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Youth Radio LA collaborates with youth organizations and schools to produce commentaries and web radio shows through journalism training. Check out these contributions from Los Angeles area students.
The Accelerated School
The Accelerated School In South Los Angeles is one of two Healthy Eating Active Communities (HEAC) program sites that empowers youth to recommend better health policy in their communities
 Health Happenings in the Heart of LA
Hear young people's perspectives on food and health habits in this one-hour radio program.
by Kyrah Ford, Ashley De Paz, Magali Bravo, Lae Schmidt, and Angelica Solorzano
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Community Services Unlimited Inc
Community Services Unlimited Inc envisions equitable, healthful and sustainable communities that are self reliant, interrelating and where every individual has the support and resources needed to develop to their fullest capacity.
Returning to the Essence of Nature
Hear young people's discovery of nature within their urban community in this one-hour radio program.
by Parven Brown, Wendy Galdanez, Karina Pineda, Deondre Brown, William Arnold, Dane James
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826 LA
826 LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Walking in My Footsteps
Hear high school students from Venice High School and Animo Venice Charter School bring you into their daily lives to give you a glimpse of the music they love, the causes they care about, and the chaos they experience at school and at home.
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Reach LA
Reach LA is an art and health organization that works with young people to promote healthy images of their communities and themselves.
Sorting Out My Identity
“I know that when people look at me, they look at me and see a Mexican, which I am, but doesn’t a Mexican have to be raised in Mexico? I was raised here in L.A.” Chicano, American, Mexican, what’s the big difference? Youth Radio L.A.’s Eriberto Sanchez says, plenty, and it can get confusing.
L.A.'s Skid Row
Los Angeles is home to more homeless people than any other city in the United States. Some estimates put the homeless population in L.A. at 80,000. But most people in the city have never walked down the six blocks of makeshift shacks and hulking shelters that make up Skid Row, located just east of downtown. Youth Radio’s Trinidad Cisneros has worked on Skid Row for the last year and a half, and it has changed his perspective.
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Street Poets Inc (Formerly known as Dreamyard)
Street Poets Inc (Formerly known as Dreamyard) is a poetry based peace making organization dedicated to the creative process as a force for individual and community transformation. Part of its mission is to inspire at risk youth in the juvenile detention facilities of Los Angeles county to discover and develop their voices as writers, artists and human beings.
Everyone Needs a Mentor
Youth Radio’s Cassandra Gonzalez was incarcerated when she was sixteen. That’s when she met Laura Clark. Cassandra says Laura helped stop her from returning to the gang life she lead before she was locked-up. Cassandra earned a college degree last year. In addition to being a new mom, Cassandra produces for Youth Radio L.A. and she’s an advocate for the rights of young inmates in the California juvenile justice system. Cassandra believes all kids and young adults should have a mentor to help them find their path in life.
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Rogers Park Community Center
Rogers Park Community Center is in Inglewood, CA, located just east of LA International Airport. Most students at the center attend Inglewood High School.
Earth Day Perspective
Earth Day is here once again, and with it the opportunity to look into what's working and what's not in our own communities. The City of L.A. produces one million tons of trash a day. Youth Radio L.A.’s Kandyce Harris has been thinking about all the trash that has piled up over her lifetime and what it will mean for generations to come.
My Brother Problems
Youth Radio’s youngest reporter, 11 year old Taylor Rogan, tackles the issue of sibling rivalry. As the oldest of three children, Taylor has responsibilities that surpass those of her younger brothers. But somewhere between school, TV, the dinner table, and bed time, she finds herself in confrontations with her brothers that she can’t figure out how to avoid.
Teens Talk About Sex
As part of "Talk With Your Teen About Sex Month", Youth Radio’s Shanay Thomas gets together with her twin sister and friend to discuss their thoughts about sex. With so many different messages coming out of the media about what teens are actually doing and what they should be doing, it’s no surprise that Shanay and her friends didn’t always agree.
Learning English at Inglewood High
I'm Antony Jauregui. I'm a new reporter for Youth Radio L.A. I'm a sophomore at Inglewood High School. In my first ever radio interview, I talk to my friend Agustín García - the guy you see in the photo. He came to California from Aguascalientes, Mexico three years ago. We talk in Spanish about what it's like to be a new student from another country here. (In Spanish)
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Masada Homes
Masada Homes runs several foster
homes and a Juvenile Court School for the County of Los Angeles. All of the
students at the high school are minors, and most have either been accused of
legal infractions or are considered “in danger of becoming delinquent.”
My Brother
"Begging the lord trying to find out when I'm leaving."
by Johnathan Waters
How I Got Here
"I said I would be there tomorrow, and I hung up the phone."
by Anthony Gonzalez
Busted
"I can’t wait to be home for good now that I know what juvenile detention is
like."
by Luis M.
South Central L.A.
"E.K.L.A.N.- that’s the name of the hood, the 'Evil Klan.' "
by Eric F.
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