Citizen Power: Youth Perspectives on Care & Citizenship

Working Assumptions is proud to partner with Citizen Film on American Creed: Citizen Power, a documentary initiative exploring American idealism and community leadership from a range of young adult perspectives. A selection of cast members are using our wrkxfmly assignment to tell visual stories about how they care for friends, families, home, communities, the land, and democracy itself.

Artist Bios

Jonathan Blair

Jonathan Blair lives, works, and studies at Alice Lloyd College, in Eastern Kentucky. He coordinates a work-study crew of about 60 people, mostly first-generation college students from rural Appalachia.
Jace Charger

Jace Charger is a land defender and youth advocate. In 2015, Jace and other Indigenous youth started the first protest camp at Standing Rock, South Dakota, to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Today, Jace continues grassroots organizing, advocating for Indigenous youth and LGBTQ+ rights.
Sam Schimmel

Sam Schimmel, a first-year law student at Georgetown University and a St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze Indian from Kenai, Alaska, plans to use what he learns in law school to help his people negotiate a healthier, more sustainable economy that aligns with his community’s values and the need to protect the environment.

Organizations

wrkxfmly / Working Assumptions

wrkxfmly is a photography program that asks what work and family look like to students across the United States. The program is run by Working Assumptions, a nonprofit organization that makes visual art about work and family happen.
Citizen Film

Citizen Film is a not-for-profit production company dedicated to crafting documentaries with care and dignity. They collaborate with cultural institutions, communities and civic organizations to create documentary media that fosters active engagement in cultural and civic life.