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DocuSign Envelope 10: 85358FB7-CDFA-44C1-B966-DFDA4354188B Media Arts Santa Ana Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA) social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), the Santa Ana Public Library, MASA's email outreach list of more than 1,000 people and organizations, direct outreach to schools, teachers, community organizations, neighborhood associations, Santa Ana Parks and Rec community centers, Stay Connected OC, and press releases to the OC Register, Voice of OC and others. Details of the Unmet Need This program meets a critical need in the Santa Ana community for access to multicultural and intergenerational training in the digital media art to provide critical access to technology, creativity training and pathways to solid 21'` Centuryjobs in the digital and creative sectors. Training in how to seek out, use and adopt new technologies, apps and digital tools is critical to success in today's competitive work force, educational progress, cultural agility, and advancement in society at large. Many of these tools, which would have cost tens of thousands of dollars twenty years ago are now available for free and low-cost access, and readily available to Santa Ana's youth. By utilizing these sophisticated production tools, Santa Ana's youth can create high quality projects for fun, to develop their creative craft, and even to make money by filming quinceaneras, weddings, local events or commercials for local businesses. MILPA also empowers local youth, organizations and residents to bridge the digital divide, increase their in-house production capabilities and document critical issues facing their communities. MILPA addresses the lack of in-house media production capabilities for community organizations and provides an opportunity to create "digital response teams" to produce critical documentation and mass media messaging at an organizational, communitywide or statewide level. With very real threats to arts funding, social justice programs, public education, voting, immigrant communities, civil rights, civic equity and inclusion, this project enables the speedy mobilization, production and dissemination of powerful digital content to protect and promote California's arts sector to other sectors. Details of Collaborations with Local Organizations MILPA will partner with local organizations, allowing program participants to obtain valuable production experience providing documentation services and fulfilling a critical need. This will provide important training to participants during and after the instruction. Organizations such as the Superstorm Center for the Arts, Arts OC and the Mexican Consulate in Santa Ana have already expressed interest in utilizing MILPA graduates for this purpose. Since we are currently under social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to the COVID pandemic, we will likely not be able to do this in -person. We will, however, make these connections and help participants create virtual relationships that they can develop over time, and explore more extensively after health restrictions lift. 14