Podcasts about youth advisory board

In the first episode of the Leadership Insights I Wish I Had Known at the Start series, Julia speaks with Aramide Kayode, a 24-year-old educator and founder of a free school in Nigeria. Aramide shares the eight lessons she's learned about leading, starting with the power of believing in people before they believe in themselves. From listening fiercely and celebrating growth, to standing by your mission and helping others find themselves in their work, her insights are grounded, simple, and deeply human. She also speaks about leading in resource-limited settings, where love, safety, and dignity are often as essential as strategy. Her leadership is deeply shaped by the reality of her students' lives and her commitment to making a tangible difference. Listen to this episode to discover crucial insights on leadership - the kind that are rarely found in textbooks but often learned the hard way through lived experience. About the Guest: Aramide Kayode is an education advocate and social entrepreneur committed to transforming the lives of children in low-income communities. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Talent Mine Academy, a free school in Nigeria providing 12 years of high-quality education to underserved children. Aramide's mission is to empower young people as community leaders and changemakers, and her students have already impacted over 5,000 residents through social initiatives. A graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Education and Covenant University, Aramide currently serves as a Youth Representative at UNESCO and sits on the Youth Advisory Board at RIVET. Her work has been featured by Global Citizen, Malala Fund, Harvard Magazine, and more.

Our council conversations continue with Councilmembers Yolanda Trout-Manuel and Kate Baldwin! Councilmember Trout-Manuel, who served as acting deputy mayor for a portion of last year, began serving on the council in January 2014 and currently represents Auburn on the Sound Cities Association (SCA) Domestic Violence Initiative Regional Task Force, SCA Children and Youth Advisory Board, National League of Cities (NLC) Hispanic Elected Officials (HELO), and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). Councilmember Trout-Manuel also serves on the Auburn Prevention Coalition for the Auburn School District.  Councilmember Baldwin joined the City of Auburn in January 2022 and is in her first term. Councilmember Baldwin is a Senior Advisory Architect who consults on IT Service Management and ServiceNow software for major public and private organizations throughout the PNW and across the United States. She has worked for Milestone Technologies since 2012, going from one of the most junior consultants brought on staff, to becoming both the youngest and first female solution architect within the practice.   

Are you interested in how emerging leaders see the future of cities? What do you think about youth engagement for better urban futures? How can we utilise challenges as opportunities? Panel discussion with emerging leaders to share their vision for the future of cities. The panellists, Jarrett Lash, Mathilde Boulogne, Gabriel Monteiro and Yuv Sungkur talk about the fears and opportunities they see regarding the future of cities, community engagement, sustainability, youth involvement, and many more. So let's start with a proper introduction. Jarrett Lash is the Township Planner for Upper Merion Township, PA, where he leads long-term economic and community development, including managing private sector projects through the land development process. Upper Merion is home to the third-largest mall in the U.S. and the historic Valley Forge National Historical Park. Jarrett also served on the Montgomery County Homeless Task Force and the Youth Housing Coalition's Youth Advisory Board. Previously, he was a founding member of RSL Homes, focused on affordable housing development through modular construction. He holds a B.A. in International Politics from NYU, with global study experiences in Paris, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi. Mathilde Boulogne is a master's student in international relations at IRIS Sup, currently working as a Public Relations Officer at the Paris Peace Forum. She has a passion for youth engagement, children's rights, and education, actively participating in initiatives such as TheirWorld. Her international experience includes attending education summits and completing an exchange semester in Mexico, where she developed a strong interest in the Afro-descendant cause in Latin America. Mathilde is dedicated to amplifying the voices of French overseas youth and is eager to connect with like-minded individuals working toward these goals. Gabriel Monteiro is a dynamic professional with a legal background and two years of expertise in ESG. As an ESG Analyst, he helped 170 companies enhance their sustainability efforts, produced two GRI Reports, and exceeded stakeholder engagement goals by 146%. As a Consultant for Brazil's largest energy company, he assessed 35 international sustainability standards and produced a 40-page Due Diligence Report. Currently completing his Master's in International Law and Global Governance at the University of Leeds, Gabriel specializes in sustainable reporting frameworks, including EU Taxonomy and GRI, with a focus on their legal relevance. Yuv Sungkur is a passionate Mauritian youth climate advocate, focused on addressing climate change's impact on Small Island Developing States. Pursuing a master's degree in Global Environmental Governance, Yuv has spoken at major international summits, including the 16th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY16) in Glasgow and the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris. He is also the president and co-founder of Food Water Hygiene (FWH) Mauritius, a youth-led humanitarian NGO providing basic necessities to those in need. Yuv is committed to bridging the generational gap in climate action through youth engagement and advocacy. Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.177 - Interview with Amelia Gaskell about the young generation's role No.290 - Interview with Jennifer Borrero about youth hosing in the US What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shownotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

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This week, as a new school year gets under way, Dr. Greg talks with Griffin Nemeth, a student at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and coordinator for the #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board; a group of 10 high school advocates from across Kentucky, fostering a generation of changemakers dedicated to educating peers, community members and policymakers about the negative health outcomes of vaping and tobacco use. A key element of Nemeth's work is the comprehensive yearlong training program he helps coordinate for younger Kentuckians. Every summer, new members of the Youth Advisory Board gather at UK for an in-person training session, followed by bimonthly virtual meetings throughout the year. This training includes online modules, skill-building opportunities and sessions led by near peers who are part of #iCANendthetrend.

This week, we're turning the focus onto California's youth and mental health. We'll look at the conversations that young people are having, the care they are shaping, and at the work going on behind the scenes to ensure that mental health wellness is available for all. Starting with Never A Bother - that's the name of a campaign in California. It's part of the state's Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative and was created by the California Department of Public Health's Office of Suicide Prevention and more than 400 youth and young adults across California. The purpose of this campaign? To reach young people who are struggling and who need support when it comes to their mental health and well-being. To tell us more about Never A Bother, we hear from Dr. Sohil Sud, Director of the California Health and Human Services Agency's Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, and Angela Soto Cerros, a member of the Youth Advisory Board.  Then we hear from Joy Alafia, Executive Director of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, who is one of the many supporters of Assembly Bill 665, which goes into effect July 1st. The goal here is to make mental health care more inclusive for all youth, regardless of income, and ensure they receive the support they need.

Today Harry Campbell discusses his years-long work with young people. From his first introduction to biofeedback as a high school student, through his role in the Yonker's Project, into the future as as the Chair of his local Youth Advisory Board, Harry has always been concerned with bringing mind-body health to youth. In this episode, he talks about his current efforts with Grandpas United, who provide mentoring and support to local kids and teens.Learn more about the Yonker's Project from previous episodes with Harry and Mary Jo Sabo.Learn more about Grandpas United at their Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this podcast, join NRBS for our free webinars and continuing eduction series.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.#biofeedback #neurofeedback #nrbs

This conversation explores the importance of youth engagement and centering youth voices in the creating inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ students, in the context of sexual violence prevention. In 2023, the Youth Advisory Board at Atria Collective organized in response to parents bringing an anti-trans speaker to a local high school. Supported by staff and adults at Atria Collective, Claire, Theo and their peers organized a queer joy rally that made national news and had a lasting impact on their school climate. This podcast explores the planning, execution, and impact of the youth-led event, and highlights the power of youth voices and the ability to overcome adult fear. To download a transcript of this episode, visit preventconnect.org.Resources mentioned in this podcast:Atria CollectiveIdentifying Solutions to School-Based Prevention Programming Resistance: Key themes and takeaways from PreventConnect's Town HallHundreds Gather in Vergennes to Protest Anti-Trans SpeakerOutright VermontChapters00:00 Introduction and Background05:16 Centering Youth Voices and Youth Engagement13:14 Joining the Youth Advisory Board17:30 Anti-Trans Speaker at Virgens High School21:17 The Power of Demonstrations29:09 Organizing the Rally42:14 The Rally44:46 Planning and Preparation45:31 Event Execution46:50 Atmosphere and Experience48:10 Youth Power vs Adult Fear49:52 Lasting Impact on the Community52:18 Lasting Impact

The head of a state advisory board focused on quality of life for children, youth and families has resigned following an investigation by NHPR that revealed multiple accusations of child abuse against him. At least six people accuse Michael Adamkowski of physical assault and sexual misconduct. All of them are former campers at a wilderness therapy program in Colebrook where Adamkowski worked in the 1990s and 2000s. Senior Reporter Jason Moon with NHPR's Document team discusses his reporting and the state's response on this week's edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.

