December 2009 Archives

New Orleans • Volume 3 • Issue 6
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: December 14, 2009
Letter from the Editor Welcome to YMR's final issue in 2009 - New Orleans Volume 3: Issue 6. With support from Open Society Institute, these practitioners and their colleagues met on October 21 to discuss the most pressing challenges of...

Youth Media in the Aftermath of Disaster
By: Liz Dunnebacke and Vicki Mayer
Published: December 14, 2009
How established media organizations can support emerging youth media initiatives in the aftermath of disaster.

Developing Voice in New Orleans: The City with the Highest Incarceration Rate in the U.S.
By: Brandon M. Early
Published: December 14, 2009
Youth media educators must continue to develop and enhance projects to ensure that youth—particularly those impacted by incarceration—have opportunities to develop their voices in safe and rigorous settings.

Youth Media as Education Reform
By: Dee Dee Green and Mallory Falk
Published: December 14, 2009
There is very little in the way of activism, education reform and civic engagement for middle school-aged students. Rethink works to change that.

Interview: Dana Kaplan and Minh Nguyen
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: December 14, 2009
Executive directors at Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana and Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans discuss the vibrant and dynamic community of organizers in New Orleans and the Youth Organizing Collaborative.

Interview: Jim Randels and Kalamu ya Salaam
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: December 14, 2009
Two co-directors of Students at the Center, a writing program in the New Orleans public schools, explains the context of New Orleans and using youth media to improve schools.