If I had A trillion Dollars

KC Youth Lobby in DC

Youth from the Whatsoever Community Center, KCMO made lobby visits to the offices of Congressman Cleaver and Blunt as part of the national screening and advocacy actions at the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" Youth Film Festival. (To view a gallery of photos from the event, click here.)

Youth represent Kansas City at the “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” National Film Festival in Washington, D.C. 

Miami youth bound for DC to show their answer in 3d annual If I Had a Trillion film festival

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 2, 2013)  - A team of Miami youth are preparing to go to Washington DC to debut their video in the third annual “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP).

Kansas City youth bound for DC to show their answer in 3rd annual If I Had a Trillion film festival

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 2, 2013)  - A team of Kansas City, Mo., youth are preparing to go to Washington DC to debut their video in the third annual “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP).

Boston youth give their answer in 3rd annual If I Had a Trillion film festival

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 2, 2013) - A team of  Boston  youth are preparing to go to Washington DC to debut their video in the third annual “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP).

Chicago youth give their answer in 3rd annual If I Had a Trillion film festival

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 2, 2013) – Two teams of Chicago youth are preparing to go to Washington DC to debut their video entry in the third annual “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP).

KC IHTD group

The group from Kansas City chose to focus their video on youth homelessness because it is a visible problem in their neighborhood.

Eleven-year old Summer has no shortage of ideas about what she might do when she's grown up: “I want to be a chemist, vet, nurse, artist, florist, singer,” she says. Other kids at the Whatsoever Community Center in Kansas City, Mo., have big dreams, too—Darron, who's 16, wants to be a police officer in a K-9 unit, and 14-year-old Jordan wants to have his own business.