Join Poppy and Samuela (known as Sam) in conversation with host Laura-Jane Jones about serving on UNICEF UK's Youth Advisory Board, as well as the potential and power of championing young people's voices in sport and physical activity. Poppy is a 16-year-old from Fife, with a passion for young people's mental and physical health and education, as well as upholding the best interests of children. Samuela is 18 years old, with a focus on social issues from mental health to homelessness, and a drive to be the change she wants to see in the world. If you're a coach curious about what young people want and need from you in sport, this episode will help you #PlayTheirWay. Join the #PlayTheirWay movement ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about UNICEF UK's Youth Advisory Board here. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Simone is a senior at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC and has worked with the One Love Foundation since the summer of 2020. She has worked as a Teen Ambassador, Facilitator member, and intern, and will be serving as a Regional Board Youth member and Youth Advisory Board member this year. Her interest in relationship education started after she left an abusive friendship in 2018. Now she loves working to support others and is honored to return to the Youth Advisory Board for One Love! This episode talks about relationship violence and how it can show up in our intimate relationships not just with partners, but with our best friends .

In a national survey conducted by journalist Jennifer Wallace, a vast majority of parents responded that getting their child into a selective college was the “most important ingredient for later-life happiness.” In fact, more than 80% of parents believe that their parenting is judged by the metric of their children's academic success. This mindset is at the core of the toxic achievement culture which Wallace says we must combat. As one student she interviewed noted, “It's ironic that adults wonder why there's so much anxiety and depression in my generation, when they're the ones who have created this crazy environment for us.” We talk to Wallace about her new book “Never Enough” and how to offer families a different definition of what success can look like. Guests: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, author, "Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic -- and What We Can Do About It" Mahi Jariwala, senior, Monte Vista High School; member, KQED's Youth Advisory Board

The death of George Floyd in 2020 from the unlawful actions of a Minneapolis police officer sparked the largest protests in U.S. history – resulting in the erosion of community trust in law enforcement, particularly for youth. After connecting with distraught students who expressed confusion and fear at several organized protests in the summer of 2020, then Fremont Police Captain Sean Washington recognized that the youths' voices needed to be heard.  When he later became police chief in Fall 2021, he made it one of his priorities to listen – resulting in the establishment of the Chief's Youth Advisory Board, enabling a direct line of transparent communication between Fremont youth and the Fremont Police Department (FPD).   In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, sponsored by Lexipol, host Jim Dudley speaks with Chief Sean Washington about the work of the youth advisory board.  ABOUT OUR SPONSOR This episode of the Policing Matters Podcast is brought to you by Lexipol, the experts in policy, training, wellness support and grants assistance for first responders and government leaders. To learn more, visit lexipol.com. ABOUT OUR GUEST Police Chief Sean Washington joined the Fremont (California) Police Department in 1997 and worked several assignments gaining experience as a detective, field training officer, SWAT team member, arrest control instructor, driving instructor, and member of the School Resource Officer unit. Chief Washington was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2007, lieutenant in 2011, and captain in 2015 as commander of the Special Operations Division. He was appointed police chief on October 1, 2021. As police chief, he is responsible for all aspects of the Fremont Police Department, including emergency services provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Fremont Police Department has 319.5 full-time employees of which 199 are sworn positions. The Department is a full-service law enforcement agency and also provides some services by contract to other agencies. Chief Washington remains actively involved in Special Olympics Northern California and other community-based events, such as hosting Shop With a Cop and mentoring local children. Previously, he also led one of the nation's first Electric Patrol Vehicle Pilot Programs in 2019 when the Fremont Police Department deployed its first fully electric-powered vehicle, a Tesla Model S 85, as part of its patrol fleet. Chief Washington earned a Bachelor's degree (Criminal Justice) from California State University, Hayward in 1997 and a Master's degree (Administration of Justice) from San Jose State University in 2007. In 2015, Chief Washington graduated from the Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Command College, Class #57. CONNECT WITH THE FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT & CHIEF SEAN WASHINGTON https://www.fremontpolice.gov/home About the Chief's Youth Advisory Board Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn The Leadership Beat: Fremont Police Chief Sean Washington details how his agency seeks to serve by hearing the perspectives of both their personnel and their community

Content Warning: This episode discusses sensitive subjects, including abuse and child sexual exploitation. Please exercise discretion while listening.Episode Description: This episode will give caregivers a new understanding of what youth in care who've experienced abuse and/or commercial sexual exploitation go through and how to support them. Guests on the show:Brandy: Former foster youth, survivor of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in foster care, member of the Youth Advisory Board at the Reproductive Health Equity Project Nola Brantley: Survivor of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, mother, MISSSEY's Executive Director from the organization's inception until 2014, founder of Nola Brantley Speaks, advocate for survivors of CSECResources:HOW TO TALK TO YOUTH ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A Guide for Youth Caretakers and Individuals Working with YouthTrauma-informed conversation guideCalls To Action: (45:30)Talk to youth in care about CSEC early on (45:30)Join youth where they're at (45:45)Help youth in care receive the resources they need (46:17)About Fostering Parenthood: Fostering Parenthood is a podcast by caregivers for caregivers promoting the healthy sexual development of foster youth, brought to you by the National Center for Youth Law and the Reproductive Health Equity Project. The laws and policies discussed in our show are specific to LA County and California. However, any out-of-state or international listeners should check the regulations specific to their state or country. Watch our episodes at https://rhep.info/fosteringparenthood-watch! Learn more about Fostering Parenthood at www.fosteringparenthood.buzzsprout.com. Email us with questions, comments, and feedback at email@fosterreprohealth.org. Fostering Parenthood is fully supported by grant number 1 TP2AH000066-01-00 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Population Affairs.

