GB Mission

Gandhi Brigade prepares young people to become powerful leaders. In collaboration with adult allies, young people create multimedia that engages and transforms our community. We prepare youth for this leadership role through the integration of spirituality, entrepreneurship, and community relationships. Media professionals train and certify young people in various new media, including video and graphic design. Once certified teens give back to their community by teaching media skills to others and by creating media that challenges and inspires in the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi.

Description of GB

The Gandhi Brigade is a youth-directed community media project that has worked out of the Long Branch community in Silver Spring, Maryland since 2005. This year eighty young adults, most of them minority, immigrant, or disabled youth, worked with a dozen media professionals to produce video and graphic design that explored issues of justice, community, and positive youth development. In the process of creating media our teens gained a deeper understanding of our community and the importance of their voice in shaping its future.

Our Work

Gandhi Brigade started in 2005. Since that time we have worked with over a hundred teens helping them find their voice through community media. Notable film projects include "Finding our Turf," a documentary about youth public space in downtown Silver Spring and "PROPAGANDA!" a mixed media production about immigration. Programs and Partners Gandhi Brigade peer instructors, called Circuit Riders, team up with our partners to deliver instruction and support to create media through after-school programs.

Our youth serving partners include Passion for Learning, Einstein EMAL, African Immigrants and Refugee Foundation, Blair Sports Academy, Pyramid Atlantic, Community Bridges, School Girls United, and Long Branch Library. Other important projects include an annual youth media festival called Express Yourself in which young people from the Washington area show film, photography, and graphic design.

Become the Change

Young adults and adult volunteers are welcome to join us on Friday evenings at 5:30 PM in the Community Room inside the new Civic Building (across from the movie theater Majestic, where the Green Turf Space used to be).

For more information write our Deputy Director & Program Manager, Heather Bradley

[email protected]