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In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Montserrat Hidalgo, a recent high school graduate and environmental justice advocate. Montserrat shares her journey from Girl Scout Gold Award recipient to an emerging leader in her community. Learn how her project tackled urban heating and environmental racism in South East Los Angeles, the collaborative research that fueled her work, and the global connections she forged. About Our Guest: Montserrat Hidalgo is a recent graduate of South Gate High School and will be attending Williams College in the fall to double major in Environmental Studies and Biology. She has been a Girl Scout from 5th grade through 12th grade and completed her Gold Award by addressing urban heating and environmental racism in South East Los Angeles. As a passionate environmental justice advocate, Montserrat founded Youth Action!, an environmental justice club at her high school. She also collaborated with Communities for a Better Environment (cbecal.org), a statewide environmental justice organization, to conduct NASA-funded research with UC Irvine and Chapman University on hot spots, air quality, and green spaces in South East LA. This groundbreaking work not only laid the foundation for her Gold Award project but also connected her with a global network of changemakers. Key Takeaways from This Episode: The Inspiration: How Montserrat's experiences in South East LA motivated her to tackle environmental justice issues. The Gold Award Project: The impact of her work addressing urban heating and environmental racism and how it serves as a model for others. Youth Leadership: How she founded Youth Action! and collaborated with key organizations to make a difference. Actionable Advice: Tips for youth and community members looking to create meaningful environmental change. Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Communities for a Better Environment: cbecal.org Learn more about the Girl Scout Gold Award: girlscouts.org/en/our-program/highest-awards/gold-award.html For more information about NASA-funded research: nasa.gov
In part 2 of this special series, the Youth Action interns with Citizens' Committee for Children (CCC) and host K-DiD continue to talk about the challenges of applying to shelter and experiencing homelessness in New York City. CCC's youth action programs offer after-school initiatives tailored for high school students who want to become effective advocates for causes they are passionate about. Learn more about CCC Youth Action NYC here: https://cccnewyork.org/courses/youth-action-nyc/ Email or DM Hear Our Voices to share your story or resources related to homelessness and housing instability: NYCHearOurVoices@gmail.com Hear Our Voices' Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok account links can be found on Linktr.ee/nyc_hov. RESOURCES NYC311 https://portal.311.nyc.gov/ DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center - apply for shelter https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page Brochure https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf HRA Guide for Housing Instability https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf About Source of Income Discrimination FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the Report Discrimination form. https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page Housing Vouchers Section 8 https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page CityFHEPS https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page FHEPS https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page Check out other resources: bit.ly/40pB4p8
This week kicks off a special series with the Youth Action interns with Citizens' Committee for Children (CCC). Host K-DiD and the interns dive into the housing crisis in New York City. CCC's youth action programs offer after-school initiatives tailored for high school students who want to become effective advocates for causes they are passionate about. Learn more about CCC Youth Action NYC here: https://cccnewyork.org/courses/youth-action-nyc/ Email or DM Hear Our Voices to share your story or resources related to homelessness and housing instability: NYCHearOurVoices@gmail.com Hear Our Voices' Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok account links can be found on Linktr.ee/nyc_hov. RESOURCES NYC311 https://portal.311.nyc.gov/ DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center - apply for shelter https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page Brochure https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf HRA Guide for Housing Instability https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf About Source of Income Discrimination FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the Report Discrimination form. https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page Housing Vouchers Section 8 https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page CityFHEPS https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page FHEPS https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page Check out other resources: bit.ly/40pB4p8
The Insight: Revamping education - 'Teach naked' to ignite youth action on environmental issues by Radio Islam
This week on Wavelength, Sparking the convos about Adelaide you should be having. ‘This action plan is made in plan to ensure young people are actively involved in decision making' First up, we're tackling restrictions with Rugby Australia CEO Carl Jones, who sheds light on the current challenges and future of the sport. Then, we'll take you through the vibrant streets of Illuminate Adelaide with Rachel Asapati, the co-founder and creative director, as she shares how this festival is lighting up the city. But that's not all! We'll hear from Nat Cook, Minister of Human Services, about the newly announced youth action plan, a crucial initiative for the future of our community. Later in the show, we delve into the phenomenon of dupe culture, exploring its impact and significance. And to wrap things up, Trevor brings you all the good news from the week, leaving you with a dose of positivity. Tune in to Wavelength, where we spark the conversations Adelaide should be having. Listen to Wavelength live and join the convos about Adelaide you should be having, Monday night Fortnightly from 6pm on Fresh 92.7. Airdate: July 22nd 2024 Reporters: Cassie Johns, Alecia Vinten, Macenzie Frew, Elizabeth Hayes, Isabelle Capone and Trevor KoulSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tom & Callum are joined by the Minister for Human Services Nat Cook to talk through the 2024 SA Youth Action Plan. This is battling Mental Health and trying to get help within the communities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tom & Callum are joined by the Minister for Human Services Nat Cook to talk through the 2024 SA Youth Action Plan. This is battling Mental Health and trying to get help within the communities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rudy Garrett from the Alliance for Youth Action discusses the power of building a political movement that centers a coalition of young, diverse voters and organizers. We also discuss the impact that Gen-Z voters will have on the upcoming election. Listen to All Electorette Episodes https://www.electorette.com/podcast Support the Electorette Rate & Review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2GsfQj4 Also, if you enjoy the Electorette, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review on iTunes. Also, please spread the word by telling your friends, family, and colleagues about The Electorette! WANT MORE ELECTORETTE? Follow the Electorette on social media. Electorette Facebook Electorette Instagram Electorette Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Community News and Interviews for the Catskills & Northeast Pennsylvania
The opening episode of series two contains an in-depth interview with Mary Crawford. Mary was the CEO of the Brook Advisory Clinic in Northern Ireland for 25 years, and oversaw the organisations transition to Common Youth before retiring in 2018. She is a veteran pro-choice campaigner, and a Trustee of Informing Choices NI.Mary reflects on the sex education she received growing up; being involved in abortion rights campaigns as a student in the 1970s; running personal development courses at Youth Action; the opening of the Brook Advisory Clinic in Belfast in 1992; the impact of protests and being targeted within her local area; meeting with former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mo Mowlam MP; delivering relationships and sexuality education (RSE) programmes in community settings; providing sexual health services to young men; the decline in teenage pregnancy rates; and what constitutes good RSE.If you would like support around a sexual health issue you can call the Sexual Health Helpline on 028 9031 6100.Useful linkshttps://informingchoicesni.org/https://commonyouth.com/ResourcesAn Early Day Motion from 1991 regarding the proposed establishment of a Brook Advisory Centre in BelfastNews articlesA BBC News article regarding the firebombing of the Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Association which references the letters sent to Mary Crawford's neighbours A Belfast Telegraph article regarding the provision of young men's sexual health clinics by Brook NIA Guardian article regarding relationships and sexuality education in Northern IrelandA platform piece by Mary Crawford in the agendaNi publication regarding sexual health in the 21st century
In this episode, Cecilia speaks with Alex, Sydney, and Pavithra, members of IPJC's Youth Advisory Team Internship, also known as YATI and with Sarah Pericich-Lopez, who is IPJC's faith communities organizer who organizes the team. We often hear that the youth are the future, but this conversation reminds us of how much youth can do right now when they are given the opportunity to deepen relationship with their communities, and to express and fight for what is important to them. This episode will inspire you to be bold, take risks, and to listen deeply as a way to make meaningful change in our world today.
Reáchtálfar cruinniú mullaigh inniu i nDoire Cholmcille ina ndéanfar plé ar cheisteanna síochána agus athmhuintearais ó síníodh an Comhaontú Aoine Céasta. Is é ceann de spriocanna an lae inniu ná tuilleadh deiseanna a thabhairt don chéad ghlúin eile a dtuairimí a chur in iúl don dream a dhéanann polasaithe.
