Youth CineMedia's (YCM) mission is to improve community access and education for at-risk teens in emerging media technologies, while fostering character building and empowerment through developing social skills, providing marketable job training and the instructional support to create inspiring, thought-provoking films, music and visual art that promote dialogue and social change. YCM focuses its outreach on under-served communities, with an emphasis on youth from extremely low-income families and those with involvement in gangs and/or the juvenile justice system.