Sometimes you just need someone to listen who knows exactly what you’ve been through. This is especially true when the unspeakable happens, and you lose a family member in a terrorist act. Project Common Bond is making it possible for teens in this position to connect and support each other.
Project Common Bond is a nine day camp, held once a year, for 14 - 18 year olds whose families have been changed by terrorism. The program is run by an organization called Tuesday's Children, that specifically supports families affected by the 9/11 terrorist attack, as well as those affected by global terrorism. According to Alisha Feltman, Event and Development Coordinator for Tuesday’s Children, Project Common Bond was the brainchild of the 9/11 teens. “They wanted a way to connect with kids from around the world who had been through the same thing,” she said. Read more...
For St. Patrick's Day we've reached back into the archives- all the way back to that bygone era known as 2009- to pull up a trio of stories from a trip reporter Pendarvis Harshaw made to Ireland for Youth Radio.
There is an old Irish saying: "Ireland's greatest export is its people,"and as I walked through the market today window shopping, I saw exactly why: the rich spirited, politically active, religiously optimistic people of Dublin moved in crowds though soggy cobblestone streets.
I am a mad egg who's having a bloody wopper of a time enjoying the stick matches with the youth of Dublin's inner-city Kip. Translation: I am a crazy cool person who's really enjoying my time trading jokes back and forth with the youth of Dublin's ghettos.
After Ireland joined the European Union, its economy roared to life in the 1990s, becoming known as the Celtic Tiger. Today it’s whimpering. The symptoms are familiar – credit is scarce, and joblessness is rampant. Young people in Ireland have been primed for jobs that are now non-existent.
As heard on Marketplace.
After Ireland joined the European Union, its economy roared to life in the 1990s, becoming known as the Celtic Tiger. Today it’s whimpering. The symptoms are familiar – credit is scarce, and joblessness is rampant. Young people in Ireland have been primed for jobs that are now non-existent. Youth Radio’s Pendarvis Harshaw reports on the difficult choices Irish youth must make about how they’ll survive the downturn.
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Derry, Northern Ireland is a small town that packs a militant punch.
In the early 1600's, the seeds of its rich history were planted by the early clashings of English and Irish men. This piece of land that sits on the banks of the Foyle river played host to what would be known as "Bloody Sunday," the 30th of January, 1972. Read more...
(Produced with the Assistance of Ardmore Sound)
Tommy Gorman is a proud Irish Republican who spent 13 years and 9 months in prison for his sins--and that was just one of his four sentences. He is known for escaping prison and swimming to freedom, after spending the majority of his time in prison covering his cell walls with feces as a form of grotesque protest, not only against the prison guards, but in protest of the British Parliament.
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According to my research: I am a mad egg who's having a bloody wopper of a time enjoying the stick matches with the youth of Dublin's inner-city Kip. Translation: I am a crazy cool person who's really enjoying my time trading jokes back and forth with the youth of Dublin's ghettos.
Amongst other things I'm enjoying thus far- this holds true.
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