Zane Landin recently graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication and Public Relations. He was diagnosed as a neurodiverse individual at an early age which led in part to his strong interest in and advocacy for mental health awareness. What I discovered during our interview is that Zane is quite a good storyteller which should serve him well as he enters the job market. As you will hear in this episode, Zane already has accomplished a great deal including starting and operating his own online digital magazine entitled PositiveVibes. PositiveVibes tells stories about mental health, inspiration and wellness. Zane's stories, engaging communication style, and his positive attitude about life make him quite an engaging guest. For a person just out of college he is quite a passionate human being who will help many realize that they are more unstoppable than they think. About the Guest: Zane Landin is a recent graduate from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Public Relations. He is from Chino, California. He has interned at places like USAID, NASA, and General Motors. He is a mental health and disability advocate, queer rights activist, entrepreneur, and positive change maker. He identifies as Hispanic, Queer, and Disabled. He is the founder of PositiveVibes Magazine, which is a digital magazine dedicated to telling authentic stories about mental health, wellness, and inspiration. He attended the first-ever Mental Health Youth Action Forum in Washington, D.C., where he met President Biden, Selena Gomez, Dr. Murthy, and Dr. Biden. Out of hundreds of applications, 30 young advocates across the country were selected to advocate for mental health. He is a passionate storyteller who writes for the Power of Positivity and Entrepreneur about wellness, psychology, and culture. He has been featured on over 50 platforms like Seek the Joy Podcast, Forbes, and Coming from the Heart Podcast. How to connect with Zane: Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zanelandin/ Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-landin-b2417a187/ Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/LandinZane PositiveVibes Magazine website: https://positivevibesmag.com/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson 01:16 Hello, once again, I'm Mike Hingson, your host for unstoppable mindset. And I have the honor pleasure and joy of interviewing today is Zane Landin, who is a recent graduate of Cal Poly Pomona. Now, many of you may have heard of Cal Poly Pomona in one way or another. One of the stories I know about it is that it is one of two Cal Cal Poly campuses. The other is in San Luis Obispo. And each year, each of the campuses design half of a float for the Tournament of Roses Parade. And then they come together, put the float pieces together and make a whole float that you can see every year in the parade. What a remarkable feat of engineering. These campuses are a few 100 miles apart, or at least a couple 100 miles apart but yet they design these half floats in a way they go. Zane, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Zane Landin 02:21 Well, thank you so much for having me today. Michael Hingson 02:23 Have you worked on floats at all? Zane Landin 02:25 I worked on one copper pipe on a float. Funnily enough, I wasn't a student. I don't remember when it was it was the time I was in high school. It was the buckets and like it was something like that, like the pirates. I did get to sit on the float and you know, help put things on it. So that was super exciting. But I never got involved in both float throughout my time at university. But it is really admirable the work that they do. Michael Hingson 02:51 Well, I know that it Cal Poly, you got your Bachelor's in communications and public relations, which is really pretty cool. So definitely want to learn a little bit about what got you started down that road. But why don't you tell us about little of your stories growing up and all that let's start at the beginning as they say, oh, gosh, a long time ago in a town Far, far away, right? Zane Landin 03:18 Yeah, little quaint town called chino. I've been here 24 years. And growing up, I had, you know, kind of a nuclear family of mother and father and my sister and we had a category. And you know, yeah, of course, I had, you know, a really supportive family, it doesn't mean that we always had everything definitely times or we struggled or my parents definitely I saw stress on their shoulders, but they always gave us what we desired or what we needed. And I'm always grateful for what they've been able to do. And growing up, you know, I'm very open about, you know, having a decline in my mental health very young. And so I experienced what it feels like to have mental health conditions and because I'm, I'm always advocating for mental health, I try my best to be open about it when I was young, but you know, I saw a psychologist very young, I was also put on a 504 plan and, you know, throughout elementary school because I had trouble socializing and concentrating in school, which I'm sure I still have today. And so, you know, I identify as, as neurodiverse and these different aspects. So that was, those were some of the things that definitely shaped me growing up. But it's the getting that support dynamic, very young helped me kind of come to terms with who I am today, and kind of helped me move forward with you know, a job or whatever it is I'm looking for. It always helps it all supported me. Michael Hingson 04:43 How did you and kind of When did you get diagnosed as being neurodiverse or divergent? Zane Landin 04:52 me I had to ticket on a 504 plan. So that was when I was I don't remember the exact time because I wasn't exactly made aware that I was diagnosed I didn't know like, as a kid, I didn't really know. And I kind of found out recently because I never knew really what a 504 plan was when I was in elementary school. But now I learned recently that I was on it, I remember that my parents, my family did tell me that, you know, I am neurodiverse and I had trouble concentrating in class, which definitely makes sense for the sometimes I have trouble concentrating class now. I mean, not anymore, since I'm not in school. But you know, and sometimes I have trouble with time management. So Moyes working to try and fix those things or make myself better at them. But it was, yeah, I don't have the exact age. But it was definitely like when I was maybe in second or first grade, something like that. Michael Hingson 05:40 What is that 504 plan. It was just for me, Zane Landin 05:43 it was a specialized plan that just helped, that gave me accommodations that I needed to kind of be in an equal and equal level playing field with my peers. So I was given like, one on one tutoring, and I was given less homework. And also I was, I was able to see a counselor throughout. If we met every other week or once a week, I'm pretty sure was every other week, there was like a specialized program where I was given, you know, like opportunities to be equal to my peers if it was cheating, or like somewhere, and I have to lie. Michael Hingson 06:16 Do you know why it's called a 504? Plan? No, I am not sure. But I'm wondering if somehow it has to do with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. And that's very well, probably is in a sense where it came from, because that's where a lot of the original issues dealing with disabilities and creating some level of equality and access came from a lot of affirmative action and so on. Right came from there. And that's probably where it was from. But you went to high school and you had support, you had a good support system. It sounds like Zane Landin 06:53 it was interesting. I actually did not I was on I was on a 504 plan in high school. I was in elementary school, and then going to middle school in high school. I was not, and I still did. Okay, so I think the I think I was lucky enough to get good enough resources in grammar school, that were the building blocks for me to kind of succeed in middle and high school. I definitely still struggling in middle school. But I just, you know, my mom helped me a lot in remembering what I was taught and how to, you know, deal with time management and to actually set time aside to study. That helped a lot. Michael Hingson 07:27 And, but you didn't have that. In high school? Do you know why? Just out of curiosity? Zane Landin 07:35 No, I don't know why. No, I think maybe because I think what was gonna happen was, you know, going through middle school, they were going to see if I needed to have a poor, but I was doing okay. And I was doing pretty well enough that maybe they didn't think I needed one. And obviously I didn't know what it was. So I didn't advocate to be on one myself and my parents decided I didn't need it. So yeah, that's kind of what happened. Michael Hingson 07:58 Did you ever get involved in negotiations for an IEP and ended by an individualized education plan? Zane Landin 08:05 No, I never was on an IEP. Yeah. Okay. Well, Michael Hingson 08:09 but you went through high school and you obviously survived it. And then what, what made you go to Cal Poly Pomona? Zane Landin 08:17 Well, I will say a couple of money is very close to the high school I went to I attended one of high school, it's probably like five minutes away from it. And from where I live, it's probably 15 or 20 minutes away. So that was a huge contributing factor to where I wanted to go. And I wanted to attend a university that was very affordable. So I chose Cal Poly Pomona, and I have known about Catholic Moana my entire life. If people know about the famous Winnie living, you know, I remember going on the freeway and seeing that 20 billion I was like, This is the weirdest building, what is that place? And I don't even remember asking as a kid, but I learned I was Chapala. And it was just very nice to actually attend it by digging into other universities like you UCI UCR Chapman, they're all expensive for one and they were pretty far from where I was. So we've been a large community, or I wouldn't live there. But I wanted to help my family save money. And so I ended up attending Catholic Moana and it was great experience. Michael Hingson 09:15 Why was it less expensive to go to Cal Poly than something like one of the UC campuses? Zane Landin 09:21 Well, I'm pretty sure UC campuses are private, so that I think but it's not there. Michael Hingson 09:27 They're not private. They're part of the University of California. It's their state operated, but anyway, go ahead. Zane Landin 09:33 So then they're not private. Nevermind. I don't know. I just they were more expensive. The tuition was a lot higher. I don't know why. But they just were I mean, you know, a lot of Cal States are inexpensive, which I think is great. You know, especially for Michael Hingson 09:47 California state system. Right? Zane Landin 09:49 Yeah. Yeah. All part of the CSU 23 campuses. Of course they're all gonna be different. I don't know the tuition is for all of them. But I like that the CSU is really are Like equitable and they're like creating a lot more opportunities for especially first gen students for people who come from underrepresented backgrounds or low income. Yeah, and Cal Poly has been named many awards for helping people like migrate out of like lower class middle class. That's like something they received like a couple of years ago, which is really exciting. Michael Hingson 10:21 I always kind of remember the Cal State system, my brother went to Cal State Fullerton and I went to UC Irvine. And as I heard explanations, I think, the University California system is kind of higher oriented toward more research and things. And a lot of people told me that the whole California state system as opposed to UC was, well doing research and other things. Also, more teaching oriented, which was, I think, a good thing. I enjoyed UC Irvine. But if I couldn't have gotten there would have been interesting and fun to go to one of the Cal State Systems. I grew up in Palmdale. So I did live at UC Irvine, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Of course, when I went there was a long time ago, there were 2700 students at the campus the first year I was there, so it's a great time to be there. Zane Landin 11:14 Oh my gosh, now universities are a little overpopulated. Even at Cal Poly, there's 27,000. Students. Michael Hingson 11:23 I think there are at least that many at UC Irvine. I don't know how many there are. But I've been back there a few times. And it has grown a tremendous amount. And as you said, they're overpopulated and growing. But Zane Landin 11:37 go ahead. Oh, sir, I was gonna say, and I have heard what you said. I didn't know that CSU was teaching oriented. But I did know that, you know, the UCS were very heavy research oriented. Michael Hingson 11:48 But you know, there's nothing like college life. And you obviously sound like you enjoyed it, and so on. What made you choose to decide to go into communications and public relations as kind of a field and get a degree in that? Zane Landin 12:04 Yeah, it's good question. Because there's a journey with that. I started off couple has a really interesting major called a science, technology and society. And pretty sure it was started in the 70s. At Stanford, I'm pretty sure. And it really is this kind of multi disciplinary look at science, ethics, and stem. It was interesting. And I was really looking into going into some sort of policy career. And the major itself kind of propelled you to kind of go into a science, technology policy kind of position. It was always hard to find positions like that, or internships. So it was always difficult. So I was kind of just looking for general, you know, positions or internships where I could work on policy or legislation, but I never really landed a position doing that. And I think it was, it was going into my fourth year beer. My third year, I was president of the College of Education and integrative studies Council. And they're, they're designed to oversee the clubs in the college. And I wanted to better the communications between the organization and the college. So I worked with the communication specialist at the college. And her name is Ashley Jones. And she also mentioned that she was looking for a intern like munications intern. And I had different internships from different organizations, but I never had an internship base, all around communications, and I had no idea what that meant, or what that looked like. So it was and it was, you know, it's very, you know, it was only two or three hours a week, it wasn't a huge commitment. So I was like, why not? And I really enjoyed working with her. So I decided to, and a lot of stuff that was working on, it was very similar to what I was already doing in my extracurricular activities. And what I will say is, since Cal Poly is that is, you know, it's kind of known as a commuter school, it was kind of hard to find a community there for myself, what I had to do as since I wasn't living in the dorms, or the, you know, residence halls, they call it, I needed to find somewhere I could kind of be myself and find a community. So I just kind of joined, you know, public extracurriculars, I ended up there my entire university career, I was involved in a lot. But you know, at the beginning, I just was involved in the College of Education, and integrated studies councils. Firstly, I joined, and I just really loved it. So, extracurriculars kind of, kind of gave me value and purpose, more so than my classes, because those are classes. And, you know, you go to class and you leave, but there was something that won't I kept me