Meet Ta’Naya. She is a blind 15 years-old black girl, who recently joined our teen group for media literacy. She writes poetry, and plays piano. She is a high school student, and she is full of positive energy. This session … Continue reading Ta’Naya. Not an easy target.
The summer is here, and it’s time to go out. Radioplasma is doing sessions on location, capturing the sounds of the places we visit, that become part of our conversations. For this session, we visited The Teen Room at The … Continue reading The Teen Room at Holyoke Public Library
The radioplasma podcast proudly presents this episode, produced and hosted entirely by one of our youth reporters, Feroze Sibdhanny. Our partnership with The Holyoke Herald, provides audio production journalism training for staff reporters, students at Holyoke High. Feroze wanted to share information regarding the redesign for the Holyoke High School and Dean Tech, and interviewed Mickey Buhl, Director of Secondary Education and Pathways about the plans and the expectations of this process. You can find more information about the High School Redesign, at the Holyoke Public Schools website: http://www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/ Continue reading MICKEY BUHL, Interviewed by Feroze Sibdhanny
The HEROES Youth Leadership Project visited the plasma lab studio to talk about their performance Youth Truth: The People That Shape Us, at Holyoke High School. This performance in coordination with the Enchanted Circle Theater is part of the different activities for youth in foster care, provided by the Treehouse Foundation. Sage Curtis, Director of the program, and Amina Jordan-Mendez, Youth Coordinator, along with Sarah, Sam, and Dan, share their thoughts and invite the community to support them, by attending their performance scheduled for April 26th, 2017 at 6:30 pm at Holyoke High School. For more information about Re-Envisioning Foster Care … Continue reading Youth Truth: The People That Shape Us
HOLYOKE – Our Holyoke Herald youth journalists, Feroze Sibdhanny and Owen Lavelle, return with a summary of recent events in the City of Holyoke, and the Holyoke High School. [March 29, 2017] Continue reading Holyoke Herald Podcast: March Summary
The Holyoke Urban Bike School, HUBS, is a community collaborative bike school. A workshop for youth to learn how to take care of bicycles, repair, restore, tune up, and riding safely. On this episode, Colby Singleton, HUBS Coordinator, took a ride to the studio and brought some friends, to talk about the program, the activities, and workshops offered to youth in Holyoke, to earn a bike, learn mechanical skills to repair and tune up a bicycle, and safety while riding. For more information about HUBS, you can visit: Hubs Website and Facebook Also, read the article published by The Holyoke … Continue reading H.U.B.S. – Holyoke Urban Bike School
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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