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Youth Voice Amplified
Join hosts Gennessa Fisher and Brian Johnson for this youth-led and youth-focused monthly interview series as they talk with young people about their life experiences with homelessness, foster care, disabilities, teen parenting, and more. Each conversation will uncover stories of hope and strength from youth storytellers who will share the best ways we can support youth in similar situations. If you want to know how to do better for youth or simply be inspired, this is your show! Every youth has a story to tell. Are you ready to listen?
Youth Voice Amplified
Live from the YACT Summit: Students Speak Out on Tobacco Prevention (Part 1)
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What happens when students are handed the microphone and asked to speak up about an issue impacting their generation?
In this special live episode of Youth Voice Amplified, Brian and Gennessa sit down with students from across Kern County at the 4th Annual Youth Against Commercial Tobacco Summit in Bakersfield, California hosted by the Blue Zones Project Bakersfield, Kern County Public Health, Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, and Students Working Against Tobacco.
After learning how podcasting can be used as a tool for advocacy from Brian ad Gennessa, student teams reflected on powerful questions about vaping, tobacco marketing, peer pressure, and protecting their future. Each school selected one or two students to then step up to the mic and share their group’s message on our podcast!
In Part 1 of this two-part series, you’ll hear honest, thoughtful, and inspiring perspectives from five schools as students use their voices to raise awareness and create change.
Students also created powerful art pieces for a youth art gallery, offering another creative look into their experiences, perspectives, and messages for change. View the gallery here.
Youth voice is powerful. And these students are proving it!
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Credits:
Producers: Brian Johnson, Gennessa Fisher, Kim Silva and Allyson Baptiste
Production Partners: Liam Silva and Kern Education Television Network, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office
Theme Song: “Beatitude” by Mountaineer
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