Young Women Empowered, also known as Y-WE, is a youth development organization that’s been around for about 10 years. Their mission is to cultivate the power of diverse young people to be leaders and changemakers. RadioActive’s Sadeen Al Ziyad has more about how Y-WE uplifts youth, especially youth of color, through programs that offer skill-building, joy, a ... Show More
May 2024
'We built this together.' The 20-year legacy of KUOW's RadioActive
<p>In May 2024, KUOW announced the station was ending RadioActive Youth Media, its long-running youth journalism program. </p><p>For 20 years, RadioActive brought listeners the stories and perspectives of young people in the Pacific Northwest. Soundside producer Noel Gasca reflec ... Show More
24m 58s
Oct 2020
TURNOUT Episode 4: ‘Young people are the moral compass of the country’
This week on Turnout with Katie Couric: the power and drive of youth activism. First, 19-year-old youth activist Tyler Okeke makes the case for lowering the voting age to 16. Then, Katie talks with activist, author and podcast host DeRay Mckesson on his own youth activism and how ... Show More
38m 13s
Mar 2019
Sayaka Chatani, "Nation-Empire: Ideology and Rural Youth Mobilization in Japan and Its Colonies" (Cornell UP, 2018)
Sayaka Chatani’s Nation-Empire: Ideology and Rural Youth Mobilization in Japan and Its Colonies (Cornell University Press, 2018) tackles the fraught question of how and why young men in marginalized and rural areas of Japan and its colonies became emotionally invested in the proj ... Show More
37m 44s
<p><em>Extrait de l'épisode de jeudi</em></p><p><br/></p><p>Pourquoi tant de jeunes souffrent ? Pourquoi est-ce qu'on les entend si peu ?</p><p><br/></p><p>Jérôme Colin, romancier et animateur radio, donne la voix à ces jeunes qui souffrent de mal-être. Avec "Les Dragons", il nou ... Show More