Youth Radio started off the year covering school safety, focusing especially on elementary school classrooms. We went on to explore the changing timing of puberty education, programs for young undocumented college students and the phenomenon of cyberbullying on social media sites.
With the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act, this was a big year for young people and health. Youth Radio’s coverage spanned from the potential physical dangers of competitive high school football, to how teenagers cope with the emotional stress of cyberbullying.
Whether you love buying gifts or dread trips to the mall, good luck avoiding some kind of shopping during the holiday season. But I don’t need the excuse of a holiday to get me to the stores. I’m obsessed with shopping.
This event was called Civics Day, and was put on by a national non-profit organization called Generation Citizen. The goal of the event was to engage young people in civics and empower them to become effective citizens.
I only sleep a couple hours a night, but I’m never tired. I am what you would call a high-functioning insomniac.
In the Castlemont neighborhood, according to county reports, homicide is the leading cause of death for young people.
I was what you would consider a bully. I bullied kids because I was always the big one, the tallest in class and the thickest, too. I had an advantage since all the kids my age were usually smaller and more delicate.
Song-writing makes me appreciate living, because it reminds me that I’m not alone.
While my friends are trying to decide between movies and a house party on Friday night, I’m weighing a completely different option in my head. Should I even risk going out?
