Amplify your message

Scherazade King and Francis Phan discuss P:TDs premiere youth edition of Urban Update

PTD Launch party

Lyrical performs at Move It and Use It, P:TDs annual fundraiser

What you’ve got to say is real, and it doesn’t fit the corporate media agenda. You’ve written songs, or you’ve got a video ready to go. You know your message can change a mind or two—or a thousand—if you could just get it out.

What you need is a network of support—a recording company interested in your work, a venue for your video, and people who can help you amplify your message so that the world will hear it.

Project:Think Different can help.

In partnership with Empowerment Records, we support and nurture artists who have meaningful, socially conscious messages to share. We recognize the power the media has to influence hearts and minds. And, like you, we are tired of being surrounded by the same negative, superficial messages.

Let’s reclaim our power, our voices, our attitudes. Let’s promote messages that speak honestly to people, that move people to get involved and change what needs changing.

Click the links on the left to see and hear examples of our artists’ work, and to find out about venues we have used for amplifying messages of social change. Then email or call us at 617.320.6433 to find out more. back to top

Coming soon

Moving Images Moving People Video/Film Festival

This 2005 meeting of video and film minds will combine screening and networking with information on socially responsible and progressive political works-in-progress. The festival will be an opportunity for producers, directors, screen writers and others to connect with each other and with a potential audience for their work.

The submission process is currently open world-wide. Moving Images Moving People is a stepping-stone to a larger moving image festival that will encompass the most promising work that inspiring content producers and directors are creating. Call 617.320.6433 to submit your work. back to top

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PTD Launch Party highlights

Drs. Emmett Price and Leonard Brown play at the PTD launch party at the Paradise Lounge. back to top

Over 200 people gathered at the Paradise Lounge in May 2003 to celebrate PTD, and to experience the work of some of Boston area’s hottest progressive musicians, video producers, performers and poets. Hosted by 7NEWS’ anchor, Janet Wu, and chaired by Dr. Alvin Poussaint, script advisor for the Cosby Show, this multi-media event attracted media attention from Neighborhood News Network, The Boston Herald, Improper Bostonian, JP Bulletin, the Jamaica Plain Gazette, and more. Watch a Launch Party highlight (3943kb - 1 min 20 sec)

Youth Urban Update

Scherazade King and Francis Phan discuss P:TDs premiere youth edition of Urban Update with host Byron Barnett. back to top

Project: Think Different's young media producers collaborate with WHDH Channel 7 to produce youth-focused editions of Urban Update, engaging youth in dialogue about issues of concern to them. View a clip from our April 2003 appearance on Urban Update (13533kb - 5min)

Move It and Use It

Guests raise their hands during a live performance. back to top

On November 17, 2005 PTD held its annual fundraiser, Move It and Use It at the Embassy Lounge on Landsdowne Street. Sponsored by Boston's Weekly Dig, Behind the Bench: NBA Wives Association, Empowerment Records, The Power Company, Wainwright Bank, and Anonymous, Move It and Use It brought together a diverse audience of activists, artists, philanthropists, parents, and students to celebrate the power of social movement . The event was hosted by the dynamic speaker Derrick Ashong, of the film Amistad and world music group Soulfege, and featured artists Iyeoka Okoawo, The Foundation, Sofia Snow, AfroDZak, Mingo, and Lyrical from PTD's recent release Empowerment: The Power To Break You Free. emPOWERmentrecords.com