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Community Action Program (CAP)
Funded through the City of Oakland’s 2004 crime prevention bill, Measure Y, CAP is Youth Radio’s outreach program solely for Oakland youth who come from challenging backgrounds. Designed as a six-month training with an option for employment, CAP students are prepared during their initial 6-months of the program to become peer educators within the Youth Radio internship program. Along the way, students gain intensive training around radio broadcasting, music production, journalism, graphic production, and dating violence.
Listen to commentaries from CAP's first graduating class:
 Sergio Chavez tells of his plans to live a long, calm life as a technician working for the Apple corporation.
 Jermaine "JJ" Gray reflects on the artist Tupac Shakur, who brought the harsh realities of the streets alive in his work.
 Janet Muñoz writes about interracial dating, and why society makes it hard for her as a Latina to date a young African-American man.
 Shawn Orr shares his passion for hip-hop, and explains how being a young Caucasion man has sometimes become an obstacle in gaining recognition as a good MC.
Eduardo Perez reflects on being an activist involved in organizing San Francisco's Chicano Moratorium Day.
 Levone D'Juan "Kane" Richardson writes about his dreams and explains why right now, he's trying to live past the age of 25, graduate from high school, and (someday) become a good father.
 Brian Roberts breaks down stereotypes of people on the streets, and tells the important life skills he really learned from drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes.
 Brandon Saul Solano reflects on how hip-hop is a tool for the oppressed, and explains why he thinks white people can never really understand the art form.
 DeShawn "Casper" Tatum explains how he resists media stereotypes by just being his own person.
 Spencer Williams says people need to stop trying to look a certain way that doesn't hold true to who they are, and explains why he thinks some people are really only following beauty standards imposed by the media.
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