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70 Million: Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Hanging Out

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Paul Hancock, Hannah Wilkinson and Victor Chavez stand in front of basketball hoops outside of The Loft, St. Johns, Ariz., Credit: Photo Credit_ Amy Martin

There’s a place in rural St. Johns, Arizona, where teens who have encounters with officers of the law can play pool, make music, and get mentored i...

Bought by WXDU

WoodSongs 938: Young Thumbs with special guest Tommy Emmanuel

From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs

Caption: Tommy Emmanuel and young Croatian guitarist Frano on the WoodSongs Stage.

On this week's encore broadcas of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes young master guitarists mentored by the guitar great Tommy Emman...

Bought by KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1, WETS, RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service and more

A Treehouse to Remember

From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Teen Sanctuaries

Nyseem Smith is a junior at Benjamin Franklin High School. Besides Philly Youth Radio, there’s another after-school program in North Central Philad...

Bought by WHYY and New Hampshire Public Radio

Young Women Leaders Program

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, KZYX, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Fighting Homophobia in the Classroom

From: Anny Celsi

Caption: The cast of Creating Bias-Free Classrooms, Credit: Gloria Juang

Teens in Los Angeles use live theater to battle homophobia in the classroom.

Bought by WHFR, XRAY.fm, KRZA, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Floating School

From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa

Two teenagers from western Zambia embark on a journey across the river to visit schools in the flood plain. After seeing the serious challenges stu...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

Read, Read, Read!

From: Learning Matters
Series: Lessons from Haiti: Schools after the earthquake

Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters

A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...