Everyone look out your window, a new hero is here! Larry Powell is not a superhero, but his generous sacrifice of his own income (in total, around $800,000) to give back to schools certainly was heroic.
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.
Youth from Fresno’s Building Healthy Communities worked for over five hours on Saturday, Sept. 10 to create a new path in Romain Park.
The path is a project of Every Neighborhood Partnership, Fresno’s Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services, and Building Healthy Communities.
Many of The Know’s writers are teens or young adults, but 10 years ago, they experienced 9/11 as children. Here are their memories of that day.
One thing that keep me up at night is my deep need to talk to someone. There’s just an urge to express what’s going through my mind. My greatest fear is that if I told someone, they’d think that I’m just feeling sorry for myself or I want pity. But it’s just the opposite. I just want someone to listen.
This June, youth from The kNOw hiked through Sequoia-Kings Canyon on a four-day adventure with WildLink. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the backcountry in this audio slide show produced by William Thao.