Youth

Honoring Pa Lee Klo in the Clarkston Community
We, in the Clarkston Community, participated in a walk of solidarity and respect for Pa Lee Ko and his family. Pa Lee Klo was walking... read more
Interview of Detective Thaddaeus Brown of the Clarkston Police Force
Interview of Detective Thaddaeus Brown conducted by Emory Students Malije Obi  and John Muhanna.   Listen to audio

Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... View video
Students Spared Amid Increase in Deportations
The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came... read more
Salud participants among youth arrested in DC DREAM Act protest
Tuesday, almost two-dozen young people began sit-ins at the offices of five powerful senators.   The youths are demanding passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that... read more
Image Gallery of DC DREAM Act Sit-in
Undocumented students from around the country demand the passage of the Dream Act outside the White House, despite the threat of arrests and deportation. The... read more
Senator Durbin seeking stories of immigrant youth eligible for DREAM Act
Senator Dick Durbin, Co-Sponsor of the DREAM Act, is asking for stories from youth who would be eligible for the DREAM act. Send stories to:... read more
DREAM Act Fact Check
Each year, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school, but cannot go to college, join the military, work, or otherwise pursue their dreams. They... Visit website
Love Bug is Burning - A Youth STD Education Rap
This video was created by six interns at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Center for Reducing Health Disparities Summer Youth Intern Program. read more
Teatro Americano After School Matters Summer Session
Teatro Americano is happy to inform you that Emmanuel Gutierrez has evolved from a youth actor to one of TA's Co-Artistic Director and is currently... read more
Building community by building the new Sagal Radio studio
In June, 2009 Prometheus Radio project engineers joined local community volunteers to build a new production studio for Sagal Radio to better serve the East... read more
New Americans: Voices of Today's Teens from Around the World
 “Hear Me Today: The Voice of Today's Teens” is a program created by interns from the International Rescue Committee. Each intern is a high school... Listen to audio

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE World Premiere
Don't miss the World Premiere of YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE, June 18-19 at Lincoln Center, as teen filmmakers turn the camera on their own lives and... read more
Once struggling to learn English, student now heads for Harvard med
"Next stop, Harvard University in August. Carlos also was accepted at Madison, the Medical College and the University of Chicago. He hasn't decided on a... read more
Courage in Arizona
Four students risked everything to urge passage of an immigration reform bill. Too bad nobody in Washington has been able to muster the same kind... read more
Tania Unzueta, New Routes Leader, Community Leader
As many of you know, I am in Arizona at the moment. I, along with 4 other community leaders, participated in a civil disobedience action.... read more
Illegal Immigrant Students Protest at McCain Office
It was the first time students have directly risked deportation in an effort to prompt Congress to take up a bill that would benefit illegal immigrant youth.... read more
El Otro Lado: Immigrant Stories Become Public Art
You can glimpse the lives of Santa Fe youth in public art displays around the city. The Academy for the Love of Learning created El Otro Lado (“the... read more
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HEARMe Producers Interview Egal Shidad Producers (In Somali)
Hussien Mohamed and Abdiqadir Sagaar, producers from the HEARMe project, interview Egal Shidad producer Mukhtar Gaaddasaar and radio host Zuhur Ahmed about the 30-minute... Listen to audio

Storytelling For Social Change: A Global View
This issue of The Drum Beat focuses on stories, asking: what do we mean by the use of oral history, or storytelling, in the context... Visit website
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Tell the women they should never feel scared: Domestic violence and digital storytelling
By Jen Gilomen, Lead Developer of Strategic Initiatives, Bay Area Video Coalition “I am telling a story that had a great impact on my family. Something we... read more
Young People on Their Most Important Woman
For Women’s History Month, New America Media asked young people to describe the woman they look up to the most. Most pointed to women in... Visit website
Shock Factors: Youth Reflect on Quakes Near and Far
After catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti and Chili in less than two months, Bay Area youth reflect on their preparedness for a natural disaster and how... Visit website
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Dalmar iyo Ebla, Part 2 of 3 (In Somali with English subtitles)
Dalmar and Ebla become engaged, but their happiness is interrupted by a serious health scare. Produced by Saint Paul Neighborhood Network, Minnesota International Health Volunteers,... View video
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Dalmar iyo Ebla, Part 3 of 3 (In Somali with English subtitles)
Dalmar and Ebla become engaged, but their happiness is interrupted by a serious health scare. Produced by Saint Paul Neighborhood Network, Minnesota International Health Volunteers,... View video
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