there. Something that, you know, was the culture for me. So, extracurriculars were a huge thing for me, and it really helped me. I honestly would have imagined if I wasn't really involved in extracurriculars, I would have become depressed Just because if I was just going to classes and coming home, I wasn't, I wouldn't be making friends, I wouldn't be building relationships. So a lot of my success comes from the extracurricular activities I was able to do anyways. So, I love doing that. And so when I, when I felt that the work that I was doing for this internship was so similar to the work that I was doing with extracurriculars, that all kind of connected, and I, you know, I talk to her about what is a career in communications look like. And she kind of said, it's kind of what I'm doing, you know, writing stories, connecting with people from university planning events. And that's all stuff that I love doing. I just never knew that you could turn that into a career. And I didn't really know much about the communications industry or PR industry, I didn't even know these careers really existed. But it's funny because I actually took a career readiness program, or course, because I really didn't know what I was doing. So my second year, I was like, I gotta take this career course, because I really don't know what I'm doing. And we took like, a career aptitude test. And like, number two, or number four was public relations. But I was focusing on the rest, I was like, I didn't really know what public relations was. So I kind of ignored it. So it was always so funny that it kind of circled back. And I actually did find myself going into PR, and communications and it kind of a natural way. And she taught me kind of everything she knew. I mean, that's a lie. But she taught me a lot about communications and the stuff that she worked on, and I loved the work I was doing. So the year, and my fourth year, I changed my major to communications, and with an emphasis in public relations, and absolutely loved it. I love the classes. I love the professors. And I loved every single part about it and their extracurriculars. Because I got involved in the communications Honor Society, and the PRSSA, which is the PR, Student Society of America. So all that stuff just really helped build my passion for storytelling and communications. And through that, I just got involved in so many more organizations. And that's where I build a passion for communications and disability, because I think that there's kind of a missing link there, that a lot of the times I see a lot of disability organizations are always pushing for, you know, legality or equity, which I'm definitely needed. But I love focusing on the storytelling aspect of how do we actually get people with disabilities on screen on shows, and stories where people just see them, you know, more and see them as people rather than what the stereotypes are out there, or what the ablest ideas are out there. So it's definitely all the stuff I've learned in university about communication says kind of child itself, and so my passion for mental health and disability as well. And that's, hopefully that answers your question. Why decided to major in PR? Michael Hingson 17:44 Well, no, you did. It's, it's absolutely a great answer to the question, and you bring up so many topics with, with that kind of an answer. One of the things that immediately comes to mind for me, and I realized that this is more of probably a blindness oriented thing over other kinds of persons with disabilities. But it's ironic in the world today, how many different ways we're doing more to dispense information. And the ability to do it in an accessible inclusive way exists and we're not doing it. I just watched a commercial this morning, using what is it the Queen song, we will rock you and You here we will, we will rock you. You hear the song for a while, and then it goes away. No talking nothing to say what the commercial is for. So I as a person who happens to be blind, would never know that. It is Qatar airlines. And there are so many commercials like that, while we're creating technologies that make things so much more potentially available to everyone that is to make them to make information and make items inclusive. We're not doing it. We're making them less inclusive than they used to be. And there's no reason for that. So I sincerely hope as you go out into the workforce and get to do more that, you know, you'll you'll keep that in mind because I do appreciate that your disability is different. And that's great. You've got issues that you get to address regarding the things that you deal with on a day to day basis. But we all deal with the fact that we tend to leave out groups that we shouldn't, and there's no reason that we need to do that nearly as much today as we used to do. Zane Landin 19:58 I agree and I don't plays an advocate. So I'm always advocating, because I'm not an accessibility specialist, I do not know much about it. But I will be in spaces where we need it. And so there are times where I say, are we doing accessible communications? Like, is our communications accessible? Do we have an accessibility person here? And if we don't, why not? Why isn't there an accessibility team? So things like that. And there are many companies that don't have accessible, I mean, I love seeing a lot of accessibility drops coming up. But there's, there's still a lot of companies that do not even consider it. And there are many companies that don't even consider, you know, the accessibility and Dei, you know, DIA is becoming more popular. But even when you look at I don't remember the exact percentage, it was like, out of all the DI initiatives coming out of these different companies around 8%, or even 4%. I remember the exact it's very low on it, and how disability is included in di initiatives, saying Michael Hingson 20:56 well, and it's not included in di, which is really the big problem when we talk about diversity and so on. We never include or rarely, rarely ever include the whole issue of disabilities, which is why I like the term inclusion. And the way I'll define it is you either are inclusive, or you're not, you can't be partially inclusive, it really has to be a quantum leap, either you're going to be inclusive, which means you're going to include disabilities, or you're not inclusive. It is it ought to be that simple. I interviewed someone a few weeks ago, and we were talking about disabilities and and this person happened to say, well, there's a problem, we talk about disability. So people think it's a lack of ability. And my response is change the meaning of the word, we've already done it with diversity. The reality is that a disability is a characteristic. And one of the things that I point out to a number of people is, I have yet to find one person in this world who doesn't have a physical disability. That is to say the vast majority of people have eyesight. And what happens when the lights go out, and you don't have a light to guide your way. You're stuck. Thomas Edison provided the light bulb so that people who have liked dependency can see in the dark, but it doesn't change the fact that they have a disability. And can you learn to overcome that? Sure. But we do it mainly with technology, but don't leave other people behind just because you forget your disability and you cover it up. And it is one of the things that we really need to address in society. Zane Landin 22:37 I agree with what you're saying, especially again, language and communications is so powerful. And I know that you will believe that that you know, the word disabled means inability. But I love that there are more content creators and people even on LinkedIn, that are pushing this narrative that it's not that that is disabled, or disability is not inability, and that they are kind of changing the narrative of the term, disability, as empowering as how it's been described before, and how it's been used against people with disabilities. And that was not their choice, that term was, you know, cemented onto them, they were not the ones to say, you know, that this is wrong, that's how they were. But you know, people who didn't have disabilities kind of put that on them. So it was never a choice, Michael Hingson 23:21 we are slowly getting to the point where people are recognizing that I and you and other people are not disabled, we may have a disability. But again, I can point that out for everyone. So there really is a difference between disabled and disability. And the fact is, I am not disabled, I can be a person with a characteristic that classifies me as being a person with a disability. But that's a whole different story than saying that I don't have ability. And it's perfectly reasonable to evolve to take a non verb and make it a verb. Or to make it a different kind of part of the language, but to evolve us into recognizing that disability is an appropriate term to describe any number of people and you talked about the conversation. And the fact that a very low percentage of people in the whole dei world ever talk about disabilities, even though according to the CDC, 25% of Americans have some sort of disability. It's really ironic. Zane Landin 24:33 There's they're running, and you know, and businesses are not, they're losing out on huge market and I'm not saying that's the only reason that they should be engaging and being accessible. But if they're gonna think, with profit in their mind and ways to build more money and build more relationships, engaging in an authentically gauging the disability community is the way to go because it's such a big market. Michael Hingson 24:55 Sure. And the reality is that there have been a number Have reports anywhere from the Nielsen ratings to studies Ability One and the American Foundation for the Blind and others have done that have demonstrated beyond any reasonable belief that when you engage persons with disabilities, you're creating clients and customers or employees or and or employees who are most likely going to stick with you a lot longer than other people, because we know how hard it is to overcome that barrier of 70% of all persons with disabilities who are employable, don't get jobs, because we know that it isn't that we can't work. It is more that people think we can't work. And so they pigeonhole us where they shouldn't. Zane Landin 25:43 Yeah, no, interesting. And for me, when it's hard, because there's not very many companies doing it, when I say a company that is actually celebrating or making things accessible, I know that they're doing a good job elsewhere. Because disability is sometimes the like, most minoritized group where you said, there's 25%, but they're treated as, like, it's, there's point 1% of them in the population when it's a huge community. So when I see a company actually doing the work, and authentically representing people with disabilities, it's safe to say they're doing good elsewhere. But you know, what, you don't want to make sure, but that, to me is when I see that, that that is a good sign in a company that they're doing things right for the AI. Michael Hingson 26:26 And I agree, I think it's wonderful when people really take a position of doing it. Can you talk about any companies specifically that you're thinking of that do a great job? Or is that probably not fair to do or what? Zane Landin 26:39 Fair I will say. I see companies, I mean, I a lot of tech companies, I've been see like, like meta, and Google and Microsoft, of course, are doing a good job. And that's just what I see from the outside. I don't know what's going on. On the inside. I will say from a company that I worked with, I worked at General Motors, I think they're doing a great job, you know, they started accessibility team, and they're doing their disability or G came out very early, you know, like post the ADA signing, which is exciting to see. And I see companies now building disability or G's or organizations or groups, which Better late than never, but it's very impressive to see that General Motors was kind of ahead of the game and started at, you know, post ADA signing, I wish it was before, but even the world at that point, was not ready for that because they were there was still nothing legally wrong with discriminating against the person with disability. Which, and it wasn't even that long ago, if you think I mean, 9090 was not that long ago. And that was actually happening. So the thing like you said, things are moving slowly. But it's nice to see. And it makes me happy to see that. Michael Hingson 27:47 I suppose one could make the argument that even pre Ada, it was legally wrong, because we're covered in the Constitution. But the fact of the matter is that it still wasn't recognized. And so the ADA has helped a lot. Now we are just seeing new proposed legislation that would make it unlawful to not make websites inclusive for all, and that'll be exciting to see happen. Yeah, it was a long time coming. As you know, I work for a company called accessibe. That was created because Israel passed legislation requiring website accessibility in 2017. And the founders of accessibe, who had their own company making websites before then realized that they needed to make their customers websites accessible. And through that created accessibe, and now access to be has grown to a very sizable company in the inclusion world, making websites accessible both through an Artificial Intelligence Component, and the internal staffing component that does the things that the AI system can't do. And, you know, excessively his goal is to make the entire internet accessible and inclusive by 2025. What a great goal. Yeah, wow. And the reality is, it's not just dealing with blindness when you've got an example with accessibe profiles that allow people with ADHD to make websites do things to help them focus more, or people with epilepsy who encounter a website with a blinking hour or a number of blinking elements. And if the website uses accessibe, then they can stop that and they're just a lot of things like that. And but there's a long way to go. It's, it is it's still a bleeding edge technology, but the reality is, it's doing a lot which is which is great. That's making a big difference. Yeah, Zane Landin 29:45 no, I agree. That's great. Michael Hingson 29:46 So you've interned at a few companies. Did you do that while you were still in college or was that after college or what? Zane Landin 29:54 No, as well. I was. I was while I was still in college. I did so much Favorite internships I've done where I did want at General Motors, doing GM brand communications. And that was super exciting. That was kind of that was in the summer of 2021. So last summer, that was really my first internship at, you know, the, the traditional corporate America, because I've never done one like that a lot of my internships, rent nonprofits or small businesses. So I had no idea what it was going to be like, interning at a big company like that. And it was virtual. So there's so many different moving pieces. But you know, I was really engaged and the team I was on, I'm, you know, forever grateful for it, because they really gave me meaningful work, they really had a good direction for me, and they helped me identify my goals. And since I've done a lot of internships, I know when that is a good thing, when that doesn't happen. Because that's, that's happened many times where I wasn't given that support. And also times where I did internships, where there really wasn't a purpose for the internship, it was there to just kind of do the work that the person can't do. Which is, if that's really your goal, then I guess that's fine, but