National Nonprofit Day: San Francisco's WeXL Supports Diverse Voices and Offers Free Programs

San Francisco-based Nonprofit WeXL Unites Diverse Communities Through Storytelling Youtube

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2021  Today is National Nonprofit Day: a day set aside to recognize the immense effort nonprofits and charities put into impacting their communities and across the globe. One such nonprofit helping many communities is WeXL. Through storytelling, WeXL uplifts diverse voices to empower future generations.

"Whether it's gender, racial, economic, or neurodiversity, we are all connected across the board through our passion, purpose, and story," says CEO and founder of WeXL, Arabella DeLucco.

“Whether it’s gender, racial, economic, or neurodiversity, we are all connected across the board through our passion, purpose, and story,” says CEO and founder of WeXL, Arabella DeLucco.

"Currently, diversity is being addressed counterintuitively by forcing people into boxes," DeLucco says. "WeXL programs facilitate community conversations. Gathering stories from disparate groups helps us better understand how to create quality content that amplifies the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion."

WeXL's programs include Boundless Youth Education, Excellence In Residence Fellowship: Neurodivergent Creators, Your Hero's Journey, and WeXL Impact Network. WeXL hopes conversations with communities can answer the question, "How do We eXceL together?" Anyone can become a part of this discovery process.

"You have to figure out what you love to do and use that to serve others. WeXL fostered that in me, and I've seen it fostered in so many young people and people who are trying to get into the media to make a difference," says WeXL's 2020 Excellence In Residence Fellow Gabriella Deyi.

Deyi is now a corporate storyteller at Logitech, thanks in part to her work at WeXL as a Boundless Youth mentor and host of the WeXL original docuseries, American Wellness.

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2020 WeXL Impact Numbers

Community Empowerment

• 2,400+ minutes of one-on-one conversations with 60+ people
• 2 new programs thanks #Creators4BIPOC grant from Streamlabs Logitech
• 2020 Excellence In Residence Fellow and host of American Wellness, Gabriella "Gabby" Deyi, secured a full-time job as a corporate storyteller at Logitech thanks in part to her work with us

Storytelling Development

• 8 weeks, 7 media and entertainment professionals in 7 different cities taught 25 fourth-grade girls in the Bronx self-discovery through filmmaking over video conferencing
• 15 short films were completed and screened during an online "red carpet" event where WNBA Player and YouTube Creator, Monique Billings, popped in again, but this time from Russia

For more information and to donate: WeXL.org