According to a Deloitte Report from last year, “The UK has one of the poorest rates of social mobility in the developed world. This means that people born into low-income families, regardless of their talent, or their hard work, do not have the same access to opportunities as those born into more privileged circumstances”. Charities like The National Tutoring Programme, the National Access programme, the Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, Career Ready, UpReach are working hard to support young people in difficult circumstances. However, we are unlikely to see any transformational change without political will, finances, a joined up approach between the government, private sector and charities. And of course a mindset change.A couple of weeks back I had two members of the Career Ready Youth Advisory Board on my podcast. For those who don't know Career Ready, it is the national social mobility charity founded in 2002 to boost social mobility by empowering young people and giving their talents a platform to flourish. Career Ready now has a network of 1000 employer supporters, 3500 volunteers and have have so far reached over 200000 young people including supporting 30000 young people on its high impact Career Ready post-16 programme. Both my guests Victoria Ayodeji and Marley Ahmed are highly self motivated, are on the path to great career journeys and deeply committed to giving back. And they are involved with various initiatives which support them in this ambition. Essentially these Gen Z social mobility advocates and role models, believing in walking the talk. In this free wheeling conversation, we spoke about their early years, educational attainment,

Episode Description: Today we'll hear from a former foster youth on how learning about her Indigenous roots could have helped her during her pregnancy. Tune in for a compelling and insightful discussion on empowering Indigenous youth in foster care through cultural connection.Guests on the show:Tamar: Former foster youth, mom, member of the Youth Advisory Board at the Reproductive Health Equity Project Resources:Ready to SucceedEmma Bowen Foundation Aises.orgCalls To Action: (22:07)Advocate for Indigenous youth in the medical system (22:35)Help indigenous locate their ancestry and understand their background (23:28)Connect them with their community (24:07)About Fostering Parenthood: Fostering Parenthood is a podcast by caregivers for caregivers promoting the healthy sexual development of foster youth, brought to you by the National Center for Youth Law and the Reproductive Health Equity Project. The laws and policies discussed in our show are specific to LA County and California. However, any out-of-state or international listeners should check the regulations specific to their state or country. Watch our episodes at https://rhep.info/fosteringparenthood-watch! Learn more about Fostering Parenthood at www.fosteringparenthood.buzzsprout.com. Email us with questions, comments, and feedback at email@fosterreprohealth.org. Fostering Parenthood is fully supported by grant number 1 TP2AH000066-01-00 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Population Affairs.

In this episode, Lynn Tonini interviews Meredith Yuckman, Executive Director of The Hope Center at Pullen in Raleigh, NC. Meredith shared about their life skills program for youth ages 13-18 and their transition program for youth ages 18-24. They also have a Youth Advisory Board made up of youth currently in (or graduated from) their transition program that provides feedback and recommendations about the services that they offer youth. For example, the Youth Advisory Board was the catalyst for the development of a new staff doula program to provide better support for young mothers during the childbirth process.

William Hornby is at the forefront of raising awareness for men with eating disorders with his advocacy on social media. He speaks publicly on advocacy, mental health, and eating disorder recovery. He travels around the world both in person and virtually giving workshops and presentations on “The Power of Becoming the Advocate You Needed”. He is the recipient of the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award for 2021. He is a member of the Eating Disorder Coalition's Youth Advisory Board and the National Alliance for Eating Disorders' Collaborative. He has also worked with the National Eating Disorder Association and Project HEAL. He graduated from Temple University in 2022 with a BBA in Business Management and BFA in Musical Theater. He is also a singer-songwriter with music about recovery and mental health, including "Clay", touted as a body neutral anthem. He is an exceptional pumpkin carver and theater performer as well. We talk about boundaries for content creators, bigorexia, eating disorders in men. Find him on IG @williamhornby 

IDFY (Idaho Drug Free Youth) the organization that leads the popular Youth Summer Camp in Northern Idaho Every summer is so much more than just an organization that runs one event each year. This amazing organization also runs student led programing in schools and cities all across the state of Idaho. One of our members Idaho Drug Free Youth (IDFY) will be running a youth led workshop and panel on how you can integrate different strategies into your program to better reach youth. In this Episode David talks to the Executive Director Grace Wilkowski and Youth Ambassadors Jamie Shattuck and Taylor Gregg. Some of the things they will cover are: We all know the phrase "nothing about me, without me" but do we really know what that looks like done properly? Working with a Youth Advisory Board. Planning events that teens want to be at, and so much more!!!!! Check out this episode and if you have not registered for the Fall Prevention Conference what are you waiting for???? The conference is being held in Moscow Idaho on October 3rd and 4th. Registration Closes SEPTEMBER 9th - to register please click the Link below. https://form.jotform.com/222146140337143 A guest room block and special rates are being held at the Best Western Plus University Inn. Prior to September 13th, please call 208-882-0550 and mention the Community Coalitions of Idaho Meeting. For information on the hotel, please visit Best Western Plus University Inn For visitor's information, please visit https://visitmoscowid.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What's an out-code? And how do I teach my kid about consent? It's all here in our very first episode of Fostering Parenthood. We meet with former foster youth Tamar and caregiver Dayna Freier, who give their take on explaining consent and bodily autonomy to your foster youth. When people think of “consent” they may think of teenagers learning of sexual consent, but it starts way early than that. In this episode, we discuss how to apply consent and bodily autonomy principles with foster youth. Our guest Dayna Freier provides tips and tools on what she does with her kiddos to help them understand consent and bodily autonomy.Guests on the show:Tamar: Former foster youth, mom, member of the Youth Advisory Board at the Reproductive Health Equity Project Dayna Freier: Caregiver and mom, Director of Operations at Fostering UnityResources:Planned Parenthood FRIES (24:30)Calls To Action: (24:15)What is consent? Here is an acronym to live by: (24:30)Give your kid an out-code: (26:08)Use this car analogy to teach your foster youth about consent: (30:43)About Fostering Parenthood:Fostering Parenthood is a podcast by caregivers for caregivers promoting the healthy sexual development of foster youth, brought to you by the National Center for Youth Law and the Reproductive Health Equity Project. The laws and policies discussed in our show are specific to LA County and California. However, any out-of-state or international listeners should check the regulations specific to their state or country. Watch our episodes at https://rhep.info/fosteringparenthood-watch!Learn more about Fostering Parenthood at www.fosteringparenthood.buzzsprout.com.Email us with questions, comments, and feedback at email@fosterreprohealth.org.Fostering Parenthood is fully supported by grant number 1 TP2AH000066-01-00 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Population Affairs.

Hafsa Farah's interview on her experience graduating from the Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). As well as Hafsa's experience of working in the YWWLI program as student intern and being member of Beautywell's Youth Advisory Board. Hafsa Farah is an alumni of the Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative (YWWLI). She is currently student intern for the Young Women's Wellness and Leadership Initiative and member of the Young Advisory Board for Beautywell. 

City of Wanneroo mayoral candidates on youth centre drop-in hrs and a youth advisory board (14.08.2022)

