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2025	May 2025 – How a Story Becomes a Scalable Movement Apr 2025 – Empowered Voice, Empowered World \| Webinar \| 28th April
2024	Dec 2024 – —Support a world where every voice counts— Dec 2024 – This Giving Tuesday, Fuel Stories That Drive Change Oct 2024 – Voices Leading the Way – Our Annual Report is Out!
2023	Dec 2023 – Celebrating 20 years of empowering voices! Dec 2023 – Our Annual Report is here!
2022	Nov 2022 – This #GivingTuesday, help create the media of the future Oct 2022 – Our 2021-2022 Annual Report is here! Aug 2022 – Exciting news! VV’s training now open to everyone across India June 2022 – Untouchability Help us empower more community journalists to tell their stories April 2022 – Untouchability is still a brutal reality in India March 2022 – I always wanted to be the voice of those who are otherwise unheard
2021	Dec 2021 – Support Courageous Individuals Speaking out for Human Rights Dec 2021 – RELEASE: ASHA workers’ demands reach the Prime Ministers Office Nov 2021 – Today is #GivingTuesday, and a great day to empower community voices with your donations	Nov 2021 – Support India’s grassroots health care workers – sign our petition and hear their stories May 2021 – Our response to the 2nd Wave of COVID in India
2020	Dec 2020 – Last chance to donate in 2020 to Video Volunteers! Dec 2020 – Watch the best of VV’s 2020 #CommunityMedia Nov 2020 – Online Trainings for NGOs and Other VV Resources Nov 2020 – Government officials, check WhatsApp, your people have problems to share! Sep 2020 – All 16 ChangeChitra films are live now on YouTube Sep 2020 – On Day 2 of the ChangeChitra Film Festival, Meet the Filmmakers Sep 2020 – Our Online Film Festival Starts Today!	Aug 2020 – Video Volunteers Annual Report 2019-20 May 2020 – COVID-19 Relief Work Apr 2020 – VV’s COVID-19 Story Feb 2020 – ChangeChitra Hyderabad Film Festival Feb 2020 – RELEASE: Documentary Film Festival on 14 February at the American Consulate Mumbai Feb 2020 – Our Mumbai Film Festival Is This Weekend! Jan 2020 – Attend our five-city film festival
2019	Jan 2019 – APPLY NOW: Learn documentary filmmaking for social activism
2018	Oct 2018 – We think now’s a good time to bring VV to America. Do you agree?
2017	Dec 2017 – Read Jessica’s article in a leading publication Nov 2017 – #GivingTuesday is here! Make gender equality your giving story today. Aug 2017 – We’ve got a new website. Tell us what you think!	July 2017 – Launch of Act4Goa – Attend Your Gram Sabha Campaign March 2017 – Save the Date – Video Volunteers in London March 2017 – VV launches IndiaUnheard, a unique site that reports from the most remote, unexamined parts of India
2016	December 2016 – Dismantle Patriarchy One Video, One Conversation At A Time
2015	Dec 2015 – Last chance to make your tax-deductible donation! Dec 2015 – Happy Holidays Dec 2015 – Great strides in international policy but lower caste discrimination continues unabated Dec 2015 – Let’s Go! Nov 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: As the waters of the Lower Suktel dam rise, Bolangir fights for its rights Nov 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: Maharashtra law to end social discrimination in the state where educationists say: “Dalit kids smell” Nov 2015 – India Unheard Monday: Garbage chokes India, while PM signs big-ticket agreements Nov 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: PM Modi flashes the shinier side of the coin, we show you the grimy one Nov 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: Bihar Elections: Promises Galore, Bitter Ground Reality Nov 2015 – Press Release: UNAFF honors film on Dalit correspondent Oct 2015 – A Report on Video Volunteers National Meet Oct 2015 – Abhay Deol at the closing ceremony of the largest community media gathering of India	Oct 2015 – Press Conference with Cinema Star & VV Ambassador Abhay Deol Tomorrow Sep 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: National Meet of India’s largest community correspondent video network begins TODAY! Sep 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: Saudi diplo flees, thousands of women continue to be trafficked in India Sep 2015 – You are Invited to India’s largest Community Media Gathering Sep 2015 – IndiaUnheard Monday: Your Monday source to help you pitch the most underreported stories from remotest rural India ! July 2015 – Our Story: Helping Activists Become Leaders May 2015 – May the 4th Be With You April 2015 – I will not be silent anymore. April 2015 – Thank YOU!! April 2015 – Annual Report 2014-2015 March 2015 – Hard Work Deserves Equal Pay March 2015 – Blaming the Victim January 2015 – Schools in violation
