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Betsy Cortis – Music Director at WCCH 103.5 FM

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Betsy Cortis is the Music Director at WCCH 103.5 FM. The Holyoke Community College Radio Station. In this episode, she shares her experiences at the radio station and the possibilities this media outlet offers to the local community. Also, this opens a new collaboration pathway between this podcast and the college radio station, to provide local content for the community. You can tune WCCH 103.5FM on your radio, or listen their live stream online.       Continue reading Betsy Cortis – Music Director at WCCH 103.5 FM

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Holyoke Herald Youth Reporters, produce their first podcast recording

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HOLYOKE – Two staff reporters from The Holyoke High Herald, are training to produce audio and podcasting as part of their media literacy development. Radioplasma is expanding its content and including new pieces created by youth at the Holyoke Herald. This is their first “made from scratch” recording.  [March 8, 2017]     Continue reading Holyoke Herald Youth Reporters, produce their first podcast recording

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Rachel Dowd – Teen Librarian

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The Holyoke Public Library has a unique space, dedicated to nurturing the needs and interests of youth in the community. Rachel Dowd is the Teen Librarian responsible for a transformation of the Teen Room to a hub for a myriad of activities that involve utilizing the Library as a safe space for reading, creativity workshops, promote self-expression, but most important, curate an inviting and welcoming space for youth to just BE. The Teen Room at Holyoke Public Library offers several activities and keeps adding more workshops, events, and opportunities for youth in the community to get access to entertainment that builds knowledge, skills, … Continue reading Rachel Dowd – Teen Librarian

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ArteSana

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We went mobile, and the plasma media lab had a pop-up session at the ArteSana’s headquarters, located at Elm St. in Holyoke, MA. This project is fascinating! It combines community engagement, creative workshops, free English for Speakers of Other Languages classes (ESOL), and a focus on building a more equitable and sustainable world through community, creativity and entrepreneurship.

 

 

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