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Read the full story »The Youth Media Advocacy Project: 2016-2017 School Year
The Youth Media Advocacy Project (YMAP) empowers teens to express their own voices, particularly on education reform and improving the school environment, through the identification and analysis of problems and the creation and distribution of media to advocate for change. YMAP links youth organizing, pedagogy, and media advocacy to support youth to create positive change in their schools and communities. During the 2016-2017 school year, YMAP students recorded these pieces about their ideas and plans to improve their schools and communities.
Southwestern PA BotsIQ 2017 Finals
BotsIQ is a manufacturing workforce development program disguised as a high school robotics competition. The Smart Sport is designed to provide high school students with an exciting, hands-on team experience while they learn about the pathways to a rewarding career in manufacturing. Under the expert guidance of their high school teachers and industry mentors, students work in teams during the academic year to design and build 15lb Bots to battle in a gladiator-style competition. Youth Express broadcast live 2017 finals competition.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”
7th and 8th graders attending Woodland Hills Prime Time After School program wrote and recorded about what they want to be when they grow up.
YMAP Westinghouse Community Clean Up Day!
On Friday, April 21st from 9 to 11 AM, Westinghouse students took to the streets with gloves and garbage bags to clean up the trash around their school. This group of ninth graders were are part of the Youth Media Advocacy Project, a program that encourages students to express themselves and identify issues in their community they wish to change. In this case, students were concerned by the amount of garbage and litter in the neighborhood around their school, and decided to create an event to help change that.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Our Easter
7th and 8th graders attending Woodland Hills Prime Time after school program reflected on the upcoming Easter holiday and their family traditions.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Radio Pen Pals – Final Message Exchange
Fifteen year-old Marvin Reed and 7th graders from Woodland Hills share a heartfelt goodbye in their final audio message exchange. Included in the audio piece is a musical beat composed by Marvin for the friends he has made at Woodland Hills.
Jeannette After School: Cool to Care PSAs
After School students at Jeannette High School were tasked with choosing an issue that is important to them and creating a public service announcement in the “Cool to Care” format.
Brashear High School: Cultural Recordings
Brashear High School in Pittsburgh serves about 1,300 students, 22% of whom are immigrants or former refugees who are learning to speak English. For a different perspective on U.S. immigration policies and realities, Youth Express spoke with ten students from Syria, Iraq and Yemen — with a translator, when needed — to provide perspective and insight into what it’s like to be an Arabic-speaking teen in high school.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Radio Pen Pals Pt. 2
7th graders at Woodland Hills continued their audio message correspondence with 10th grader Marvin! Their discussion began with school and the prospect of dropping out before transforming into personal anecdotes about being an older sibling.
Woodland Hills Prime Time 2017: Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again”
7th graders at Woodland Hills Prime Time after school program performed and reflected on Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America Be America Again.”
