REI was pleased to partner with Studio 22 of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Friends of the Expo, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization, to provide a summer media camp to high school students in Los Angeles, California! Seven high school students who attended the week-long camp and learned the art of video production, graphic design, writing, and editing. 

Additionally, REI’s Dr. Angela Mitchell presented on “Psychology and the Media” – highlighting the students’ responsibility to produce socially responsible media that contains a prosocial message. (Prosocial Messages are defined as any communication that depicts cognitive, affective, and behavioral activities considered to be socially desirable or preferable by most members of society.)