YMAP 2013-14 Culminating Celebration at St. Agnes Hall
WQED Multimedia/Learning Innovation coverage of the April 25, 2014 Youth Media Advocacy Program (YMAP) culminating event celebrating the work of nearly 400 ninth graders at Pittsburgh Obama, Pittsburgh Brashear and Wilkinsburg during the 2013-2014 school year.
Crossing Fences: Hilltop
Hilltop Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by thirteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Voices Against Violence.
Crossing Fences: Northside
Northside Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by fourteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Allegheny Youth Development. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.
Crossing Fences: McKeesport
McKeesport Voices features first-person reflections from eleven men as collected by 10 boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with YouthCAST. Listen below for each man’s story as well as reflections from the interviewers.
The Green Compass Season 5
Where we are and where we are going…
In July 2013, twenty-eight recent high-school graduates created these radio features while serving as Summer Interns at The Heinz Endowments. The resulting features cover a range of community issues. While SLB provided training and coaching, the features presented here were conceived and created entirely by the students in a single week.