not really, we really want to like authentically engage your interns, like with meaningful work that they're really going to benefit from in sometimes they're going to be doing mundane tasks, that's okay. That's, that's going to be expected. But are there projects that the organization's working on that you can bring them on in, because I think insurance actually offer a powerful voice, that sometimes I don't think organizations tap into that, when you're working on a company, that's all you see is that company, you're not seeing it from the outside, you're not seeing it anymore like that, because you're in the culture of the company. But when you have an intern that's coming for a couple of months, leverage them as a consultant, leverage them as a third party voice, because they definitely bring good perspective. Usually, they're young, or maybe they're older. They mean, sometimes it's usually when they're young. They just, they bring a whole perspective. And sometimes you may not be getting a youth perspective, if your company is for one not diverse with age groups. And also, you want to know what young people are thinking about, especially when you want to market your product, or whatever it is that you're trying to build on your organization that really leverage intern voices, because they're, I think they're really prominent, and sometimes they're not leveraged enough as they could be. So you know, luckily, I did an internship with that, and I did an internship, the next I did for fall in spring and summer, I did an internship at NASA. So that was super exciting. And that was NASA JPL. So Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I didn't get to work on the campus, because it's, it's really nice, and it's apparently bigger than Disneyland. But I got to go to the campus a couple times, just to like receive a badge or for different things I needed to do. But I never worked on the campus was completely remote. But I got to work on so many different cool projects that had to do with astrophysics and exoplanets. Which, if you told me a year before that, we'll be doing that I wouldn't believe you. So it was interesting, the places I landed, and he will forget that every organization needs communication. So whatever you're passionate about, you can find it. If you're passionate about hobbies, or even chess or something, there's organizations out there that may that definitely need PR people to, to market, whatever it is they're working on. So oh, sorry, I was, I wasn't finished. I love that. And then I love the gym internship so much, I asked to come back. And so I did one internship post grad. So you know, I graduated in May of 2022. And then in June, to August, I did an internship at GM, this time doing di communications, which was exciting, because I've never done it before. And it was a, it was great to see that they were engaging the accessibility team and looking at how they can embed accessibility into their communications. So it was really it was it was nice to be kind of a not the big voice. But it was a voice for that. And that actually impressed me the most. Because sometimes I feel like you know, sometimes when you have a disability or you're a disability advocate, sometimes you can feel like you're alone in the room. And sometimes it's awkward to bring it up. It's like, oh, here we go. They know I'm gonna bring it up. Hopefully they're not annoyed that Oh, here they go bring up disability again. Sometimes I have gotten that reaction from some people, not these companies. But other places I haven't get I have received that reaction, that kind of feedback. And so it was really exciting that they were bringing up disability conferences to attend. They were talking about how do we celebrate Disability Pride Month, and I was like, Well, I'm not even saying anything. And I'm used to being the person to say something. And so it was actually so exciting to see that the team was like really pushing the boundaries. And I was like, it was nice that I didn't have to carry that burden, if that makes sense. And I'm not saying it's a burden to be an advocate. But sometimes it can feel that way when you're always the one having to push something when you're in a space where maybe it's not recognized like you wish it would be. Michael Hingson 34:50 Yeah. And it can be a challenge if people aren't listening or don't want to hear it. And more important If they hear you, but then don't do anything about it, then that's a real problem. So I'm assuming when you worked at JPL and so on, you didn't have to do any PR outreach or communications with any Martians or any of those guys, huh? No, no. Okay, well, one of these days. Zane Landin 35:19 I mean, I work with scientists, though. I mean, which was really exciting. So I work with, you know, scientists from JPL, who don't remember the exact location where they, where they call it a specific place where they live. But yeah, the scientists went to like Antarctica for like, six months to work on missions, and different, like, you know, things coming out. And like, you know, actual things are seeing up into space, you know, stuff you kind of see on sci fi movies, you know, people going to Antarctica and working on stuff. And I was like, Oh, this is such a sci fi experience. And when they told me, I was like, Oh, I forget that people actually do that. And it was just, it was kind of unbelievable, to hear from them in their experience going there. And just, it was very intimidating at times, because like, so many people were really, really smart. Michael Hingson 36:05 Well, even if you think about the press secretary for the President, that has to be a fascinating job. Because there's so much that you have to deal with, you have to help and do a lot of the message creation. But there's, there's a whole lot to a job like that. And for anyone who really respects communications, and the kinds of things that you're talking about, it must be a fascinating job to do. Of course, it's a very high pressure job for a lot of reasons, some of which shouldn't have to be there, but they are. But nevertheless, it has to be a fascinating job to be able to coordinate a lot of communications in so many ways. Zane Landin 36:47 I think that job is I can imagine, at least stressful that job is you need to be a very fascinating and compelling storyteller and speaker to just to like communicate everything that's going on, you have to know about everything basically about what's going on, and you need to be confident about it. And nowadays, what I've seen with politicians, and even celebrities or just people, it's like, you can't make mistake anymore. Like you make one wrong. You say one wrong thing, one wrong sentence. And you're completely scrutinized for it. And this happens with tons of press secretaries. Nowadays, it's like, they say one wrong thing. Now they're advocating for this when maybe they had nothing, they didn't even say anything like that. But because of how it sounded. There's just like no room for, like change or anything. It's like when someone says one wrong thing. Sometimes their life is over. And I think that communication is important. But we we also need to recognize that, you know, people make mistakes, and everyone communicates differently. And just, you know, try to understand, try to listen, instead of kind of feeding what you think they're saying, if that makes sense. Michael Hingson 37:56 You ought to be able to tell the difference between a mistake that someone makes it's a legitimate mistake and a trend where someone really is different than that. But I mean, have you kept up with the stuff that that went on? And is still going on with the Los Angeles City Council and the whole debacle going on there? No, I have not. So apparently, there were three people, three council members who were talking about the fact that Latinos needed more representation, and they were talking about how to do redistricting. And they were recorded as making some pretty unflattering remarks about the black child of another city council member. And that's different than a mistake, right? Because because they didn't know they were being recorded. It also took a year to come out. But one of them has resigned and they're growing calls for the other two to resign. It will be interesting to see how it goes. But so often, what you said is absolutely true. There's no room anymore. For conversation. There's no room anymore for understanding. And that's so unfortunate. Yeah. And I really don't know how we get over that. Zane Landin 39:17 I don't either. I mean, it's it's obviously a huge, complex challenge. But I think it just, I don't know, I think it just has to kind of do with try to remove yourself from your echo chambers, try to go outside, try to have actual decent conversation with someone. And if disagreement happens, I think that's actually I think that's great. That's actually I think that can be empowering as long as you respect one another as people. I think we forget that because we, we, I say we as a collective that, you know, people now have these strong assumptions that this person does this. They voted for this. They believe this one thing, equals they're a horrible person, and they keep that in their mind and so So, of course, if you think that by each other, it's like, it's very easy to not respect one another, but you forget, we forget that people are multifaceted beings that may believe one thing may believe this thing. And I think that a lot of people commonly are good. And we forget that and we convince ourselves that they're not because they're not on our side, or they're on this side. It's very unfortunate. And I think we just need to the like core of it is just recognize that were people, and then when you start treating her like that, and that people can make mistakes, people can sometimes say the wrong thing. Again, it's different when you're intentionally saying really harmful stuff. But you know, even just making a mistake, or just trying to make your point across, and it doesn't mean that they're horrible, it just means that this is what they're trying to say, I think we just need to be understanding. And I always try my best to listen to whatever anyone has to say. Michael Hingson 40:47 And that's important to be able to, again, that's the whole concept of the art of conversation, which is, which is pretty, pretty important that we do need to do more with, well, you have said that you identify as Hispanic queer, and you have a disability, we've talked about your disability and so on. And, and all three of those categories are ways that you, you can be observed as being and so on. And none of them should be interpreted in any kind of a negative way, although that I'm sure happens. Zane Landin 41:24 Absolutely. Michael Hingson 41:27 So you know, it is it is still one of the things that that all too often we have to deal with, which goes back to the whole concept of we're way less tolerant than we really ought to be. We need to become a little bit more open in our mindsets to to dealing with that stuff. And I hope we get there. So I Zane Landin 41:48 do. And I also will say just my perspective and just my experience, not so recognize that people have experiences, even if they don't seem like they do. And so what I mean by that is some people may look at me and say, I don't have a disability, it's not really their parents to tell me if I do or not. But looking at me when think that I think people forget that there's non apparent disabilities. And I think that there are non apparent racial identities. Getting if you look at me, you're not going to think I'm Hispanic, some very light skinned. Yeah, there's a lot of whites can Hispanics is actually a lot, quite a few I see a lot, actually. And there's plenty of my family. And there's plenty of my family that are darker, you know, so you have you have many different shades of culture and, you know, racial identity. And I think that people forget that. We don't want to feed into the stereotype, again, the stereotype that all Hispanics speak Spanish, to all Hispanics are darker, it's like, well, there are light skinned Hispanics, there are some that don't speak Spanish. That's me, you know. And so that doesn't make me any less or more Hispanic, it just makes it different. But I'm still Hispanic in this country. And you know, I have gone through termination, if it's, it was people who don't take me seriously as Hispanic because I'm light skinned, or if it's people that are white, that will see me as someone who is Hispanic and not taken seriously that way. It's very, there's very different dynamics. But I've been in spaces that are geared around the Hispanic experience, and they definitely perpetuate the, like colorism and discrimination because they may not see me as Hispanic, or, or I'm not authentically Hispanic, because I don't share certain attributes with them. Which isn't fair again, because like it's Gamber, ignoring the intersectionality, that every experience of being Hispanic is different. Just like being queer is different for everyone, just like there's just so many different disabilities and experiences. Why can't that be the same for different, you know, Hispanic identities, you know, someone who is someone who is blind, it's gonna be very different from someone else who's blind and very different experiences all makes up who they are. And so, for me, we still need to recognize that there's still a person who is blind, and don't treat them any differently. So recognize I'm still Hispanic or queer, and don't treat me any differently even from my own communities that I want to be a part of. And sometimes I don't, I feel neglected. And does that make sense? Michael Hingson 44:06 It does, have you ever felt that you have faced real, overt discrimination? And there's no right or wrong answer to that. I'm just curious if you think that's really ever happened? Zane Landin 44:21 No, I don't think so. I mean, depends. I mean, I only have ever just experience over discrimination. For like any racial identity. I have been assumed to have certain identities that I don't have. That's not definitely discrimination, but making the assumption is kind of wrong. I mean, I have been in spaces where I have heard that being queer as, you know, horrible. I have heard that growing up. But it was never aimed at me. So I wouldn't say it's over discrimination against me, but I have heard over discrimination against groups and it has definitely impacted how I feel about myself, and how I've navigated anatomy those identities. Michael Hingson 44:56 Probably if you faced any it was misconcept shins regarding the the neurodiverse disability. Yeah, that's him. And, like with anything, it's all about prejudice. It's really all about a lack of education and understanding. Zane Landin 45:15 miNo, absolutely. Michael Hingson 45:16 Which, you know, which we have to deal with? Well, you started a magazine somewhere along the way, when did you start it? And when did you start? Not all that happened. Zane Landin 45:26 I started in May of 2020, I was taking a copy editing class. Yeah, copy editing, and it was a class need to take. And that was when I kind of just switched to communications, actually, because 2020 was my fourth year. So it's one of my first communication classes I was taking in spring. And as you know, the pandemic end 2020. And, you know, as someone who experienced mental health, it definitely there was a time where it was a big change. And it got kind of worse during the pandemic, which it did for millions and millions of people across the globe. But the unfortunate thing was, then when I wanted to see was the mainstream media take a