Impact Lab

SIMA SDG CHANGEMAKER CHALLENGE: Impact Campaign

Bridging the gap between storytelling and civic engagement, the SIMA SDG Changemaker Challenge invites you to analyze global challenges through film, identify scalable solutions, and develop an actionable impact campaign. Join a global network of learners and organizers working to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For individuals or teams.

Creative Lab

THE ARTIST: Creative Activism

Turn a community issue into an installation or performance, then write the artist’s statement behind it.

Impact Lab

THE CLIMATE ADVOCATE: Unplastify

Audit your own plastic use, discuss a film from the Unplastify collection, and design a plan to cut single-use plastic at school.

Impact Lab

THE ENTREPRENEUR: Purpose-Driven Businesses

Compare social business models, design a purpose-driven enterprise, and pitch it to the room.

Inquiry Module

THE JOURNALIST: Media literacy 101

Set up a classroom newsroom. Compare articles, op-eds, and editorials, check the facts, then write your own about a SIMA film.

Inquiry Module

THE NARRATOR: Media Literacy 102

Watch a film with the sound off. Narrate it as an ad agency, a nonprofit, and a newsroom, and see how purpose changes meaning.

Inquiry Module

The Listener: Better Conversations

Practice listening across difference, then map the system behind a complex issue.

Creative Lab

The VR/360 Producer

Created in partnership with MYWorld360
Plan, shoot, and share a 360° story about an issue in your community.