In this second episode of Season 3 of Couched in Color, Host Dr. Alfiee interviews two members of Lady Gaga's team from her Born This Way Foundation (based on her “freedom song” of the same name). Born This Way was created in 2012 to support the wellness of young people and empower them to build a kinder, braver world. The Executive Director, Maya Smith, and Communications and Creative Manager, Shadille Estepan, join us today to share powerful insights on mental health awareness for youth, and offerings that reduce the stigma and help them voice their concerns and stay connected for greater well-being. Topics Include: -COURAGE TO BE OPEN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH -SAFE SPACES -WHAT DO THE WORDS “BORN THIS WAY” MEAN TO YOU -EMPOWERMENT -INITIATIVES OF BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION -CHALLENGES THAT GEN Z & MILLENNIALS FACE   ABOUT MAYA ENISTA SMITH: Executive Director/Born This Way Foundation Maya is the first Executive Director of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, which leverages evidence-based programming and authentic partnerships in order to work with young people to build kinder communities and improve mental health resources. In this position, Maya engages a diverse array of partners across sectors to conduct innovative research, builds authentic youth-focused programming, and leads effective campaigns that foster kindness and advance the conversation around mental health. With nearly twenty years of experience in the youth empowerment, civic engagement, and community development fields, Maya previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Mobilize.org and began her career as East Coast Coordinator for Rock The Vote. In addition to her work with the Foundation, Maya is a proud member of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Class of 2022 and serves on the Bullying Prevention Advisory Committee (BPAC) for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). Maya grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Rutgers University. She currently resides outside of San Francisco with her husband, David, their two children, and their dog Kai. Here is Maya's impactful interview with Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, President/Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kiCX... Follow Maya: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/menista INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mayabtwf LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-enis...   ABOUT SHADILLE ESTEPAN: Communications and Creative Manager/Born This Way Foundation Shadille Estepan is Communications and Creative Manager for Born This Way Foundation. In this capacity, Shadille supports the Foundation's external communications efforts – including video production – as well as the organization's programming. Shadille has been part of Born This Way Foundation since 2012 when she served as part of the inaugural Youth Advisory Board. Shadille, originally from Miami, is a graduate of the University of Florida. Follow Shadille: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shadille INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shadille LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadille/   LADY GAGA's “BORN THIS WAY” Foundation: https://bornthisway.foundation   Be There Certificate: https://betherecertificate.org   Channel Kindness: https://www.channelkindness.org Follow Dr. Alfiee: Website:  https://dralfiee.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralfiee Twitter: https://twitter.com/dralfiee Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralfiee/ Find out more about the AAKOMA Project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTKmYKi24I Season 3 Produced By: https://socialchameleon.us Couched in Color Website: https://dralfiee.com/podcast Music Produced by: Mark “King” Batson (Superproducer of your favorite artists and Grammy award-winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

In this second episode of Season 3 of Couched in Color, Host Dr. Alfiee interviews two members of Lady Gaga's team from her Born This Way Foundation (based on her “freedom song” of the same name). Born This Way was created in 2012 to support the wellness of young people and empower them to build a kinder, braver world. The Executive Director, Maya Smith, and Communications and Creative Manager, Shadille Estepan, join us today to share powerful insights on mental health awareness for youth, and offerings that reduce the stigma and help them voice their concerns and stay connected for greater well-being. Topics Include: -COURAGE TO BE OPEN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH -SAFE SPACES -WHAT DO THE WORDS “BORN THIS WAY” MEAN TO YOU -EMPOWERMENT -INITIATIVES OF BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION -CHALLENGES THAT GEN Z & MILLENNIALS FACE   ABOUT MAYA ENISTA SMITH: Executive Director/Born This Way Foundation Maya is the first Executive Director of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, which leverages evidence-based programming and authentic partnerships in order to work with young people to build kinder communities and improve mental health resources. In this position, Maya engages a diverse array of partners across sectors to conduct innovative research, builds authentic youth-focused programming, and leads effective campaigns that foster kindness and advance the conversation around mental health. With nearly twenty years of experience in the youth empowerment, civic engagement, and community development fields, Maya previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Mobilize.org and began her career as East Coast Coordinator for Rock The Vote. In addition to her work with the Foundation, Maya is a proud member of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Class of 2022 and serves on the Bullying Prevention Advisory Committee (BPAC) for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). Maya grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Rutgers University. She currently resides outside of San Francisco with her husband, David, their two children, and their dog Kai. Here is Maya's impactful interview with Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, President/Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kiCX... Follow Maya: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/menista INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mayabtwf LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-enis...   ABOUT SHADILLE ESTEPAN: Communications and Creative Manager/Born This Way Foundation Shadille Estepan is Communications and Creative Manager for Born This Way Foundation. In this capacity, Shadille supports the Foundation's external communications efforts – including video production – as well as the organization's programming. Shadille has been part of Born This Way Foundation since 2012 when she served as part of the inaugural Youth Advisory Board. Shadille, originally from Miami, is a graduate of the University of Florida. Follow Shadille: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shadille INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shadille LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadille/   LADY GAGA's “BORN THIS WAY” Foundation: https://bornthisway.foundation   Be There Certificate: https://betherecertificate.org   Channel Kindness: https://www.channelkindness.org Follow Dr. Alfiee: Website:  https://dralfiee.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralfiee Twitter: https://twitter.com/dralfiee Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralfiee/ Find out more about the AAKOMA Project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTKmYKi24I Season 3 Produced By: https://socialchameleon.us Couched in Color Website: https://dralfiee.com/podcast Music Produced by: Mark “King” Batson (Superproducer of your favorite artists and Grammy award-winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

“Best of Insight”: Sacramento County's initiative to place mental health clinicians in every school to create “Centers of Wellness.” The Youth Advisory Board discusses what's missing on campuses. Muralist Jermaine Tilson. Centers for wellness