lead in sharing those stories. And I don't know what I was expecting, because the mainstream media has ever really pushed the storytelling for the mental health community. And if they did, it was always in a non in a good way, or a negative way. So that's something I've always wanted to see. And I don't, I see more happening today, but still not as much. And even when I do see something, it's sometimes for not a good reason, or it's mental health month. So of course, let's share straight mental health that we forget, it happens, you know, all the time, those identities don't go away. So I would like to see more of a more initiative in terms of that. So anyways, I wanted to, for the final project of the Creator and publication, so I wanted to create something, I had an idea, but I decided not to do it. But I decided to change directions and choose a magazine dedicated to mental health stories. And there's plenty of platforms out there, but this is what I wanted to see. And I want it to be based on positivity and strength and optimism. Because sometimes when you hear about mental health, you think the negative that, you know, this is what they're lacking. This is what's wrong with them. This is why they're depressed, and sort of, you know, kind of celebrating what their experiences are. And showing that just because you have a mental condition doesn't mean you're, it's the end of the world, because I feel like, sometimes miss all this pain, it's so negatively in the media that when you think of itself, you think of these extreme things. It's like I would never want, you know, mental health is so extreme. I don't want to be around that. And it's like, it's, it's not, you're forgetting that. So regular experience, actually. And there are TV shows that are portrayed in a good way. One of my favorite shows growing up was Degrassi. And you know, they had teens in the show experience when tough conditions, and they're still regular teens going through life. And they're not, you know, what we see in the media, you know, very extreme. And I think that you need those stories, you definitely need the stories of, you know, this is, this is what untreated mental illness could lead to this extreme. But then you also remember that, it's not all like that. And there are people with mental health conditions that just have this regular experience. And for some, it's worse. And for some, it's, it's not as bad. But they all need to be taken very seriously. And so I was I started because I wanted to see the mainstream media do that. And I'm really hoping they do one day, I would really love to see a mental health segment on a news channel. I don't care which one it is. But if it's on Fox News, or at CNN or MSNBC, or ABC, whatever it is, it'd be cool if they had just like maybe a half an hour or an hour segment just on mental health news. And they're sharing stories of mental health and awareness and bring on guests to talk about it. I know I've seen like, Good Morning America, I know they've done stuff like that, where they bring on doctors and stuff. But I think that that's still a certain audience. And I think the mainstream media really impacts a large amount of people even larger. And so I would love to see more stories on that. So that makes sense. And so it started like that. Started with social media. And then we just started featuring people. And then very fortunate that we featured over 80 people, we're still growing and we still have a lot more stories to release. But it just saddens me how incredible people's journeys are. And we, for the ordinary people that have these incredible stories we don't get to hear. And I love hearing stories of people who are just going through life they may not have, they may not have done something huge, like I don't know, like serving in the government or going to the White House or whatever it is that they've done. Things like that, but they they really impact their communities. And I think that's the most important I've ever seen anyone had the like the local heroes. I love seeing that. I just wish there was like a upskill of that. You know that we see more? Michael Hingson 49:39 Yeah, we we have some of that on Channel Seven in LA. But I hear I hear what you're saying and it would be great to have more. It's really unfortunate that we have media programs like the view that celebrate Hispanic awareness and Latino Awareness Month, African American or Black History Month, I have yet to see them ever discuss, cover or bring to the forefront national employment, National Disability Employment Awareness Month or national blindness Employment Awareness Month, which is October, or white cane Safety Day, which was October 15, to talk about the contributions that people with disabilities and of course, from my perspective, blind people in specific have dealt with. We, for example, there have been, I believe, as I recall, two blind people who were Senators of the United States and one blind congressman, maybe it was the reverse, but I think it was two senators who happen to be blind in one, Congressman, but that was all before 1940. We don't do any of that now. And it would be a real challenge because of the prejudices today for that to occur. Fortunately, we've got some persons with disabilities in government, Tani. Tammy Duckworth from Illinois, of course, was a veteran, is a veteran and is in a wheelchair and so on. But we don't deal with the issues. And it continues to be as much as anything, I think, a fear issue, which goes back to our conversation about words disability, as opposed to disabled, and we need to remove that blind people are considered blind or visually impaired. And there are two problems with that, visually. I didn't think that I was really different because I happen to be blind from a visual standpoint. So you could change that to vision impaired, but then you still have impaired, why is it that eyesight has to be the main judge by which people are viewed, I think a much more appropriate term would be low V would be yellow vision, sort of like deaf and hard of hearing. A person who happen to be deaf or hard of hearing would probably hit you over the head if you said deaf or hearing impaired, because they recognize the problem with impaired. But we haven't dealt with that with blindness, which has been a disability that the Gallup polling organization has even said, has been more approached by fear than any other disability, which is unfortunate. But people think that eyesight, it's the only game in town, and somehow we've got to change that Zane Landin 52:25 is interesting. I mean, like, it is nice that they're celebrating, you know, if it's LGBTQ Pride Month, but they never focus on disability, and I hope they do one day, Michael Hingson 52:41 I hope it changes. Certainly disability groups are calling for more of it. But hopefully, we'll we'll see more of it happen, which is, I think the the big important part. So you went to the mental health Youth Action form. Tell me a little bit about that. I mean, at first, what it is and what it was like and all that. Right. So it was Zane Landin 53:09 this really big program that MTV hosted. And they worked with several mental health nonprofits. And these are like some of the biggest like Jed foundation active mines. Pretty sure the Trevor Project, I'm pretty sure I'm not actually sure that, but you know, just anyways, but big organizations like that, and I was involved in active mines. And I first heard about this opportunity. And I was like, Oh, my goodness, you know, it was at the White House. It wasn't virtual. So it's like, okay, is it we're going to the White House, is it virtual? I mean, that's not that big of a deal. It is still big deal. But nothing like being physically there at the White House, that it was, you know, you're physically there. And so I ended up I applied, and I was like I really, since I started the magazine, I became more of a mental health advocate more so than before. I was involved in different organizations before. But the magazine really opened my eyes to more of what's out there and what people experience and the different dimensions of what people experience and their stories, all that stuff. And it just also the form was all about how do we actually influence mental health with media that's all about what I was trying to do with the magazine and trying to achieve. So I wanted to bring that experience forward with this. So I definitely spoke on that stuff. But the application was brief. There was like three questions, and you had like 100 words to answer. So it was very brief. And I hadn't heard back for like month or month and a half and I checked my spam. And I was excited to see that, you know, I was moving forward as a semifinalist. And there was never an interview, which is really interesting, like how they chose people. And there wasn't even a video so it was interesting when they were going to do how they were going to choose that way. Maybe it was maybe that is the most best way they could do it. So there wasn't bias, but anyways, they ended up filling another form out and And, you know, I spent hours on it. And then I think it was a couple weeks later I found out I got in, which was a surreal moment. Because again, I was just like going through my day. And then like just going to my email, and then it went right to my email that, you know, I was selected, and I was kind of just hit me. And I was like, or, actually, maybe it didn't hit me at first, I think it hit me later, I was like, Oh, my gosh, I'm actually going to the White House. And I don't know who I'm going to meet. I don't know exactly who's gonna be there yet. Because there's all this stuff happening. So they did tell us that. In the press release, we knew that Selena Gomez was going to be the keynote speaker basically, and which is good, because she actually has a history of mental health. And she's definitely a strong advocate for it. So I'm glad they brought an influencer that actually has a story with it. And I, Dr. Murthy was going to be there. And Dr. Biden. So very interesting people, very people high up in the government I've never met before. And I didn't know too much about. And you know, the forum happened. And it was three days, it was kind of over that he was pretty sure, May 16. Two days, if this were the exact date, there was three days and there was just so many different things happening. So and I hadn't been in DC for a while. Because last time I went was like an eighth grade for this trip. So it was interesting to be there again. And it was nice to connect with people because like throughout the forum, we met virtually, like, was it every other week, and learning about different topics and connecting before we actually went to the forum in person. But yeah, like most of the time, we were just practicing soy cheese. We got there Monday, and then Tuesday came around. We were practicing because there was like two parts of the forum. So on Wednesday, we were gonna do like this interactive dialogue, you know, with Selena Gomez, Dr. Murthy. And it was it was just like a broadcast event. And then some people actually saw it on television, which was really cool. So the first part was that the second part was we were presenting ideas that we started on our own as groups, and we pitched it to media companies like Pinterest, and Spotify. So big media partners, really excited to see I mean, of course, MTV has these partners. But that was great. But I mean, the the best part was, of course, being in the White House, you know, seeing where the President gives his speeches, seeing where, like Abraham Lincoln stood, and seeing all of this, the sculptures and the art that they have their and just so much history made. It was it was it was definitely a lot of Michael Hingson 57:30 people attended the conference. There was only 30. Zane Landin 57:33 I mean, okay, wait, so the the event were 30 advocates, us we're on stage, but people in the audience, there's probably like 100 people. And it was, I think people from like very, you know, walks of life, very different levels of government, the places of advocacy, and I didn't see people with disabilities there that was like, yes, like, I'm excited to actually see people here excited about mental health, and also bring in the aspects of disability as well. Because they definitely correlate and all intersect. And yeah, so after the event, I wasn't chosen as a speaker. Because those 30 of us were not going to speak that would be too much. They chose six speakers, that was so great to be on that stage and just hear their stories. And know that there was a lot of people watching at the time. And it was exciting to walk in the doors. So right before the event started, and we walked to our seats, like people were clapping. And it was just exciting. It was like, this is probably the only time I'm gonna experience like paparazzi. It was fun. It was it was a great experience. And I learned a lot. And after the event, we were like kind of like waiting in the Blue Room where we were before. And President Biden did show up. He just kind of showed up randomly. And I don't think he was supposed to be there because even the MTV people were kind of super over the top excited. And, and excitement that I don't think they anticipated. Like I don't think that they were like, low. It's a prison. I think they were like, Whoa, what the heck, we had no idea the President was actually going to be here. And because he's touched his schedule is so tight. I think that he made efforts of either, which is really exciting. But I don't think he was supposed to be there. I didn't feel like he was supposed to be there. But it was just so cool to see. And like he talked to us a little bit and we were like huddled around him like we were kids. It was super fun. It was great to hear from him. And it was just so baffling. That was like, like just a couple of like inches almost away from the President. You know, and then even like one of his people were like, Oh, Mr. President, it's time to go and it's like, oh my gosh, like I've heard that like in movies like that exact verbiage. And you hear it I was like, Oh, it's just so it was just so exhilarating. So that was that. So that was the entire experience and even now, it's just nice to be connected to MTV. And like there's still there's still bring forth opportunities left like going back to the White House, but like they're trying to opportunities. Because I, because Selena Gomez was there, her company where beauty and proceeds from her company go to mental health organizations
Younger Voters Turned Out and Were Critical to Outcomes in Battleground StatesToday's LinksArticles & Resources:Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics - Harvard Youth PollTufts University Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) - Millions of Youth Cast Ballots, Decide Key 2022 RacesTeen Vogue - Youth Voter Turnout in the 2022 Midterms Shows Strong Support for Democrats, Abortion RightsCNN - Analysis: Democrats would have gotten crushed this election without young votersGroups Taking Action:Alliance for Youth Action, NextGen America, Campus Vote Project, Student PIRGS Today's Script: (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.In September, we reported on expectations of a high turnout of younger voters in the 2022 midterms. Did that turnout materialize, and what were the consequences?A Harvard Kennedy School study released in late October suggested that 40% of 18 to 29-year-olds said they would “definitely” vote in the midterms. Then Tufts University's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, CIRCLE, found that an estimated 27% of that group DID vote. That number was historically high, but not as high as the 31% turn out in the 2018 midterms, driven by a reaction to Trump's presidency and the shooting of students at Florida's Stoneman Douglas High School. CIRCLE'S polling found that nationally, 12% of all votes cast were younger voters, and in battleground states, turnout matched 2018's 31%. Battleground states also saw younger voters break heavily for Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, Congress & governor. In Pennsylvania's Dr. Oz/John Fetterman U.S. Senate race, younger voters supported Fetterman 70% to 28%. In Arizona's Senate race, they backed Mark Kelly over election denier Blake Masters, 76% to 20%. Data shows that youth turnout was critical to the outcomes of races nationwide. More details on how youth voters of color voted, and what legislation we can expect from state legislatures to suppress youth voting in our next report.We have links to articles and resources at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
