Poetry: “When I Die Young”
Teen poet Devon Summers explores what it means to consider the future when you’re young and trans.
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Remix Your Life Poetry Month: “Everything Else”
“Everything Else” is a short verse written and performed by Shy’An G that reflects her experience of growing up in low-privileged neighborhoods and how her thought process has changed over the years.
Remix Your Life Poetry Month: “Injustice”
Youth Radio’s Dani Tarver performs a powerful piece about the injustices young black men face growing up in America with police brutality and racial profiling.
3 Parkland Teens Remember Slain Classmates Via Music, Story, Poetry
Survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are surrounded by reminders of the friends they lost. Here, three Parkland teens process the tragedy through music, poetry, and art.
Poem From Parkland: “None of this is Normal”
Marjory Stoneman Douglas sophomore Jenna Harris turns to poetry as nothing in her world feels normal.
Rhythm & Move: It’s More Than Just Spoken Words
You should just release whatever you feel needs to be gone in that moment and what needs to be uplifted in your brain.
Spotlight: 20th annual Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Slam Festival
Youth Radio spotlights the 20th annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, which features youth voices from the Bay Area and all across the world.
City Slam: Black In Three Movements
Youth Radio’s Soraya Shockley shares a lesson she learned from a kindergarten experience where she had to choose a crayon to match her skin tone.
Keep Calm And Listen To This New Music Video From Firstclass GD
Turn off the news and turn up the volume.