills to students earning GEDs and looking to join the workforce.
The E3 Newsroom
In fall and summer 2007, students at the E3 Center--Girard Branch worked with the Learning Lab at WHYY and Temple's Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab (MURL) to create news stories about their neighborhoods. Topics included election day events, a local farmers market, the local library, and the Mural Arts Program.
 Turning Apathy into the 3 E's
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In Summer 2006, a group of students at the Girard Branch E3 center explored the role of apathy as an obstacle to success in the lives of many teens. Through interviews with teens enrolled in the center's summer programs and their adult instructors, the filmmakers highlight many factors leading to a culture of apathy and try to uncover what centers like the E3 can do to help teens achieve success.
 Abandoned Parks, Abandoned Dreams
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In the spring of 2006, nine out-of-school youth, earning their GEDs at the Girard Branch E3 center, decided to explore the state of their local parks and recreation facilities through digital video. Under the guidance of the Learning Lab at WHYY and the Temple Youth Voices program, these students created a critical and thought-provoking documentary that explores the causes, and more importantly the effects, of poorly maintained parks in Philly neighborhoods. Aprox. 9 min.
 SEAMAAC: Cooking with Culture
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In 2006, students working to earn their GED at Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition worked with the Learning Lab at WHYY to create "Cooking with Culture," a short documentary on food and cultural sharing.
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