DC Youth Media Resource List

Organization/Program:
Youth Action Research Group (YARG)

Description:
YARG is a member-led organization of young people who are working tobuild the power of young people to speak out and take action on theissues that directly impact their lives.

Recent accomplishments:
YARG youth organizers and members have developed and produced fourmonthly youth run radio shows airing every last Wednesday of the monthfrom 6 to 7pm in collaboration with Radio CPR, 97.5 discussing issuesaround graffiti, GLBTQ teens, youth violence, affordable housing, DCPS,youth employment, sex education, and whatever else we think of!

Participants:
Youth Staff: 4
Core Leaders: 15
Members: 50

Contact:
Danielle Kurzweil
202-462-5767
daniellevk@riseup.net
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Organization/Program:
Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY)

Description
FLY youth council leads campaigns around issues that are important with youth living east of river. Issues they have worked on are "youth and gun violence" and "police of youth and harassment".

Recent accomplishments
Produced two Zines
A. Is it Because? SE youth and the Police, Fall, 2005
B. GUN Killin' Youngin', 2004

Participants
FLY Youth Counicl Program
Ages 13-17 years old.
Active youth: 12

Contact
James Pearlstein
202-441-3290
james@flyouth.org
www.flyouth.org
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Organization/Program
Youth Education Alliance (YEA)

Description of program
YEA produces media aimed at educating students on education and organizing in the district.

Recent accomplishments
2004-05 - YEA produces a quarterly zine written and organized by their youth members. They have put out five issues over the past year and a half.

2003-04 – Produced a video,“Stand up” which talks about the history of student organizing in DCPS and highlighted current conditions of schools in the District.

2001 - Produced a spoken word and hip hop CD

Participants
About 75 youth members
Active youth: 12
Ages: 14-20 years old.

Contact
Jonathan Stith
202-498-7075
jonathan@gmail
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Organization/Program
Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project
(YWDEP)

Description
YWDEP seeks to empower a core group of young women living in the District by guiding them in a process of learning how to play African hand drums/percussion, along with expressing their opinions and telling their stories through spoken word and song.

Recent accomplishments
A. Review of the first YWDEP performance can be found at http://solarizethis.blogspot.com/2005/09/she-poets-of-rizing-moon-in-djembes.html

B. YWDEP youth participants were interviewed by DC Radio Coop on Street Harrassement and its affects on young women.

C. Young DC newspaper will be highlighting YWDEP in their upcoming issue.

Participants
Active youth: 7
Ages: 14-20 years old.

Contact
Kristen Arant
Kristen@youngwomendrum.org
202-213-7810
www.youngwomendrum.org
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Organization/program
DivideDCity Magazine

Description
DivideDCity is a FREE publication by DC residents about DC and for DC. Sponsored by Sol & Soul, a non-profit dedicated to the advancement of local artists, divideDCity is a work in progress.

Recent accomplishments:
DivideDCity has published three magazines.
Vol. 1, Issue 1: Create, Speak, Observe
Vol. 1, Issue 2: The Big Picture
Vol. 1, Issue 3: Places in DC

Contact
Robin Bingham
202-545-1085
Divided_city@yahoo.com
www.solysoul.com/dividedcity/
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Latin American Youth Center Art & Media House

Description
In the media program, youth explore the power of communication. Program participants develop and strengthen their unique voices through hands on training in photography, radio, video and creative writing. Youth craft their own stories and gain critical skills.

Recent accomplishments:
A. Youth contributed to a story on immigrants attending college which aired nationally on NPR.

B. End of year exhibit in June, 2005 – The exhibit showcased youth radio, photography, and visual art.

C. Since March, 2005 youth produced radio show, TEEN TALK available on www.layc-dc.org

Participants:
About 120
Active: 20 in Media Program
Ages: 13-19 years old.

Contact:
Marie Moll
202-319-2299
artmediahouse@layc-dc.org
www.layc-dc.org
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Organization/Program:
Washington Spark Newspaper

Description:
The mission of Washington Spark newspaper is to investigate and expose injustice, display original writing, art, and criticism, deliver stories by, about or from under-represented groups, Depict avant gardes, undergrounds and alternative lifestyles, chart the struggles for social and economic justice, feature strategic analysis, dissenting opinions, DIY articles and ways to educate, connect and transform.The paper consists of a group of about 50 volunteers working part-time in teams to put together a city wide paper. It’s about voices. Helping people get their message out.

Recent accomplishments:
They have just release their 5th issue

Up to 25, 000 copies distributed in 475 locations, distribution map can be found at http://www.washingtonspark.org/ click on “Distribution”.

Contact:
Mark Cimino
Advertising Coordinator
advertising@washingtonspark.org
202-436-4153
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Organization/Program:
Empower DC Youth Project
Ward 5 – Trinidad / Ivy City

Description:
Youth people in ward 5, Ivy City neighborhoods working with caring adults to make positive social change in their community through arts, learning and discovery. Empower DC is hosting a community oral history project, outdoor movie screenings and other community arts projects.

Recent accomplishments:
A. Began interviewing people in the neighborhood for oral history project which will be produced as a radio documentary and printed resource book.

B. Sept., 2005 -- First outdoor movie night

Participants:
Active: 6-10 youth
Ages: 5-12 years old.

Contact:
Ingrid Drake
202-577-3437
ingridnatasha@yahoo.com
http://www.empowerdc.org/

Parisa Narouza
202-234-9119
parisa@empowerdc.org
http://www.empowerdc.org/