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Author: 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.
The kNOw in collaboration with KVPR’s Valley Edition present youth’s experiences as the next Hmong-American generation. You can listen to the live airing of this collaboration tonight at 7pm pst on KVPR.org
Today, Fresno City Council will be voting to decide the fate of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit project. Letisha White wrote to her City Council Member to encourage his support for BRT, others in her district and youth throughout the city.
In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California. In an interview with New America Media, Napolitano says it was the promise of the California dream, that drew her to the state.
Jane Carretero, recorded an audio diary about access to junk food in West Fresno.