Me!
The one who I think is great.
I see my friends happy and
I am great but now
I am away from them
I don’t matter like I used to
I was the one they came to
When they had a problem
Now what do I get?
Nothing and nothing am I.
What in the world do I have now?
But, that’s what I get when you push them away.
To think that people that you once loved are gone.
Now look at yourself
The lonely star that will never shine the same way.
What group of stars want you?
No one, that’s who.
That’s why I am……the lonely star.

The kNOw Youth Media
The kNOw works to support and equip young people with the journalism and advocacy skills they need to tell their stories and the stories of their communities.

In 2006, over 25 youth began participating in weekly after-school writing workshops where they congregated in the hallway of a two-story building in West Fresno and learned the essentials of creating media and telling their stories. The group evolved over the next five years and is now proudly recognized as The kNOw Youth Media.

Through our program, we create opportunities for our youth participants, who in turn create long-term positive change in their communities. Our approach weaves youth development and youth media innovation to produce our biannual youth publication, multimedia projects, and community forums.

The kNOw began as a project of New America Media, which was the country’s first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations. In 2018 The kNOw became a project of Youth Leadership Institute.

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