By the time you read this, the polls will have closed, but the election will not have ended – and our battle for a free and sovereign United States of America goes on. In this episode, Andrea and Sarah blow off steam that has accumulated over the very difficult year of 2022, in which we lost our bodily autonomy, contended with a relentless pandemic, and saw ever more clearly the complicity of our institutions as the US became the first country in history to memory-hole a coup and let a career criminal coup plotter run for office again like a Cosa Nostra Grover Cleveland. Generally we at Gaslit Nation do not hold back, but there is a time and a place to fully cut loose, and we decided that time was immediately after the polls closed – since this is still a battle between a flawed Democratic party tethered to a Vichy leadership and a GOP that is an apocalyptic death cult. What the two parties have in common is that they will blame us, regular Americans, for everything that goes wrong, while hitting us up for money and telling us to drop dead. We are fed up – and yet we refuse to bow down. So listen to our overview of how we got to this moment, as we rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light! (For those wondering, we will continue to rage, rage, rage on Twitter too – we're not going anywhere!) We were also provided some evergreen advice from Dakota Hall as the executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action—the first Black and Indigenous leader of the organization—and former executive director of the Alliance's Wisconsin-based affiliate Leaders Igniting Transformation. The Alliance for Youth Action grows progressive people power across America by empowering local young people's organizations to strengthen our democracy, fix our economy, and correct injustices through on-the-ground organizing. For this week's bonus episode, available to Patreon subscribers at the Truth-Teller level and higher, we answer questions submitted from our listeners at the Democracy Defender level and higher. We will answer anything so keep sending in your questions! Gaslit Nation is a fully independent podcast, which gives us the ability to speak honestly and to investigate subjects that many outlets avoid. For us to keep going, however, we need to maintain our financial support. If you've learned from our show or appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a Patreon member and joining our community. If you need a place to go to after leaving Twitter, consider subscribing to our Patreon for as low as $1/month – manually select that amount to join our community of listeners!: https://www.patreon.com/gaslit
If you have a young person in your life, take them to vote, and if they're voting for the first time do something special to mark the big occasion. That's the advice of this week's special guest. Here is an excerpt of our interview with Dakota Hall, the executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action—the first Black and Indigenous leader of the organization—and former executive director of the Alliance's Wisconsin-based affiliate Leaders Igniting Transformation. The Alliance for Youth Action grows progressive people power across America by empowering local young people's organizations to strengthen our democracy, fix our economy, and correct injustices through on-the-ground organizing. If you're receiving this message before 4pm EST on November 7th, election eve, there's still time to join our phone bank with Indivisible for Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate and Lauren Underwood for the U.S. House in Illinois. We're selecting one person at the phone bank to receive a signed copy of Sarah's new book They Knew and a Mr. Jones poster. Mandela Barnes himself will join the phone bank so don't miss it! RSVP here: https://twitter.com/gaslitnation/status/1587816319872811008
ZANE LANDINCEO of PositiveVibes MagazineZane is the CEO and founder of PositiveVibes Magazine, a digital magazine dedicated to mental health, positivity, and wellness. He recently founded Landing Dreams PR, a public relations agency for mental health, wellness, and spirituality.He was an intern with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, PRSA Foundation, and SAGE Publishing, and graduated with a degree in Communications and Public Relations at Cal Poly Pomona.PositiveVibes Magazine: https://positivevibesmag.com/Landing Dreams PR: https://www.landingdreamspr.com/
Young Voters Motivated to Vote in Midterms, Experts & Survey sayToday's LinksArticles: The Fulcrum - Don't take young people for granted in NovemberAlliance for Youth Organizing Poll - YOUNG VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONSGroups Taking Action:Voter Participation Center, Alliance for Youth ActionYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Midterms generally have a much lower youth turnout than Presidential elections. But an opinion piece in the Fulcrum argues that when younger voters have something to motivate them, they will turn out.Dakota Hall of the Alliance for Youth Action and Tom Lopach of the Voter Participation Center write that turnout of younger voters in 2018 exceeded expectations, and indications are that a high number of voters 18-39 intend to vote in the 2022 midterms. They cite a survey conducted in battleground states by Civiqs and the Alliance for Youth Organizing, a sister group to Hall's organization. It found that protection of women's reproductive rights is driving younger Democrats to the polls, and the economy and inflation is the motivator for young Republicans. The good news is that 86% of younger voters say they will be involved in the 2022 midterm election.Young voters of all races considered inflation and the economy as their top issue. But priorities for other issues varies slightly by race, with young black voters ranking the ending systemic racism higher, and both black and Latinx voters ranking abortion access lower than young white voters. The Hall-Lopach article also cites some not-so-good news. A recent Harvard study showed that 42% of young voters say their vote doesn't make a difference, down from 31% in 2018. No doubt the result of systematic gerrymandering and voter suppression measures around the country since 2020.Links to the article and poll can be found at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
Since its founding 10 years ago, Alliance for Youth Action has transformed how nonprofits build power and strengthen democracy in America. It was launched by young people who had seen first-hand what is possible when people in low-income and communities of color organize to access their voting rights, stop the separation of children from their immigrant parents and repair environmental degradation. They knew that local organizing is where progressive changemaking happens and that investing in a federation of autonomous on-the-ground nonprofits could create a national movement for a racially and economically just nation. As happens when young people are at the helm, they saw a problem and they fixed it. They launched the Alliance, a national nonprofit that provides unrestricted funds, technical support, and capacity-building to 20 federation members in 18th states. All are youth-focused, youth-led, and demonstrably effective. Dakota Hall, who now leads the Alliance, discovered his passion and talent for organizing as a teenager in Milwaukee. He uses it to leverage the collective power of a network that may not be on the nightly news, but it should be.
Justine Bautista Ph.D. Student | Social Ecology University of California, Irvine B.A. | Psychology Chapman University B.A. | Integrated Educational Studies, Community Emphasis, Health Concentration Chapman University Pronouns: she/her Justine was born and raised in Orange County, CA with roots in the Philippines. She is currently attending the University of California, Irvine for her PhD and Master's. She graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and in Integrated Educational Studies, and currently serves as a Research Fellow for the Connecting the EdTech Research Ecosystem Center (CERES). Justine has leveraged her skills in research to be able to understand how digital tools impact mental health outcomes in young people and how we can use media as a tool for creating lasting change. READ MORE about the Mental Health Youth Action Forum in DC. Visit: getthefunkoutshow.kuci.org
Getting young people to volunteer for their community is no mean feat. Heston West Big Local share how they've inspired their diverse and youthful community to take action in this week's episode of The community power podcast. Find out more about Heston West here: https://www.hestonwest.org/
In Which We Discuss: 1. Dakota Hall, ED at Alliance for Youth Action, joins us to talk about young voters, the SOTU, and more! 2. Joe Biden misread the mood of the American people as he jovially celebrated returning to the office during the SOTU. That's right, he wants to send you to the place where your bosses are! 3. Cisneros and Cuellar head into a runoff in the Democrat's bellwetheriest bellwether race. 4. Mask laws are ending, so get your noses ready for spring. 5. President Zelensky spoke for all of earth when he asked Rick Scott to please, finally, for the love of God, mute himself Find the Alliance for Youth Action Online: Twitter: @alliance4youth Instagram: @allianceforyouthaction Facebook: @AllianceforYouthAction Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram! And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind
CCLers under 18 from Washington and California will share how they have created active and engaged Youth Teams in their chapters. You'll also hear about the National Youth Action Team's support and resources from CCL Youth Action Coordinator Sharon Bagatell. Join at: https://youth.citizensclimatelobby.org/
For the month of November, #NextPagePod is going green in support of COP26. We will feature conversations exploring climate issues, youth activism, explore the science behind the policy and of course talk about what role multilateralism plays in the future of our planet. In this episode, we invite you to ask yourself what water means to you and what role it plays in your everyday life. How does our relationship with water impact our communities and our future? In this episode, we are joined by Garvita Gulhati an Indian environmentalist, Forbes 30 under 30 Asia member and founder of 'Why Waste?', an organization that aims to change people's mindsets towards the water after experiencing the devastating impacts of water shortage in her community in India. Today, 'Why Waste?' is India's largest youth-led organization working towards the conservation of water. Resources: Find our more about Why Waste? www.whywaste.io Download the Why Waste? app: app.whywaste.io Read the book online: https://storyweaver.org.in/publishers/4116-why-waste Learn more about the We The Change Now campaign: wethechangenow.com. What platforms to find us on: Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy Podbean: https://unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/ Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/UNOGLibrary https://twitter.com/UNOGLibrary Content: Speakers: Garvita Gulhati & Natalie Alexander Host: Natalie Alexander Editor & Producer: Tiffany Verga Social media designs: Tiffany Verga Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
Covington, Georgia 4-H'er CJ Harris is a runner-up for the 2022 Youth in Action Award for STEM for his prosthetic limbs for children, and Christmas tree growers expect real trees to be in full supply this year.
Sarah Audelo returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what The Alliance for Youth Action has been up to since the end of 2018, how she views the youth politically, National Voter Registration Day, and why she is making way for a new Executive Director.
As we approach National Voter Registration Day, Sarah Audelo, the Executive Director of Alliance for Youth Action, joins Kelly to discuss voting rights and ensuring our nation's newest voters have access to the ballot box.
In the lead up to Sustainable September at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali chats to Nat and Tanisha from the 2021 intake of the Casey Youth Action Committee (CYAC). A local youth initiative open to Casey residents aged 15-25, the CYAC are dedicated to tackling sustainability and climate action within the City of Casey. Tanisha and Nat share their top tips on sustainable living and discuss what advocacy means to them. Want to get involved? Head to https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/want-get-involved to find out more.
Progressive Opinions of Color (POC Podcast) - Politics and Economics with Underrepresented Voices
Nancy is joined with Sarah Audelo to discuss her work as executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action, the importance of Gen Z in voting and politics, how to enter a career of political organizing, and more. Sarah Audelo is a woman of color who has been at the forefront of youth political organizing for much of the last decade — from serving as the millennial vote director for the 2016 Clinton campaign to political and field director for Rock The Vote to policy director at Generation Progress and most recently executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action—a role she will soon be stepping down from to make way for the next generation of young leaders.The Alliance for Youth Action grows progressive people power across America by empowering local young people's organizations to strengthen our democracy, fix our economy, and correct injustices through on-the-ground organizing.Nancy: Website, Instagram, Twitter Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. Nancy triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and has a Master's in Development Economics from Oxford. She works as an Economist full time and has previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks. The goal of this podcast is to engage the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, we hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join us in reimagining politics and economics with underrepresented voices.
The Youth Action for Health Leadership, part of TSET's Healthy Youth Initiative, inspires and incentivizes young people to become advocates for public health. Jessica Davis, TSET Assistant Director of Programs, and Caryle Hausbeck, Senior Program Manager at Rescue Agency, give us an inside look at this innovative approach to youth engagement and generational impact. Music licensed through PremiumBeat. Full transcripts and credits available at tset.ok.gov/podcast.
