I attended a community meeting today, and it reminded me of something my older brother once said. At the community meeting, the speaker noted the
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 Youth write letters to their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) about the importance of education and how they as young people are or aren’t
As I stare at the sky I am lost/Though my thoughts are gifted/Hole in my heart/Empty void
It’s all too common to hear about children and teens who have to jump over fences and sneak onto school grounds during weekends just so
What songs bring back old memories, or make you stop and listen, or bring you up when you’re down? Here’s what The kNOw writers had