SeePolitical
SeePolitical seeks to bring clarity to vital public policy issues by producing and distributing factual, unbiased, nonpartisan, noneditorial, entertaining animated videos that explain such topics as the Electoral College, as well as state and local ballot propositions. This content is an innovative, modern alternative to the text-based voter education guides produced by secretaries of state and other election officials. A grant from the Rita Allen Foundation will allow SeePolitical to build its capacity, producing new videos for its pilot program in preparation to expand. SeePolitical staff members currently teach a course at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, where students conduct original research on specific issues and create SeePolitical videos for distribution in English, Spanish and other languages. In 2016 SeePolitical will also partner with the University of Southern California to establish a program for designing civic education media at the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.