5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Categories

Entries are now closed. Finalists will be announced in mid-October!

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From the 4th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Best in Immigration & Refugees

This award honors a program, project, or initiative that is fighting for social and economic justice for immigrants and refugees. This can include programs and organizations that offer tools for protection, survival, recovery, transition, education, legal services, and more.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Immigration & Refugees
winner
benny blanco, Calvin Harris & Miguel - I Found You / Nilda's Story
The objective of this campaign, short film, and song/video release was to raise awareness around immigration issues and the inhumane treatment of those directly effected. In a note, benny blanco explains, “Most of us get to do a few simple things everyday … wake up in our bed … know where our family is … know that it’s possible to call them, see t…

Finalists

Immigration & Refugees
finalist
#NoKidsInCages
Children are still being held in chain-link cages at the US-Mexico border, separated from their parents, denied their medications, and locked up in freezing temperatures. At the time of the #NoKidsInCages activation, six children had already died while in U.S. custody. On June 12, RAICES, the nonprofit organization at the frontlines of fighting fo…
Immigration & Refugees
finalist
Dear Refugees
For World Refugee Day 2019, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) partnered with Big Spaceship to produce a multi-platform campaign designed to inspire the global public to renew their commitment to supporting — and welcoming — refugees.  With the number of refugees continuing to rise, and with more countries closing borders and refusing to …
Immigration & Refugees
finalist
Refugees: Displaced, not discouraged
Our Better World (OBW) is a digital storytelling initiative of the Singapore International Foundation that tells stories across Asia to inspire people online to take action and create a positive impact in the world. There is an unprecedented 70.8 million people displaced worldwide. Every day, conflict and persecution force 37,000 people to flee…
Immigration & Refugees
finalist
Settle In
CORE (the technical assistance project of the International Rescue Committee that serves all overseas Resettlement Support Centers and United States Resettlement Agencies processing refugees being resettled through the United States Refugee Admissions Program) came to ISL looking for a digital solution that would bridge the gap between pre-departu…
Immigration & Refugees
finalist
“I Left My Country Because They Wanted to Kill Me”:HRC, RAICES Expose Plight of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers
The Trump-Pence administration’s cruel immigration policies are harming LGBTQ and other asylum seekers who are fleeing violence in Central America by leaving them stranded on the southern border. According to a U.N. study, 90% of LGBTQ asylum seekers from Central America have faced sexual and gender-based violence in the countries they’re fleeing.…

Nominees

Immigration & Refugees
Expose & Close The Deportation Force
Every day, all across the country, immigrants are being hunted and abducted by government agents. Undocumented immigrants, who most Americans believe should have a way to become citizens, are instead being subject to abuse. We are United We Dream, the national network of undocumented immigrant youth. We and our families organize to protect ourselves and …

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finalists for the 5th annual shorty social good awards will be announced in mid-october!