Deborah Levine is the Director of LGBT YouthLink at CenterLink, which supports, strengthens, and connects LGBT centers. Chad talks with Deborah about working on something new called imi: a free digital research-backed mental health tool intended to support and help LGBTQ+ teens explore and affirm their identity and learn practical ways to cope with their sexual and gender minority stress, founding Q Chat Space, a digital LGBTQ+ center where teens join live-chat, professionally facilitated, online support groups, and how over the time that she's been doing work in LGBTQ+ spaces products and online interaction have changed and evolved. CenterLink (https://www.lgbtcenters.org/) Follow CenterLink on Twitter (https://twitter.com/CenterLink), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CenterLink), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lgbtcenterlink/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvnzC7fGKBYKj9p4YlMGNw), or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/2129279/). LGBT YouthLink (https://www.lgbtcenters.org/Programs/YouthLink) Q Chat Space (https://www.qchatspace.org/) HopeLab (https://hopelab.org/) Follow Deborah on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-s-levine/). Follow thoughtbot on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of Giant Robots! Transcript: CHAD: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots Podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Chad Pytel, and with me, today is Deborah Levine, Director of LGBT YouthLink at CenterLink, which supports, strengthens, and connects LGBT centers. Deborah, thank you so much for joining me. DEBORAH: Thanks, Chad. I appreciate you inviting me. CHAD: So I was first introduced to you and to CenterLink through the Q Chat Space product. And that's still going, right? DEBORAH: Yeah. CHAD: But you're working on something new called imi. DEBORAH: Mm-hmm. We actually just launched imi on June 1st. CHAD: Congratulations on the launch. DEBORAH: Thank you. Yes, it went pretty smoothly. [laughs] CHAD: That's good. So, what is imi? DEBORAH: So imi is a free digital research-backed mental health tool. It was developed by Hopelab in partnership with CenterLink, and the It Gets Better Project, as well as hundreds of LGBTQ+ young people across the U.S. It's a little hard to describe, to be perfectly honest. It really is intended to support and help LGBTQ+ teens explore and affirm their identity and learn practical ways to cope with their sexual and gender minority stress. And we really hope that the tool is helpful, relevant, inclusive, and joyful. It is a web app, but it operates...it's not a lot of reading. It's listening, and doing, and thinking, and really giving youth an opportunity to explore and consider ways that they might help support themselves. CHAD: That's great. And I suppose it's even a compliment to your prior work at CenterLink and with Q Chat Space, which is an online support community. DEBORAH: Yes. CHAD: People can use both. DEBORAH: Exactly. We actually engaged in a partnership with Hopelab because we recognize that though youths were really excited about and engaged in the support groups that Q Chat Space provides, those are synchronous, and they happen once or twice a day. They last for an hour and a half, but that's all there is. So if you come to the website when a chat isn't happening, then there's not much to do. And we wanted to be able to provide youth with something else, and imi really fills that gap. CHAD: So when it comes to the product itself, how long was it in development for? DEBORAH: Great question. Of course, there was the pandemic, so there were some delays related to that. But it was about two and a half years from when Hopelab first approached CenterLink until the actual launch date. CHAD: That's a fairly significant amount of time. DEBORAH: It is for when you're working, I think if we were only tech firms, but both Hopelab and CenterLink are nonprofits. And the process included a lot of steps. So we actually had a prototype pretty early. But because we wanted to make sure that we did put something out into the world that actually had the impact we were seeking, we did a randomized controlled trial. We had 270 youth, half of them using a similar-looking website with just resources and the other half using imi. And we did that randomized controlled trial as well as a test of marketing. Those were both pieces that extended our timeline. And then ultimately, we also wanted to launch during Pride Month, so we timed it for that. CHAD: This idea of a randomized control trial is pretty incredible to me. A lot of product people wouldn't necessarily do that; maybe certain companies do. Why do you think you went in that direction? DEBORAH: So our goal is not to make money. And ultimately, if that was the goal, then we put something out, we see if people are using it and using it at the rate and the ways...I'm a social worker, so my business lingo is going to be limited. [chuckles] But that's the way to test it. And if youths use it but don't have any impact or potentially even harms them, which is not the case usually; it's just neutral, but if it doesn't have any impact, it's not worth our time. And so, a randomized controlled trial really allows us to see whether or not it's working and then to make changes if it's not. We're testing not only whether it works in terms of the impact but also whether or not youths were interested and wanted to use it. And those are important elements for us before we're going to go out with something. CHAD: That's great. That's what I was thinking you [chuckles] would probably say. In your work, correct me if I'm wrong, but your main demographic that you work with is youth. DEBORAH: Yes. CHAD: You alluded to this earlier, but how do you make sure that you're building products and things that they want to use? DEBORAH: For sure. So it's really about involving them in the process. Going back in time to Q Chat Space, the idea for Q Chat Space actually came from focus groups we did with youth. It wasn't an adult who thought this is a good thing to do for youth. We really went to them to see what it was about and then kept youth involved in the process. We had youth involved in the design process. We had youth involved in the conceptualization and design and continue to this day to have a Youth Advisory Board who participate in Q Chat Space chat and give us feedback. And when we want to change something, we look to them. And similarly, with imi but we have even more resources. We have, over time, including the randomized controlled trial, involved over 600 youth in the production and creation of imi. And really, the process was so deeply embedded with the youth that we used the language of co-creation and really make sure that youth are saying exactly what it is that they want and need and that they'll be willing to do. So we did qualitative research in 2019 with over 350 youth initially all across the United States, all the way to Anchorage, Alaska, and to Birmingham, Alabama, and a bunch of places in between. And of those interviewed, 61% identified as racial and ethnic minorities. We really did want to make sure that this reached those youth as well as trans and non-binary and gender-nonconforming youth. So we always oversampled or over-included those youth. And we also engaged with organizations that serve youth and know youth in a daily way, a lot of LGBT centers, and other organizations as well. And really, again, focused on organizations that are made by and are focused on QTBIPOC or queer and trans youth of color. CHAD: Over the time that you've been doing this work, has expectations around online interaction, what products are, how youth will use them, has that changed? Has it been evolving? DEBORAH: It certainly has been evolving. I mean, I think it's an interesting question. I'm not sure of the timeframe that you're asking. In terms of the work that I've done, I started doing digital health education in 2007. And I remember very well because the person who interviewed me and became my boss said, "You don't have to even know anything about technology. Don't worry; we'll figure that out." CHAD: [laughs] DEBORAH: They didn't expect, and to be honest, I say to people all the time that if somebody came to me now with a resume that I had in 2007 for one of the jobs that I did then, I would not have hired them. Things have changed dramatically. I mean, that's obviously 15 years we're talking about. Things have changed so very dramatically in the last 15 years. But even I would say thinking about Q Chat Space, because Q Chat Space launched as a pilot in 2018 and then launched nationally in the summer of 2019, and then the pandemic hit 7-8 months later. And the concept of a digital support group we had to explain that to people at Q Chat Space. And now, post-pandemic, we don't have to explain that anymore. And if anything, we have to differentiate ourselves in ways that we never had to. The irony of Q Chat Space, in particular, is that it was started both because youth identified the need but also our member centers, the LGBT centers, often had inquiries from youth who couldn't access them in person, and many of them started satellite programs, but still, you know, a 13-year-old you could live next door and not be able to get. There are other barriers besides location and distance. And so, at that point, centers really wanted to do something digitally, but they couldn't because they didn't have the resources. They didn't know how to do it, or they were concerned that it would start and then youth from all over the place would be contacting them. But in a matter of weeks, maybe months, once the pandemic set in and the kids were...just like school figured out how to do things, the LGBT centers did as well. And so now Q Chat Space is one of many virtual programs with many different mechanisms. But I think it's really shifted, and youth are more open to it. Not that they weren't before, they definitely were, but they know more. There are less questions about what's this? What's going on here? I think there's a broader definition of what a virtual experience can look like because youth have been participating in synchronous and asynchronous and in text-only and video, and it's just there are so many ways. In terms of imi in the last couple of years, all over the pandemic, but imi itself, I think, actually, the landscape for imi hasn't changed. But interestingly enough, Hopelab actually came to us with another product that they had already developed and they were hoping to use as the backend, which was a chatbot. They had created something called Vivibot, and it was helping young cancer survivors build resilience. And we know that resilience is an important quality for any person, but particularly: youth, it's important to develop it. And when someone's young, it's easier, not that it's easy. [laughter] And they thought that they would be able to use that technology, but ultimately the testing with young people really revealed that they didn't want a chatbot. If you check out imi, which is imi. guide, you can see that there are actually several chat experiences within that are the last remnants of that initial chatbot that we started with. But youth weren't interested in a chatbot, and I think that's one thing that's changed is that they have much higher expectations for automated communication. I formerly worked at Planned Parenthood. They have a great product called Roo, that's a chatbot. We talked about it before I left there. I wasn't there when it was started. But there are high expectations for what a chatbot can do. And I think there's also just an understanding, oh, this is a bot, and that's okay. Versus a few years ago, maybe people wanted to pretend that it was a real person. And now it's like, no, it's fine that's it's a bot. I understand, and it's okay that this kind of conversation can happen with a chatbot. So there are a few things that I think have changed, but I'm also not a trend person. [laughter] CHAD: No, that's okay. That's great. So when it comes to...we talked a little bit about the timeline and the process you went through to arrive and launch imi. With multiple parties all bringing things to the table, how do you tend to manage the products that you work on? DEBORAH: Sure. So Hopelab, really, I give almost all credit to Hopelab. I mean, I was really pleased to partner with them. And I definitely feel that CenterLink and It Gets Better bring a lot to the table. But ultimately, Hopelab did something I haven't seen happen very often, which is really helping nonprofits work together in a collaborative manner. It's a struggle. I think nonprofits are competing for funds and donors. And it's a little bit more difficult to collaborate. But Hopelab really led this process and took us all through it and made sure to really put youth at the center, which I think is the force that we all have to remember when