This summer, Fresno’s temperature has gone up to as high as 105 degrees in July and 101 degrees in the beginning of August. Triple-digit temperatures disrupt the outdoor exercise routines of many people in town, including both adults and youth.
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.
Sheng Xiong, a recent graduate of Edison High School, spoke to me about her life and how she feels about education. She graduated as a 4.18 student and will be attending the University of California, Berkeley this fall. She plans on becoming a family doctor and she has big dreams for herself.
Eating junk food isn’t healthy – it’s harmful in so many ways. Many teens eat junk food because it’s cheaper than all the healthy food.
Widespread panic in the UK, buildings and cars set aflame, destruction of both public and private property, and the looting and vandalism of local businesses – what does any of this have to do with justice?
Our world is a beautiful place, but it’s also fragile. Many people give little thought to the idea that our earth may come to an end because of a change in how the world originally functioned.