In commemoration of their 20th anniversary, the United States organization, Center for Disease Control have, via their department of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, are hosting a video contest to answer the question, ‘What does Injury and Violence Prevention Look Like in My Community?’. They are calling on creative video makers to address this question by shooting a video through a safer lens.
The “Seeing My World through a Safer Lens” video contest asks injury and violence professionals, students, and the general public to create a short video that shows injury and violence prevention in their neighborhood, community, state, or region. The contest is United States based and is a chance for creative video makers to put their skills to a cause that has the potential to save many lives.
Individuals or teams can choose one video category to submit a video: (1) Student View, (2) Community View, (3) Injury and Violence Professional View. Participants or teams may submit multiple videos — but each video can only be nominated and awarded in one (1) category.
While CDC focus their work on a range of areas, we encourage our global youth network to take part in the vehicle and motor safety category which is a chance to showcase your video making skills in a creative solution to road safety.
Here’s how you can enter:
- Sign up for a Challenge.gov account at the top of this page
- Become a follower of the Seeing My World through a Safer Lens Video Contest
- Review the rules and guidelines of this Challenge (Found under the Rules tab)
- Registered Contestant should submit video that is 90 seconds or less, and use one or more of the injury and violence topics to share messages on injury and violence prevention in your community
- All submissions must be in English
- Be sure to provide
- Title of Video
- Injury and Violence Prevention Topic
- Your Entry Category (Injury and Violence Professional, Student, or General Public)
- A link to your video on YouTube
The Vehicle and Motor Safety Category focuses on the following topics:
- Child Passenger Safety
- Seat Belts
- Teen Drivers
- Graduated Driver Licensing
- Impaired Driving
- Distracted Driving
- Pedestrian Safety
- Motorcycle Safety
For each category of the video contest, one prize will be awarded.
- General Public View – $500.00
- Student View- $500.00
- Injury and Violence Professional View- $500.00