we do have conflicts between nonprofits is that we're all in the same missions, and missions that match each other in terms of helping the community. Mid-Roll Ad: I wanted to tell you all about something I've been working on quietly for the past year or so, and that's AgencyU. AgencyU is a membership-based program where I work one-on-one with a small group of agency founders and leaders toward their business goals. We do one-on-one coaching sessions and also monthly group meetings. We start with goal setting, advice, and problem-solving based on my experiences over the last 18 years of running thoughtbot. As we progress as a group, we all get to know each other more. And many of the AgencyU members are now working on client projects together and even referring work to each other. Whether you're struggling to grow an agency, taking it to the next level and having growing pains, or a solo founder who just needs someone to talk to, in my 18 years of leading and growing thoughtbot, I've seen and learned from a lot of different situations, and I'd be happy to work with you. Learn more and sign up today at thoughtbot.com/agencyu. That's A-G-E-N-C-Y, the letter U. CHAD: Do you have people...when it comes to a project like this, are you hiring people? Is it a full-time team working on it? How does it tend to usually shape up? DEBORAH: No. [laughs] It doesn't shape up like that. At this point with imi, Hopelab really focused on what our current capacity was. They're continuing to support us in a lot of ways. And they do have a full team. But the product that they're handing over to me, me as a non-techie social worker, I can manage it. It's on Squarespace. There are a lot of integrations, but they have made sure that those are things that I can really manage. I mean, I'm not a non-techie, really. I'm underestimating myself. I'm under-selling myself. But ultimately, I am going to manage that with...I have a staff person who works full-time on Q Chat Space, not a technical person. They're really there to support facilitators and the youth as an administrator and manager, and that person will help me with promotion. But otherwise, imi is a tool that is out there and doesn't...I mean, we'll update it and make changes. But ultimately, it's not a team once it's launched. But the development, yes, it was about 14 people more or less throughout the last two years. CHAD: I think that that's great and really important. Software isn't cheap. It's not easy. And if you're put in a position where you're putting...I don't know the right word; burden comes to mind. Like, the burden of future work and maintenance and investment in an organization that maybe isn't set up to do that that could be a problem. DEBORAH: Right. Now talk to me in six months or a year, and I'll know more. [laughter] But that said, even with Q Chat Space, I, with hundreds of people, including folks at thoughtbot and other places, volunteers, and donors, and supporters, really made Q Chat Space a reality, but I was the lead on it. And again, I used, you know, off-the-shelf products, basically. And I have a developer for the website. But besides that developer, who is a part-time person, we manage. We figure things out ourselves. We get help from volunteers. We bring in a consultant here and there. But we try to keep the technology slim, trim, easy, user-friendly, whatever language we want to use. So that really serves the purpose of the youth. We don't need to be using anything fancy per se. CHAD: I could be misremembering, but I think when we were first talking, one of the first conversations we had this came up with Q Chat Space. Because if you look at what it does and the problem set, and particularly the market, I think there could be a tendency for someone looking at that especially, I'm a programmer, and so I want to solve problems by programming things. You could say, "We should really build something specific for this. DEBORAH: [laughs] CHAD: It's not that difficult. It's just a chat thing. There are lots of these things out there." And I'm right in terms of the actual core functionality. You could bang that out in a little while. But doing that would create a burden then to you have a custom piece of software that you need to constantly evolve, maintain, and those kinds of things. And so I think this was a discussion we had about what was out there in the ecosystem, what open source or other things you could pull together so that we weren't creating that burden. DEBORAH: Exactly. And interestingly, my developer has said to me many times, "I could just build something for you." [laughter] And I say, "No, like, I don't need that." And ultimately, we did end up going with an open-sourced product; it's Rocket.Chat. We picked Rocket.Chat. This was in 2017, I think. We looked at 30 different products. And there were that many products on the market already, and today, I think there'll be even more. But ultimately, we just took Rocket.Chat because it's highly customizable. For those of you who aren't familiar with Rocket.Chat, it's like Discord. It's actually the same code, from what I understand. It's sort of like Slack. But in the end, we were able to...because there's a lot of like, turn this on, turn this off, turn this on, turn this off, just a lot of different features, we were able to just make it into what we needed. We're using it in a way that very few people are using Rocket.Chat because we opened up a channel just for that hour and a half, and then it's gone. It's not an ongoing conversation. But Rocket.Chat has been a great supporter. They give us a fabulous nonprofit rate and really appreciate the unusual use case that we have for their product. CHAD: Yeah, that's great. I think one of the things that hopefully motivates a lot of people is having a positive impact on the world. This is Pride Month. You alluded to it already. And I think it's important that we celebrate Pride. I think you have a great organization that I hope people will get involved in and pay attention to even outside of Pride Month. How has it been for you? And sometimes, it's hard for me to judge are things better or worse in terms of really supporting LGBTQ+ youth today? DEBORAH: Both. [laughs] It's better, it's worse. There's no question to how far are we going to go back? But there's so much more media representation, and more schools have GSAs, and more people know someone who's LGBTQ. And I think it's different for lesbian, gay, and bisexual folks than it is for trans and non-binary and gender non-conforming folks. There's more acceptance of sexual orientation differences than there are gender differences. But I think culturally, that's changing, and as a result, there is currently quite a large...the word coming to me is flashback, but that's not the right word. Backlash, push back, exactly. And we are seeing alarming numbers of legislative efforts to particularly limit what transgender and gender nonconforming and non-binary youth can do and what their parents can do. And that is very alarming and certainly highly regressive. But I do think that it comes out of the fact that we have moved forward in so many ways. So for any young person who's listening or any of you who are listening, you can say this to the young people in your lives like, "You deserve to be yourself. You deserve to be able to be yourself and open. And you deserve a good and strong and mentally healthy life." And that message is really what imi certainly gives, a joyful life. It is about pride. We are proud to be LGBTQ. There's nothing to be ashamed of. And yet there are many forces in our culture and government who do make young people and adults feel shameful about it. So that's really what we're trying to counter. CHAD: And that's one of the great things I think about when it comes to online tools is because you could be in an environment where you're not supported, where you don't see that support or people like you, or it could be very isolating. And the ability to reach beyond your family boundaries and geographic boundaries and connect with people who can support you is really great. DEBORAH: It is. And to know ultimately, the tools are really designed to acknowledge that some young people have to keep it a secret or private. They're not ready to come out. Both websites have a quick exit, so a young person can click on that and go right to Google. imi also times out after 10 minutes. And it's an interesting thing because the folks who are regressive, going back to our last bit, those folks jump on that and say, "Look, they're keeping it a secret from their parents." And we're like, well, if the parents are going to be abusive, then yes, we're going to keep it a secret from their parents. But if the parents want to figure out how to be affirming, we are with them. We want to help them be affirming. So it really does allow youth...both tools really reach youth who may feel as if they have no one around them. And imi, in particular, provides community in a way youth don't even have to talk to anybody else. But they're going to hear the voices and see the faces of other young people dealing with similar things. imi is rich with those stories as well as other activities. And then on Q Chat Space, they can connect to a real other teenager who's dealing with similar things but maybe in a different state or a different country even. CHAD: I guess that's another...I think the conversation I was having was very U.S.-centric, too. And you think things are bad here; they're even worse in a lot of other places in terms of LGBTQ rights and support. DEBORAH: They are. CHAD: And I guess that's another benefit of online. It really crosses those boundaries too. DEBORAH: It does. And we have enabled that on Q Chat Space and imi. Both are accessible from anywhere in the world. We have heard from youths in 149 other countries, I believe [laughs] on Q Chat Space. CHAD: Wow. DEBORAH: And we just launched imi, so we don't have that data yet, but it is available. Unfortunately, right now, imi is only in English. Q Chat Space, we do have a weekly chat in Spanish. So we welcome any youth who prefer to chat in Spanish on Monday nights. But imi from now is just in English. But other than that, I mean, the reality of colonization is that a lot of youth speak English, even if it was not their first language. So we have had chatters from Korea, Vietnam, Australia, UK, and everywhere in between. CHAD: That's great. If folks want to get involved, where are the best places for them to do that? DEBORAH: Sure. So anybody who feels like they can help in any way, whether it's tech help, or with financial support, they can connect with us through the websites. And we will happily figure out ways to get engaged. In terms of your more traditional volunteer situation, I recommend folks go to the LGBT Center Directory that we have on CenterLink's website; CenterLink's website is lgbtcenters.org, and find your local LGBT center. They have many opportunities for volunteers as well as support and tech help. If you check out their website and you think it doesn't look so great, [laughter] offer help with their website. So there are a lot of ways to get involved in the LGBTQ community between these two products, as well as just the LGBT centers that the two products are really meant to serve. I didn't really mention that, but we have 300+ LGBT centers that are part of the CenterLink network that we work to support, strengthen, and connect. And imi really is a product that none of them would be able to develop on their own. And this way, they're all able to use it as if it was their own. That's one of the beauties that, of course, the greatest impact is for youth. But for our centers to be able to have that kind of resource available to them, we owe a huge thanks to Hopelab for doing that for CenterLink and all of our members. CHAD: We're going to include links in the show notes for all of the things that you just mentioned. DEBORAH: Awesome. CHAD: I really encourage people to if you want to reach out with your time and get involved, that's great. You can also, as Deborah said, go there and donate. If you can't donate your time, but you can donate some money, that'd be great. Deborah, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing with us. I really appreciate it, and I appreciate all the work you do. DEBORAH: Absolutely. It was a pleasure. Thanks so much. CHAD: You can subscribe to the show and find notes along with a complete transcript for this episode at giantrobots.fm. If you have questions or comments, email us at hosts@giantrobots.fm. And you can find me on Twitter at @cpytel. This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot and produced and edited by Mandy Moore. Thanks so much for listening, and see you next time. ANNOUNCER: This podcast was brought to you by thoughtbot. thoughtbot is your expert design and development partner. Let's make your product and team a success. Special Guest: Deborah Levine.

