Youth

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
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
Female Genital Mutilation Discussion (Somali)
Discussion on FGM with Dr. Omar Mohamed, Dr. Shirley Echols, OBGYN - Oakhurst Medical Centers, two Somali women, (who preferred not to be named), Gwen... Listen to audio

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
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
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
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
Sharp increase in hate crimes 'against every group'
He hoped to be the Obama Administration's "Maytag repairman" -- available but rarely called on. But Tom Perez finds the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights... Visit website
Between Worlds/Behind Bars
From the dark days of the Chinese Exclusion Act to post–September 11 crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, immigration detention has a controversial history in both our... Visit website
Somali Girls Learn Basketball
The Brian Coyle Center in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is locked today. But there’s plenty of activity inside. About a dozen Somali high school and college women... read more
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Salud Radionovela - Los Camino de la Vida (Spanish)
Esta radionovela cuenta la historia de Carmen y Pancho, quienes se mudaron a Chicago desde un pequeño pueblo en Mexico buscando una vida mejor. Pero... Listen to audio

Meet Ireri Unzueta, "Salud" New Routes Leader
Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco is 22 years old, and since she began participating with SALUD she has received a bachelors degree in Gender and... read more
Rosalinda Guzman of "Salud: Healing Through the Arts"
Rosalinda Guzman (picture right) is the youngest member of the SALUD team, and is returning for her third year. She is currently attending Noble Street... read more
Salud/New Routes Leader Judith Landeros
Judith Landeros is a student at Northwestern University, with a double major in Social Policy and Latina/o Studies. Her parents are Mexican immigrants whom she... read more
Laura Cabral, Salud Leader in Chicago
Laura Cabral returns for her third year with SALUD. Some of my clearest memories from SALUD consist of sitting in the room outside of Ms. Unzueta’s... read more
Meet Caroline Luna from "Salud: Healing Through the Arts"
Caroline Luna is returning for her second year with SALUD. She is currently a Freshman at DePaul University in Chicago. The program SALUD was an excellent... read more
Salud/New Routes Leader Adriana Garcia
Adriana Garcia has been an active member of the SALUD project since the beginning. In 2008 and 2009 she learned to listen and then take... read more
Success After Gangs
Alejandro López is one of many who joined the Conservation Corps' California Gang Reduction and Intervention Program in 2007, and is also one one of... Visit website
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