The impacts of climate change are not experienced equally or fairly, between rich and poor, women and men, and older and younger generations.It is therefore imperative that we take action to address the climate crisis through a human rights approach. This session will bring together powerful young activists from around the world to talk about their youth-led campaigns that seek to achieve climate justice through different approaches and priorities, all with a focus on driving progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Featuring: • Jeana Malhi, Systems Change Organiser, UKYCC • Poorvi Mehrotra, Assistant programme Coordinator, Restless Development India • Jevanic Henry, Panelist, Youth Power Panel • Soumita Chakraborty, Youth Advisory Board Member, Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety • Hattie Tollerson, Student Union President, LSBU Biographies: Jeana Malhi is a Systems Change organiser with the UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC), sits on the advisory committee for Beyond Suffrage, a board member with Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Local Councils Officer at Hope for the Future. She is motivated by climate justice and opposing the capitalistic and colonial structures responsible for climate change. Visit: www.ukycc.com Poorvi Mehrotra is an Assistant Programme Coordinator in Restless Development India. She is passionate about advocating for the rights of young people and supporting them to take action in their communities. Her work has focussed on different Sustainable Development Goals and has worked with refugee women from Afghanistan and others in crisis situations. In India, she is leading a programme that supports adolescent girls aged 18-24 to conduct research interviews through mobile devices and leading Climate Justice work with young people. Poovi represented Restless Development at the Women Deliver Conference in June 2019. Visit: https://restlessdevelopment.org/country/india Jevanic Henry is a young environmentalist, youth leader and community activist currently pursuing final year undergraduate studies in Economics and Finance at the University of the West Indies. Despite this he continues to be involved in climate change advocacy and activism nationally, regionally and on the international stage, a passion which was fuelled after representing his country at the Regional Youth Climate Change Conference in Jamaica in 2017. Jevanic, along with fellow attendees formulated the Youth Climate Change Activists (YCCA) movement which seeks to raise climate change awareness and action throughout the region. Visit: https://restlessdevelopment.org/youth-power Soumita Chakraborty is a Youth Advisory Board Member for the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety. Engaged as a climate change professional with IORA Ecological Solutions in India, she works with subnational governments to design evidence-based policies and implementation frameworks to effectively address climate change. She is a social development professional with a diverse background on cross-cutting issues like climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, youth led development and road safety. Soumita works on strategic planning for urban resilience to traffic injuries and road accidents and is currently leading the climate action strategy within the coalition. Visit: https://claimingourspace.org
In conversation with Sarah Audelo, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Youth Action. The Alliance for Youth Action is a nationwide network of organizations building the political power of young people.
I just really believe that it's kind of our responsibilities as citizens to make sure that we we do everything we can to make our voices heard. Because, you know, that's how we we keep democracy working, is sure we're holding people accountable and making sure that that they're... doing the things that will benefit us as a whole. And so I think that's really important. - Alya Nimis Ibrahim, BHS Sophomore When Bemidji High School students learned of a potential change in the upcoming school schedule, many were dubious. Alya Nimis-Ibrahim consulted with other students and created a Change.org petition regarding the issue. In only two days her petition garnered over 2,000 signatures. We visited with Alya on the morning show about the potential schedule change, her work with the MN Youth Council, how the pandemic has changed school activities, and much more. The Bemidji School Board will meet tonight to discuss the potential change. No vote will happen at tonight's meeting.
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For our final episode we go full circle and head right back to SDG 1. Poverty alleviation is at the core of all action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Join us as we talk with Asha McNeil about her work volunteering with the Newcastle Poverty Action Alliance. Asha’s inspirational story demonstrates how young people can get involved and make a difference to the everyday lives of people in our community. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SS Ep. 14 - This week we're joined by the De Sousa siblings, Emily and Tyler both doing various work in climate action. Emily a TedEx speaker, is focusing on the seafood supply chain currently doing her Masters in Geography at the University of Guelph. She also co-hosts on the Social FISHtancing podcast which seeks to understand the impacts on fisheries around North America from COVID-19. Tyler is seeing how business can be a tool for benefit with his involvement with Enactus and Youth Action on Climate. Website: https://airplanesandavocados.com/ https://youthactiononclimate.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SjsEiIXgDgC5pveQHKzBW?si=naSgJrkMRNSQIilKBL7OOA Insta: @airplanesandavocados @lesscooltyler Learn more at www.last20.ca
Most of this series has looked at ways that people can make change from the ground up. In this episode we look at how organisations like the United Nations are working to deliver programs and build partnerships to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Join us as we talk with Dr Temitope Egbelakin, director of CIFAL Newcastle about how her organisation is building partnerships and affecting change right here in Newcastle. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Environmental issues like climate change can seem huge & out of our reach, but there is an increasing groundswell of passionate young people stepping up to meet the challenges head on. Join us this week as we catch up with a Jo from the Hunter Community Environment Centre and Alexa from School Strike for Climate and hear how these inspiring young people have found purpose and community in the fight to save our planet. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What are the ways that businesses can help address environmental and social issues? How can we earn a living as well as benefiting others? Social entrepreneurship is a hot topic right now and for good reason. In this episode we talk to Melissa McCabe, founder of CoreEthics, a country-spanning organisation working to bring about a sustainability revolution in in Indonesia’s tourism industry. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We live in an age of increasing online connection, but at the same time we are seeing ever-growing social isolation. Join us this week as we chat to Jamie from the Youth Frontiers mentoring program and Byron from Headspace Newcastle. They explore the importance of talking about mental health & wellbeing, how building real-world social connections can have a massive positive impact, and how local groups and organisations are working to create a more inclusive, equitable community. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals? In this series we take an in depth look at how young change makers are challenging the status quo to create a better future today. Join us to learn about the impact of the Sustainable Development Goals and how they’re being put into action in Newcastle, Australia. We explore the ways local people and organisations are working towards a healthier planet. We find out how communities are coming together and building better relationships, de-stigmatizing mental heath issues and creating a more equitable society. We talk to young entrepreneurs bringing environmental and socials impacts into their business. And we look at the how building relationships and working together with different organisations can have a huge impact in improving people’s lives and the environment. This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL production. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
This episode I talked to Alicia Colomer about youth creating change, and the work that she does with the Sunrise Movement. You can learn more about the Sunrise Movement at sunrisemovement.org. Visit us online at climatefocusedfuture.org or you can contact me directly on instagram @robinhesssss!
References and resources: Emily's blog: airplanesandavocadoes.com Emily's personal site: emilydesousa.com Youth Action on Climate Change: youthclimateonoaction.com It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands. Make sure to rate, subscribe and follow the Clear the Air Podcast, and follow the journey on social media: Website: https://ctablog.ca Podcast site: https://ctablog.ca/podcast Instagram: @_ctablog Twitter: @_ctablog YouTube: Clear the Air Don't forget to share your sustainability journey on social media and tag Clear the Air! ABOUT THE PODCAST Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life. By listening to the podcast, you will become a sustainability expert in no time. Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate university student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others. It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.
In this episode, Nick chats with Emily De Sousa, a graduate student at the University of Guelph, about her research into how COVID-19 is affecting commercial fishermen. She also incorporates some of their stories into her own podcast called Social Fishtancing (https://coastalroutes.org/podcasts). We also touch briefly on two of Emily's extracurriculars, a travel blog and serving as an executive director of the Youth Action on Climate Change. Enjoy! You can find out more about Emily's work on her website: www.emilydesousa.com. Main Point: Know your local fishermen!
Bernie Sanders officially drops out of the presidential race, leaving Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee. It’s worth noting how much the Bernie Sanders campaign has fundamentally shifted the Democratic party’s base to the left, even while power in the party still remains firmly entrenched with the neoliberal baby boomers. Writing in In These Times, Megan Day and Michael Uetricht captured the moment perfectly, “Bernie Sanders Started the Revolution, the Rest is Up to Us.” In what appears to be an attempt to woo Sanders supporters to consider voting for him, Joe Biden released plans to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60 and to forgive some student debt. I don’t know how many times we have to say it, but half-measures and tinkering around the edges just isn’t going to cut it. That was the message sent this week in a letter written to Biden by 8 progressive groups - Alliance for Youth Action, Justice Democrats, IfNotNow Movement, March for Our Lives Action Fund, NextGen America, Student Action, Sunrise Movement, and United We Dream Action: “Messaging around a ‘return to normalcy’ does not and has not earned the support and trust of voters from our generation.” The numbers of COVID-19 cases continue to be devastating, even as some hot spots around the world have begun to see a flattening of their curves. Global confirmed cases: 1,596,496; total deaths: 95,455; total recovered: 354,006; U.S. confirmed cases: 462,135; total deaths: 16,513; total recovered: 25,410; and, nearly 17 million Americans file for unemployment over the past three weeks. Black Americans are getting COVID-19 and dying from the disease at alarmingly disproportionate rates. To anyone paying attention to deep structural racism in the U.S. it’s no mystery as to why. As the New York Times reports, this trend shines a spotlight on what “public health researchers say are entrenched inequalities in resources, health, and access to care.” This week, COVID-19 became the #1 cause of death each day, outpacing heart disease and cancer. Meanwhile, the Radical Christian Right is going off the rails, turning to embrace the coronavirus as some kind of godly messenger. For example, Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge spoke to TMZ about his decision to defy the Governor’s ban of meetings larger than 50 people. Spell said, “like any revolutionary, or like any zealot, or like any pure religious person, death looks to them like a welcomed friend.” Necessary listening: Rumble with Michael Moore discussion with Jane McEleavy. Be warned, there is a high pollen warning across most of PA. State Senator Robert Mensch, a Republican from Montgomery County, seems to be loving the shift of online meetings. He was caught on a hot mic saying that he liked the online sessions because he could “stare daggers at Muth,” referring to outspoken, progressive Democratic State Senator Kaie Muth, also from Montgomery County. Muth took to Twitter writing, “How was your day teleworking? Welp, mine was full of #Daggers - misogyny beaming strong in virtual workplaces... too bad we couldn’t pass bills to actually help ppl, instead of mean-mugging on Zoom.” On Thursday, the Wolf administration announced that all Pennsylvania K-12 public and private schools will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. The PA hospital association is seeking a second round of financial assistance from the PA government just two weeks after Gov. Wolf signed a $50 million aid package. Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office reports that the PA government may lose as much as $4 billion in tax revenues this year as a direct result of the pandemic. That could leave PA’s budget about $1.8 billion short. We’re flagging this for our shock doctrine report. Despite Gov. Wolf’s stay-at-home orders, Pennsylvanians are getting worse at social distancing according to a new report. Data from a cell phone data company shows that after some initial successes, since March 26th, Pennsylvania’s are traveling more often and further. On May 29, Netflix will finally release its new intergalactic comedy, “Space Force,” starring Steve Carell! Sean got a new toy - actually TWO new toys. Free Will now has its two cider releases ready for your online order and pick up: Kurant Bees - Hard Cider with Honey 5.5% ABV Kurant Earth - Hard Cider w/ Mosaic Hops 5.5% ABV Another plug this week for DDH Love Letter from the 90s. Hazy IPA brewed with oats, Bloody Butcer cornmeal from Castle Valley Mill (Doylestown, PA), and milk sugar, then double dry hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, and Citra. 7.2% ABV
Durukan Dudu interviews Allan Savory in this podcast serie of Anadolu Meraları’s Onarıcı. The interview has 4 episodes which are about climate change, paradigm shift and hope of future. In this episode Allan Savory talks on youth action on climate change, and the real cause of climate change.
