Black-led drone company Cloud Collective Media Productions held an open house on October 4th to celebrate its new teaching space at the Homewood-Brushton YMCA

By: Neighborhood Allies

Cloud Collective Media Productions (CCMP) plans to use the space to continue their Flight Club Academy and grow class offerings and workforce development opportunities for youth and adults in Homewood and beyond.

For the past year, Cloud Collective Media Productions (CCMP) has collaborated with several organizations within the greater Homewood Community to teach both youth and adults about drone usage through their unique mobile Flight Club program. And now, they have landed a physical space to serve as their headquarters, right in the heart of Homewood.

Flight Club is a recreational drone academy based in STEAM education and designed to educate and inspire BIPOC participants, and all participants alike. Its goals include providing students with an opportunity to learn about Drones (UAS), become TRUST Certified, and explore the world of visual art through film and flight. Students get a crash course in flight safety and best practices for recreational flyers, time to develop skills on Flight Simulators (Automated and Manual), and hands-on experience flying real drones with safe practice flights. 

“We are proud to share that we have worked with and graduated over 40 students from our program within the last year,” said co-owners of CCMP Roderick Ramsey CO-CEO and Director of Programming and Robert Travis CO-CEO and Director of Production.

Much of that impact has taken place at the Homewood-Brushton YMCA, in their Youth Learning Center focused on digital skills building, which was built out in 2023 as a result of a partnership between Verizon and Neighborhood Allies.

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