Catherine Baz shares experiences of trauma and recovery and discusses the value of trauma-informed care with hosts Adrienne Kasmally and Nate Batiste. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp. Trigger Warning: trauma, suicide, hospitalization, domestic violence, abuse. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More Project Amp: youth-driven substance use prevention and early intervention – more info, additional resources Follow the Youth Advisory Board on Instagram Trauma-Informed Care at C4 Innovations Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention at C4 Innovations Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery Supports at C4 Innovations Access a transcript of Trauma-Informed Healing and Recovery: A Youth's Experiences

Matt Diep, PsypherLA.org, and members of his Youth Advisory Board speak with host Janeane Bernstein about mental health, resilience, the impact of PsypherLA, and what we can learn from the mental health pandemic

How can we tackle the issue of underrepresentation in education? That is what James is trying to do through his activism. Listen to this episode to hear the inspiring journey of James, the co-founder of Ladder Project CIC, to teach students from lower socioeconomic and BAME communities the skills that they need to progress through academia and the world of work. Who is James? James Frater FRSA is an award winning Caribbean medical student, studying at Imperial College London. He is someone I keep running into - a fellow Diana Award recipient and we also work alongside each other on the Youth Advisory Board at the EY Foundation. James is als co-founded The Ladder Project CIC to help holistically develop students and prepare them for life after school. You can find James on: Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-frater/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/00frater_/ Blog: https://www.jamesfrater.com/ The Ladder Project CIC: Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ladder-project-cic/ Website: https://www.theladderproject.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTphHKFgPTt/ Suggest guest and send question by becoming part of the ZNotes Discord community at https://discord.gg/znotes Connect with ZNotes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/znotesrevision Twitter - https://twitter.com/znotesrevision Connect with Zubair Junjunia on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zjunjunia/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/zjunjunia LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zjunjunia/ #ZNotes #Podcast #TheTomatoTimer

Isabel Kai Fisher discusses the impact of the media's portrayal of substance use on young audiences and ways creativity can support recovery with hosts Adrienne Kasmally and Nate Batiste. This episode is sponsored by Project Amp. Visit c4innovates.com, subscribe to receive newsletter and training updates, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Learn More Follow the Youth Advisory Board on Instagram Project Amp: youth-driven substance use prevention and early intervention – more info, additional resources Art With Impact The Artist's Way Recovering Body (PDF): Isabel's thesis, including their collage process and images Access a transcript of Impact of Media on Stigma and Recovery: A Youth's Perspective

A child exists within a family, and a family within a community. The familiarity and sense of belonging often outweighs the hardships brought about from poverty. Amplifying the strengths of where they come from is important in maintaining their value and dignity. How can CarePortal responders be mindful of how their beliefs are formed and begin to shift the approach for better connection? In this episode you will hear from the following: Audrey Deckinga- Director of Agency Partnerships with CarePortal, she brings over 35yrs of personal and professional experience as a foster parent as well as a caseworker, supervisor, Director of Policy and Programs, and the Assistant Commissioner in TX CPS Jessica Latta - before joining CarePortal as a regional manager; worked as a case worker, supervisor, Adoption Specialist, and Program Manager over Alternative Care for JaCo MO Children's Division for a total of 7 yrs. She is also the CP point person at her church. Arlene Jones - UCA with CarePortal and has experienced the child welfare system from several angles — from experiencing out-of-home placement, to helping found a statewide Youth Advisory Board, becoming a CASA, working as a caseworker, serving as a child welfare trainer and being a kinship caregiver.

A child exists within a family, and a family within a community. The familiarity and sense of belonging often outweighs the hardships brought about from poverty. Amplifying the strengths of where they come from is important in maintaining their value and dignity. How can CarePortal responders be mindful of how their beliefs are formed and begin to shift the approach for better connection? In this episode you will hear from the following: Audrey Deckinga- Director of Agency Partnerships with CarePortal, she brings over 35yrs of personal and professional experience as a foster parent as well as a caseworker, supervisor, Director of Policy and Programs, and the Assistant Commissioner in TX CPS Jessica Latta - before joining CarePortal as a regional manager; worked as a case worker, supervisor, Adoption Specialist, and Program Manager over Alternative Care for JaCo MO Children's Division for a total of 7 yrs. She is also the CP point person at her church. Arlene Jones - UCA with CarePortal and has experienced the child welfare system from several angles — from experiencing out-of-home placement, to helping found a statewide Youth Advisory Board, becoming a CASA, working as a caseworker, serving as a child welfare trainer and being a kinship caregiver.

A child exists within a family, and a family within a community. The familiarity and sense of belonging often outweighs the hardships brought about from poverty. Amplifying the strengths of where they come from is important in maintaining their value and dignity. How can CarePortal responders be mindful of how their beliefs are formed and begin to shift the approach for better connection? In this episode you will hear from the following: Audrey Deckinga- Director of Agency Partnerships with CarePortal, she brings over 35yrs of personal and professional experience as a foster parent as well as a caseworker, supervisor, Director of Policy and Programs, and the Assistant Commissioner in TX CPS Jessica Latta - before joining CarePortal as a regional manager; worked as a case worker, supervisor, Adoption Specialist, and Program Manager over Alternative Care for JaCo MO Children's Division for a total of 7 yrs. She is also the CP point person at her church. Arlene Jones - UCA with CarePortal and has experienced the child welfare system from several angles — from experiencing out-of-home placement, to helping found a statewide Youth Advisory Board, becoming a CASA, working as a caseworker, serving as a child welfare trainer and being a kinship caregiver.

