PRESS RELEASE: Aliento’s Not Afraid Campaign named Bronze Winner in Social Video - Social Impact in the 41st Annual Telly Awards
LOS ANGELES, CA – 05/27/2020 – ALIENTO in partnership with MATIZ Creative announced today its Not Afraid Campaign has been named Best Bronze Telly Winner in Social Video/Social Impact in the 41st Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, ESPN Films, RYOT, Vice+, and Vimeo.
“ALIENTO and MATIZ Creative are pushing the boundaries for video and television innovation and creativity at a time when the industry is both rapidly changing and heavily impacted by the current crisis,” said Sabrina Dridje, Managing Director of the Telly Awards. “ Our theme for this season, Telly Award Winners Tell Great Stories is a true reflection of the diversity of stories the community is skillfully able to tell. Now, more than ever, do we need to celebrate them and those that bring global stories to our attention. This award is a tribute to the talent and vision of these creators.”
“In the midst of a global health crisis, undocumented and mixed status families continue to be excluded from our government and institutions facing high levels of anxiety and isolation which is being compounded with the looming pending decision of the Supreme Court on the fate of DACA. Dreamers, undocumented, and mixed status families are taking charge of their own lives and through healing, resilience, and action are showing us the importance of unity and community led solutions. As a DACA recipient, my heart is filled with joy to be part of a movement of transforming trauma into hope and action,” said Reyna Montoya, CEO and founder of ALIENTO.
Today’s winners announcement caps a year-long celebration of creators around the globe and across all screens. Continuing on from the inaugural Film & Video Screening Tour last season, The Telly Awards toured a selection of Telly Award winning work to London, NYC, Amsterdam and Toronto, culminating with an online event. This year also saw the continued expansion of new categories further to the awards’ recent initiative to rebuild the honors for the multi-screen era. New categories included serialized Branded Content and expanded Social Video and Immersive & Mixed Reality categories, alongside new categories honoring important work in Social Impact and Diversity & Inclusion.
Last year, The Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Adult Swim, the BBC, Condé Nast, Complex Networks, Netflix, Refinery29, RadicalMedia, T Brand Studio and Ogilvy & Mather.
The full list of the 41st Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2020/social-video/general-social-impact
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ALIENTO Education Fund is a non-profit organization that transforms trauma into hope and action and is DACA, undocumented and youth-led. We are directly impacted people and allies who are invested in the well being, emotional healing, and leadership development of those impacted by the inequalities of lacking an immigration status.
Website: www.alientoaz.org
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MATIZ Creative
MATIZ Creative is an award-winning hybrid production company that develops video campaigns, commercials, music videos for digital platforms, and broadcast from start to end. We work with a diverse roster of filmmakers who have collaborated with brands such as Coca Cola, Levi’s, Vans, NYDJ, Samsung, Microsoft, and countless others.
As part of their Fellowship, the Aliento Fellows receive mentorship and learning opportunities from the leadership of Aliento. The Fellows often represented Aliento during events with pride and passion. Angelica was interviewed several times and always was willing to share her story with the media to help amplify her voice along with similar stories of other DACA Students in the state.
I heard about Aliento through Deya who is the student organizer at Aliento. She was the reason I wanted to get involved since she is so passionate about the work Aliento does. I am a part of the second cohort of Aliento Fellows and have been able to work alongside some very amazing students from other schools.
During her time as an Aliento Fellow, Angelica has worked alongside 6 other Aliento Fellows to help organize events, such as Education Day 2020, in their respective campuses. Angelica worked at the Mesa Community College campus to help spread the word about the #EducatedAF movement and bring students to the AZ Capitol to share their stories with legislators and shed light on the importance of having instate tuition available to every student.
3. What are some of the things you’ve learned as a fellow? Why was it important?
As a fellow I learned some really important things such as being resilient and being able to approach people who are affected by the laws in Arizona that bar them from getting instate tuition or are allies to the community. Being able to grow and see how I could change the way I viewed things was a huge lesson for me as I only let myself do so little.
4. What are some moments within the fellowship that you are most proud of?
The moments I am proud of myself for during this Fellowship is being able to do interviews and speak at public events. I was also proud that I could see people I know become involved with Aliento. An example of this is Gaby. Gaby was a person I have influenced a lot during this Fellowship and it makes my heart warm to know that she is super involved with Aliento at such a young age. I admire that she is willing to fight for herself and others no matter how hard it gets. It is things like these that I feel are huge accomplishments for me.
All of our Fellows have commitments outside of the Fellowship such as extracurricular activities, involvement in their school’s Aliento hubs and/or part-time jobs.
5. Besides Aliento, what else were you involved with at school? What did you?
At school I was involved with the Associated Students of Mesa Community College, the Senate for MCC along with being a full time student. I am also a future Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society member!
6. Would you recommend the fellowship? Why?
I would definitely recommend this fellowship. It helped me grow and helped me become a better person. I also think I found some of my best friends in this Fellowship and I am super happy to have been able to go through this adventure with these people.
7. What’s next for you?
After this Fellowship I hope I can continue to be an officer at the Aliento@MCC hub. I want to help and support other students like I was supported. You are also looking at a future nurse after getting my BSN. I want to get my PhD in Nursing to become a professor as there’s a shortage of Nursing professors.
