Our goal is to explore the lives and events which have shaped our world and are impacting our collective future.

In 2016, we started an initial competition which is now the OUR PRIDE Video Fest, led by the Global SchoolNet Foundation, along with Rainbow Advocacy and the Charter for Compassion LGBT Sector.

Global SchoolNet Foundations's mission is to support 21st century, brain-friendly learning, and improve academic performance through content-driven collaboration.

​Founded in 1984, we engage educators and youth in e-learning projects worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multicultural understanding.

​Through six main themes, OUR PRIDE challenges youth and college students to produce video stories covering people, places, events, culture, history and current issues facing LGBTQ+ people around the world. 

Participants connect locally and globally to gain a heightened awareness of the sometimes dramatically different LGBTQ+ social and cultural environments.

​"Paper Bag Heart" was the winning entry in the 2016 competition by Sage Creek High School's GSA in Carlsbad, California.  "Paper Bag Heart" will be entered into the Outfest UCLA Legacy Collection as a permanent part of the archives.

GSN Mission

​Global SchoolNet's mission is to identify, support, and encourage effective practices and programs that engage students in meaningful content and personal exchanges with people around the world to develop basic and advanced literacy and communication skills, create multi-cultural understanding, and prepares them for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasing global economy.

Lead Organizers

Rainbow Advocacy is a Los Angeles-based LGBTQ+ social action & advocacy 501(c)3 nonprofit providing content development and networking with collaborating organizations and LGBTQ+ advocates around the world, and producing awards for the winning entries. 
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Global SchoolNet Foundation's collaborative programs include International CyberFair, Doors to Diplomacy, and Global Forest Link. Since 1996, GSN's International CyberFair (virtual world's fair) program has engaged 5.5 million students and connected schools, youth organizations, and communities across 194 countries, making it the oldest and largest online educational event of its kind. 

The San Diego-based 501(c)3 Global SchoolNet is led by President & Co-Founder Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres. In 2017, Dr. Andres was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame and has been named one of 25 most influential people worldwide in education technology. 
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Charter for Compassion is a Seattle-based 501(c)3 ​nonprofit participating as global collaborator as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its creation through a winning 2008 TED Prize presentation.  The Charter today is a global, uniting document calling for the Golden Rule at its ethical core. 
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