Recorded on Tuesday the 4th of March, in the Bolt FM studio in Blackhill. A brilliant show from some very funny Royston young people, who did a brilliant job on their first time going live!
Miheret, a member of the Open Door Society's Youth Leadership Initiative group, was able to travel to New Brunswick for the Canadian Council for Refugee Youth Network and Youth Action Group 2019 conference this past October. She tells us the story of the trip and what she learned at the conference along with the youth worker who went along with her, Ngai. Did they almost get arrested? Listen to find out! Thank you to our sponsors Affinity Credit Union, the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan, the Community Initiatives Fund, and Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.
Rebel City Podcast - Episode #56 - Royston Youth Action by Podcast out of Glasgow by Paul Shields and Matt Diamond
In this episode, Baylee and Will talk about recent Youth Climate Strikes, the conversation around climate change, and the recent opening of the Kendeda building. Want to have your opinions heard, or have ideas for other topics? Tweet us at @niquepod or email us at podcast@nique.net. If you're interested in opinions writing for the Technique or writing a Letter to the Editor, email opinions@nique.net for more information. Remember to tune into WREK Radio, 91.1FM, and stay tuned for our next epsiode where we'll get to know our team a little more! If you're listening on iTunes, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Thanks to Do Won Kim for our amazing theme song! You can find him on Youtube here, Facebook here, and Soundcloud here. Thanks for listening! See ya next time.
Liz Bennett discusses the need to involve young people in high-level decision making with the leading youth advocates Sandro Demaio, Batool Wahdani, and Robin Ellis-Cockcroft.
SPEAKERS Isha Clarke Student Activist Sarah Goody Student Activist Julia Olson Executive Director at Our Children's Trust; Chief Legal Counsel for plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. Ben Wessel Director, NextGen Rising Morissa Zuckerman Bay Area Chapter Coordinator, Sunrise Movement Greg Dalton Host and Climate One Founder This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 21, 2019.
Four years ago, 21 student plaintiffs sued the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property by failing to act on climate change. On the other side of the world, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg initiated a global youth strike for climate, prompting 1.6 million students in over 120 countries to leave school in protest of adult inaction. Will this global surge in youth climate action be enough to influence the decisions of industry and fossil fuel interests, let alone the current presidential administration? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Although many climate conversations talk about impacts on future generations, all too often those younger generations are not at the table or in the room. So how are young people taking charge of their climate future? For Isha Clarke, a high school student and activist from Oakland, California, by speaking truth to the senior U.S. Senator from her state. “I think that truth is respectful and that you can speak truth in a way that is compassionate and authentic,” says Clarke, who recently gained fame for a viral video in which she confronts Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein over the Green New Deal. “I think the conversation now isn’t really about Senator Feinstein anymore,” Clarke says as she reflects on that experience and the ensuing coverage, “it's really about politicians in general and power holders in general, who aren’t and haven't been taking the necessary steps to reverse this climate crisis. Feeling a similar frustration at her elders’ failure to act more urgently, 14-year old Sarah Goody organized a climate strike in San Francisco. “Why study for a future that’s not gonna exist?” says Sarah in response to passers-by who question why she’s sitting on a sidewalk rather than in a classroom, “I need to be here now and fighting now for my future.” Sitting alone outside iconic buildings can be a lonely endeavor, so other slightly-less young activists have found their climate calling by getting involved in more organized movements. “I see [it] as a civic duty to be involve to be socially engaged in whatever way I can,” says Morrisa Zuckerman, Bay Area chapter coordinator for the Sunrise Movement, the grassroots organization behind the Green New Deal. She and her colleagues have been pressing lawmakers and candidates to make climate action a top priority – and it’s working. “This Democratic presidential primary is talking about climate change in a way that I don't think any of us necessarily expected,” enthuses Ben Wessel, Youth Vote Director at NextGen America, the environmental advocacy organization founded by billionaire activist Tom Steyer. Wessel has been impressed by the diversity of motivations that have recently been drawing young people to climate politics. “This is one intersectional movement that has to address our racial injustices our climate injustices and our economic injustices,” Wessel says, “I actually think the Democratic primary electorate is recognizing that more than ever before.” Elections have consequences; but without more fundamental changes, shifting political winds can erase hard-fought carbon reductions. That’s why for Julia Olson, Executive Director of Our Children's Trust, the most effective climate solution lies in judicial rather than legislative action. Olson is chief legal counsel for plaintiffs in Juliana versus United States, the lawsuit brought by 21 young people accusing the federal government of violating their fundamental rights under the Fifth Amendment to life, liberty and property by knowingly promoting and subsidizing an energy system that damages climate. “What we hope to do through our case in lifting up the voice of youth in the Judiciary,” Olson explains, “is to secure the binding constitutional mandate that forces the people in the presidency and in the legislature to actually adopt laws and policies that comply with its constitutional obligation.” Guests: Isha Clarke, Student Activist Sarah Goody, Student Activist Julia Olson, Executive Director at Our Children's Trust; Chief Legal Counsel for plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. Ben Wessel, Director, NextGen Rising Morissa Zuckerman, Bay Area Chapter Coordinator, Sunrise Movement Related links: Sunrise Movement NextGen Rising Youth v. Gov (Juliana v. United States) Our Children’s Trust Plant for the Planet
In this episode of have the pleasure of talking with Ashleigh from People with Disabilities and Ruth from Youth Action who are teaming up on the Creating Access Project. This is a project that aims to help youth services in NSW be more accessible for young people with disabilities. We also have a chat to In Hospital Facilitator, Adam, about the new Vlog project.
Listen in as Rihanna, Nicola and team play your favourite songs and make each other laugh. They start off with a "joke-off" which was hilarious.
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old young person from Sweden, has inspired a generation to take action on climate change. In this episode, we acknowledge and appreciate the actions of youth, like Greta, around the world in demanding action on climate change. Reflecting on our own experiences, fear and our own perceived lack of knowledge often hinders us. Therefore, together with guest host and Master's student Carmen Huidobro, we host a 'Crash Course on COP' to prepare and inspire youth to take action, specifically, in climate negotiations. In this episode, we interview Zsolt Bauer (Climate Reality Project EU) as well as Jamie Wylie and Katie Robins (2050 Climate Group). Will the Youth's voice be heard at COP25 in Chile?
Sarah Audelo joins The Great Battlefield podcast to share her experiences working as the Millennial Vote Director for the 2016 Clinton campaign and her current work as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Youth Action -- a network of organizations striving to provide support for local organizers, and persuade young people to exercise their political power. | Episode 233
We start our ITT midterm elections countdown with a focus on the younger generation. Julio speaks to Sarah Audelo, executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action and two youth organizers that have been organizing in their communities and are raising their voices this election season: Yatziri Tovar, from Make The Road Action, and Gariyana Williams, from YO Save Our Streets. ITT Staff Picks FiveThirtyEight's analysis on the young vote in the Midterm Elections. Gen Z activists target youth ahead of midterms with #WhyDoYouVote campaign, from NBC.com. Read the We Are Texas report on the young Latino vote in that state, by Jolt. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How do you manage a millennial workforce? Katie Acheson, the CEO of Youth Action, and business coach Evan Goodman join the Better Business Podcast to discuss what small business owners and employers can do to recruit, manage and retain millennial workers. Also joining the show is Employment Relations Expert Thorunn Arnadottir who chats about the recent changes to the Minimum Wage and Penalty Rates. The Better Business Podcast is brought to you by Employsure, Australia's largest Workplace Relations consultancy, trusted by more than 20,000 small businesses. Find more helpful business resources on our blog.
In many ways, life is harder for the current generation of young people. For those from disadvantaged backgrounds, it's more difficult still, and the VET sector, a pathway to employment for many, could be doing more to assist. Katie Acheson, CEO of Youth Action, explains.
Today I am sharing my conversation with three inspiring women from the Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP). Rebekah Williams is the MAP Youth Education Director, while Ingabire and Mariama are two teenagers who work with Rebekah at MAP. This interview was a lot of fun to be a part of, and we discuss many important topics such as youth engagement in climate justice, school lunches that accommodate student dietary needs, and how agriculture must be a part of the climate conversation.
Photo: (Nick Westoll/Global News) Money for the “Black Youth Action Fund” could be flowing into Hamilton within the next few months, as long as organizations are ready to step up. Minister Coteau announced this yesterday at Hamilton's NGen Youth Centre as part of his ongoing consultations on how the program should look. Guest: Michael Coteau, Minister of Children and Youth Services.
Photo: (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Polling stations are open across Britain as its people vote in a snap election. This election was called for by Theresa May in the hopes that it'll increase her governments slim majority and that it'll help her when it comes to planning the country's Brexit plan. What could we see come of this election and what repercussions could the results have? Will it change relations with EU at all? Guest: Dr Andrew Glencross, Senior Lecturer Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Aston University in Birmingham. Money for the “Black Youth Action Fund” could be flowing into Hamilton within the next few months, as long as organizations are ready to step up. Minister Coteau announced this yesterday at Hamilton's NGen Youth Centre as part of his ongoing consultations on how the program should look. ALSO; The Ontario government will be announcing the launch of its new autism program today as well. What will it involve? Guest: Michael Coteau, Minister of Children and Youth Services. Andrea Horvath has released shocking internal government stats in regards to health care cuts. Should we be starting to invest more into healthcare? Guest: Andrea Horvath, leader of the provincial NDP.
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In this week's podcast, we look at the different ways youth in our community take action for social change. Many people are unfamiliar with the social justice work of Girl Scouts, but for more than a century, girls and young women have tackled social and environmental issues through their programming. We talk with Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails to learn more. And our GJ youth members report back on their experience attending the 18th annual Allied Media Conference where they learned about digital organizing, surveillance and many more of today’s most pressing social justice and media justice issues.
We kick off our 2015 Best of Generation Justice Series! We dedicate the show to amazing youth that organize to create change in our community. Youth-led action this year manifested itself in several ways - whether it was developing irrigation systems, walking-out of standardized tests, or testifying to legislators. To hear all about it, tune in at 7 p.m. on KUNM 89.9 FM or online at KUNM.org
Originially hailing from FBi as Arts & Culture Editorial Producer, Bridie Moran has her toes dipped in several creative rivers - she is the manager of the National Craft Initiative to boost craft appreciation in Australia, all the while coordinating projects for NSW New Voices Poetry Series and managing the bi-monthly Youth Action magazine called unleash, a format used to encourage youth to express their opinions and take positive action in their communities. Full playlist and show notes at http://fbiradio.com/program/out-of-the-box/2013-12-05/
Selene Biffi is founder of Youth Action for Change, an online initiative, for and by youths, whose main aim is to inspire and help young people empower themselves. Agree, disagree, like, don't like...? Feel free to leave a comment at http://mediasnackers.com/2007/02/mediasnackers-podcast69/
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