PRX - Pieces for Topic: Youth
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- Added: Jan 22, 2008
- Length: 05:51
- Purchases: 2
Teen girls from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel have been gathering each of the last several summers at the Creativity for Peace Camp in New Mexico...
- Added: Sep 29, 2005
- Length: 01:23:04
- Purchases: 2
The powerful voice of one Hispanic young man tells it how he sees it: striving for inspiration and encouragement from the man he’s suppose to see a...
- Added: May 27, 2005
- Length: 02:48
Hear this remarkable narrative of one girl coming to terms with the sexual molestation she faced “from the man I called ‘tio’.” Powerful, straight...
- Added: May 27, 2005
- Length: 03:19
This powerful group piece shares facts and statistics of the current state of free speech in the United States, arguing in favor of the 1st Amendme...
Bought by WYSO
- Added: May 27, 2005
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 1
Police brutality in the city of Chicago is the focus of this young teen's poem.
- Added: Apr 04, 2005
- Length: 02:51
In this poem a young Chicago author tells us about the power of the gun.
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 3
A poem about a group of young Chicago teens' experience growing up on the west side of Chicago, in the "murder capital of the country."
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 2
A Chicago teen tells a poem of the demise she sees from gentrification as she walks through her own Chicago neighborhood.
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:15
Four young Chicago authors bring you this poem about not being afraid to write or talk about issues other than oppression though race, religion, an...
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 2
Chicago teen Jeffery Lewis speaks powerfully about the impact of HIV/AIDS.
Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KUCB, KBBI, and WYSO
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 4
A poem by a Chicago teen about her calling to mix the personal with the political, resulting in poetry.
Bought by WYSO
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:05
- Purchases: 1
Four Chicago teens read a poem that weaves together the stories of three different cancer patients - focusing on their battle between life and death.
Bought by WYSO
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 1
This young Chicago teen shares a poem about her homosexuality, and the difficulty her father is having accepting her - emotionally taking us throug...
Bought by Vocalo.org and WYSO
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 2
These six young Chicago authors explain what it is like for them living in inner-city poverty, and why knowing their own history is so important.
Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WYSO, and KSUT
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 3
A young Chicago poet speaks truth to what it is like to be a Native American teenager in urban America today – relating his struggle to find an ide...
Bought by KSUT
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
A Chicago teen speaks through poetry about his concept of patriotism and revolution as he gives us a glimpse of what America might look like if fol...
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 2
The first performance by Chicago teenager Sean Reed, here he reads about his perception of integrity and how it relates to identity - a wonderful p...
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 2
A poem about a young Chicago girl’s struggle with street life, using poetry to discuss her upbringing and the burdens of living in poverty.
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 2
A group piece by four poets - this poem is about the importance of a family name, and knowing the history that surrounds it in order to bring forwa...
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:53
This young Chicago author shares how his relationship with his father changes as he moves through puberty - impacted by his choice of hip-hop over ...
Bought by WYSO
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 1
A young Chicago poet explores his understanding of the ridicule his parents faced for being a mixed couple, and how his bi-racial identity has been...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KUOW, and WMPG
- Added: Apr 01, 2005
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 4
