It’s been another incredible month for youth voices in our region! Check out our on-demand playlist to hear the season finales of the RadiOC & TeenBloc podcasts featuring students from Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Public Schools. We’ve also been fortunate to capture a lot of original youth music in the recent weeks. Check out this […]
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The month of May was full of incredible events featuring youth expression and innovation! A few highlights… We kicked off #RemakeLearning days with a live broadcast from Google headquarters in Bakery Square. Pittsburgh Youth Media and Youth Express were on-hand facilitating interviews with local and national leaders in education including Thomas Kalil, Deputy Director for […]
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What an incredible time for #YouthVoice in our region! A few highlights from the recent weeks… On March 31st, youth music ensembles from around the city came together for an evening of inspiring music and fun. #Soundwaves Steelband, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s premiere after-school steel pan program, was joined by partnering community groups, including #Sankofa […]
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On March 16th, 2016 Youth Express was on-site for a live broadcast and recording of scholar poet’s “Love Out Loud” performance from the Hill District and Homewood Achievement Centers of Higher Achievement Pittsburgh at the Hill House Association sponsored by Highmark. Look out for re-broadcast of this incredible #YouthVoice event! Also, earlier in the week students from Wilkinsburg High […]
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Another incredible week for youth voice in the area! This week’s on-demand playlist features the debut of the Propel Andrew St. Podcast as well as the debut of the Emerging Leaders Podcast featuring students from McKeesport, West Mifflin, East Allegheny, & Woodland Hills. Also, check out part 1 of RadiOC’s “Globally Minded” Podcast. #CatchTheFuture
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It’s been another marvelous week for youth-voice in the area! Here are just a few highlights… We spent some time recording at the Wilkinsburg Youth Project – learn more this incredible program at http://www.wilkinsburgyouth.org/ Looking for relationship advice? Check out this audio of Jeannette Jayhawks talking healthy relationships Also, we are proud to announce that we will be […]
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It’s been another incredible week for youth-voice in the area! We hope you will enjoy our brand new “Student Perspectives” on-demand playlist featuring dozens of students from across the region discussing their academic experiences. Also, check out this video from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation featuring some of our work as well as several other organizations doing incredible things […]
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It’s been an incredible week for youth voice in Pittsburgh! Thank you to all the youth and youth advocates for their participation! Congratulations to Marna Owens and Amma Ababio! Their #BlackGirlsMatter documentary produced in our studios in collaboration with our “Green Compass” program will be airing nationally on PRX. Last Friday, our neighbors at Allegheny Traditional Academy […]
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This past week, we have recorded and distributed some incredible content! We are thrilled to be collaborating with such brilliant young people. Thanks to all the schools and organizations for their support! Be sure to follow @pghyouthexpress on Facebook and Twitter and #CatchTheFuture Pittsburgh Youth Media Corps. members joined us in-studio to share some Op-Ed pieces […]
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