2014	December 2014 – Last chance to make a Tax-Deductible donation! December 2014 – Ending their criminality December 2014 – Three days left! December 2014 – Happy Holidays! December 2014 – One in every three malnourished children lives in India December 2014 – A father’s painful sacrifice December 2014 – Emergency: Thousands remain displaced November 2014 – Happy Holidays! November 2014 – “Failing Schools” – You’ve no idea November 2014 – When playtime sucks! October 2014 – He thought no one was watching… October 2014 – Don’t touch her! She’s unclean!	October 2014 – EXPOSED: The real “untouchables” July 2014 – We’re So Grateful For Your Support June 2014 – Reminder – screening tomorrow – Please join us! June 2014 – You are Invited – Celebrate the Power of Media May 2014 – SAVE THE DATE – June 18 New York City Fundraiser May 2014 – We’re in the Economist Intelligent Life May 2014 – Read Video Volunteers’ Annual Report May 2014 – Read about us in the Economist Intelligent Life May 2014 – We’re up for two big awards — Help us win! April 2014 – Annual Report 2013-2014
2013	December 2013 – Make a tax-deductible VV donation today & empower community-led change! December 2013 – Indian Women Break the Silence Around Rape December 2013 – Special Preview: Fighting for India’s Students November 2013 – Turning Farmers Into Beggars November 2013 – Video Volunteers Launches “Pass Ya Fail?” A video audit of the Right to Education Act in India November 2013 – Magnum partnership, Delhi Photo Fest and a new website	September 2013 – Learn How to Become a Video Advocate June 2013 – Join us this Saturday for ‘Shaping Their Story’ May 2013 – What’s Media Got to Do with Development? April 2013 – WE ARE FRUSTRATED! April 2013 – Release: Constitutional Body ignores 30 evidences of Untouchablity and 2700 Public Appeals April 2013 – Annual Report 2012-2013
2012	December 2012 – The Most Important meeting Of Our Lives. VV Against Forced Evictions. December 2012 – He Said, She Said. Letter from the Directors December 2012 – It Took Only One Video	November 2012 – The Climate Change Webshow April 2012 – Video Volunteers Launches ‘End Untouchability’ Campaign
2011	December 2011 – Help Create the Social Change Media Revolution August 2011 – Global Fund For Children June 2011 – Inspiring Stories from the IndiaUnheard Training	May 2011 – Empowering Women With a Voice March 2011 – Video Volunteers in Brazil February 2011 – Speak Out India
2010	November 2010 – VV in Fast Company Magazine October 2010 – VV Breaks Important Prostitution Story September 2010 – IndiaUnheard Online: Have you watched a video today?	April 2010 – Annual Report 2009-2010 February 2010 – Off to a Great Start: New CVU, Abhay Deol as VV Ambassador, and more…
2009	December 2009 – Appeal and Annual Highlights December 2009 – Community Video Fellowship Program and Call for Nominations October 2009 – Community Video Training Camp 09	April 2009 – MTV Iggy and Voices from Kashmir January 2009 – A Review of 2008
2008	November 2008 – What’s New at Channel 19	January 2008 – Introducing Channel 19
2007	March 2007 – Our Learnings in Three Key Areas
2006	December 2006 – Key Achievements of 2006	August 2006 – Video as a Bridge: Community Video Unit at Navsarjan
2005	October 2005 – Video as a Campaign Tool:	Notes from Wind River Reservation
2004	April 2004 – Sneha Praja Video: Training by Video Volunteers
2003	November 2003 – Greetings from Assam: the Value of Video	February 2003 – Stories from Ahmedabad
2002	December 2002 – Verni Project October 2002 – Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)	September 2002 – Arrival to India

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