Ophelia’s Place

Ophelia's Place is a Eugene-based nonprofit dedicated to the empowerment, education, and support of girl-identified youth ages 10 to 18. Through after-school programs, therapy, in-school empowerment groups, and interest-based workshops, OP works to create a community where all girls are safe, valued, and ready to effect change.

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Octavus Media produced a campaign of videos interviews with OP alumni whose lives were shaped by their time at the organization. The series was shared on social media to promote OP and to celebrate the impact they have made in the last two decades. As a unique element of this project, alumni were interviewed standing in front of a banner adorned with handprints from current OP girls, symbolizing the continuity of support across generations and universal experiences of girlhood.

These interviews, paired with footage of the handprint banner making process, and an interview with the founder (Rosaria Haugland) were combined into a final anniversary celebration film that was shared at their annual fundraiser.