The Youth Advisory Board offers the opportunity for youth to develop and practice leadership skills. The board members learn to develop ideas and action plans and, working together, they gain knowledge of executing plans through Team Service Projects.

Tom covers for Dr Herine Otieno with a two-part Afternoon Show special.  In part one Tom talks to Polly from the National Deaf Children's Society's Youth Advisory Board, on her experiences of remote and face-to-face education as a deaf student, plus the NDCS Hands Up 2021-22 campaign and strategies to support deaf students. Tom also hosts a live call-in on the future of exams and assessment, featuring contributions from Shuna Neave, Kelly Sealy and Dr Gareth Bates. Follow Tom on Twitter @HB_History

Brenda J and Karen Wonder interview Hannah Bradley, Kylie Yanes, and Sofie Nicely of the Youth Advisory Board of the Winged Hope Advocacy Center. Their sons, Joseph and Seth, join in on the conversation. They discuss the topic of how Covid has caused depression and increased suicide rates in the youth and ways to get help if you are struggling. Also, the topics of bullying, body image, domestic violence and much more and how to get help in any of these areas.   wingedhope.org

Sneak peek into episode 32 The State of the Youth with the Winged Hope Youth advisory Board and two special guest stars.  

Welcome to episode five of the IAPMD podcast: Surgery for PMDD. We met with Youth Advisory Board member Rachel and PMDD Warrior Annato talk about going through surgery for PMDD at a young age, and the experiences they had that led to them making their irreversible decisions to enter surgical menopause.You can find out more about surgery, chemical menopause, and surgical menopause here, and join our support groups for young people living with a premenstrual disorder here, and for those considering surgery here.A transcript of this podcast is available here.The International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) is a lifeline of support, information, and resources for women and AFAB individuals with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Premenstrual Exacerbation (PME).Visit iapmd.org and for tools, resources, support, and information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Learn about our Youth Advisory Board from Heritage Bank & Trust Client Banker Danny Grooms. He shares why he loves working at a community bank, what he learned from our Youth Advisory Board and more!

On this week's episode of The Beats, Kelly Kennedy sits down with Ariel Mayer who is a client at The True Wellness Center. Ariel has been on a health journey from quite some time, yet the growth that Ariel has made over the last couple of years is extremely impressive and truly exemplifies what Kelly wants to bring to the world through NOTMEDS Global. At her core, Ariel Mayer is a creator. As an actor, writer, dancer, and activist Ariel is passionate about creating performance art pieces that reflect to its audience the state our our world, while then further building upon and exploring the possibilities for our collective future. Ariel was featured in Connecticut's 40 under 40 2019 list, has been on the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Making Caring Common Youth Advisory Board (2019), was a founding member of Long Wharf Theater's Youth Advisory Board (2020), and has now founded the Youth of Elm Shakespeare Advisory Council which holds intergenerational conversations about the intersection of theater – especially Shakespeare's work– and social justice. We hope you enjoy Ariel - her eloquence and this episode as much we did! Topics Discussed|| 0:00 | Introduction 4:50 | Ariel's Story 11:50 | What was Ariel's experience working with Ian & Kelly? 14:13| Ariel's thought's on Naso's 16:00 | Where is Ariel now physically? 20:40 | Is Ariel still compensating? 25:20 | What is Ariel's message for the world? Connect with Ariel|| arielmayer.com instagram @arielbmayer If you are interested in visiting us at The True Wellness Center please contact us as info@biologicalhealth.com | 267-308-0777 | thetruewellnesscenter.com If you have not already make sure to SUBSCRIBE to never miss a BEAT! The Beats Podcast with Kelly Kennedy is now available on apple, spotify, google, Youtube, and of course our home notmedsglobal.com Thank you for joining us for this episode! We would love to hear what you thought in the comments below!

NOTE: Abigail Echo Hawk will be keynoting at the American Association of Suicidology's Annual Conference on Friday, April 23rd at 9:00AM ET. You can listen to her and the many other diverse speakers virtually or in person at the conference in Orlando.Her keynote is entitled: Decolonizing Data: Restoring Culture and Building BeautyREGISTER HERE: https://www.aasconference.org/registrationOverviewHistorical trauma is often understood to be multigenerational wounding caused by the cumulative impact of major events inflicted upon a specific cultural, racial or ethnic group. When it comes to research about health and well-being, Western modalities of understanding human experience are limited and biased, further driving disparities and truncated views that can cause even more harm. By contrast, a strength-based, Indigenous framework of understanding resists the narrow view and on-going trauma of colonialism and focuses on restoration and healing. In this interview I speak with a “Storyteller of Health” and epidemiologist Abigail Echo Hawk about her vision of an anti-racist approach to data collection and recovery among tribal communities.About Abigail Echo Hawk, MAAbigail Echo-Hawk, M.A., an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, is the Chief Research Officer for the Seattle Indian Health Board, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving American Indians and Alaska Natives in King County, Washington. She also serves as the Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a Tribal Epidemiology Center whose mission is to support the health and well-being of urban Indian communities through information, scientific inquiry, and technology. UIHI assists a national network of Urban Indian Health Programs, which are private nonprofit corporations that provide native people in select cities a range of health and social services, from outreach and referral to full ambulatory care. Ms. Echo-Hawk directs a staff of public health professionals who work on multiple ongoing research, evaluation, and disease surveillance projects to benefit American Indian/Alaska Natives in urban and rural settings. She received the University of Washington Bothell's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013 for her dedication to eliminating health disparities and was also recognized in the 2015 class of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development's (NCAIED) Native American 40 Under 40.As a dedicated community volunteer, Ms. Echo-Hawk has concentrated on policy and institutional change to eliminate disparities for women of color locally and nationally. She focuses on policy advocacy in areas such as maternal and child health, domestic violence, sexual assault, and health disparities. Volunteer memberships include the Native American Women's Dialogue on Infant Mortality, Hope Heart Institute, the Center for Indigenous Law and Justice, the Children and Youth Advisory Board of King County, and the Coalition to End Gender-Based Violence.Ms. Echo-Hawk's greatest joy is her place within her extended family. She is a wife, mother, auntie, daughter, granddaughter, friend, and community member. She strives to serve her family, friends, and community with love and to be a small part of ensuring a great future for the next generation. For more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/87

#KC4K Advisory BoardWe are committed to being kid driven & lead; while adult monitored & guided. Our youth advisory board is dedicated to creating self-awareness of an individual’s own abilities and power to be able to make a positive impact on the world through the pillars of Leadership, Compassion, Commitment, and Contribution (LCCC). Our program is designed to help our youth develop lifelong leadership skills, cultivate compassion and commitment, teach them to personally contribute to the betterment of society. By instilling these skills and values in our youth at a young age, we are creating a lifelong imprint that positively impacts the world. Support the show (https://www.patron.com/findyourrare)

In this episode, I have the opportunity to chat with Mandy Rowe for the very first time. She is a Franchisor and leads up development for True Rest Float Spa, which is the largest float spa franchise in the world. Some of my favorite quotes: "Learning how to fail makes you better at failing next time." "Find the way to give back in the job that you do." "Explore, have fun, and get out there." Mandy joined the True REST team in 2015. She was first exposed to True REST when leading the Youth Advisory Board for a private equity firm that specialized in early-growth franchise investments. She studied Economics and Corporate Strategy at Vanderbilt University followed by two years of commercial real estate in Nashville. Inspired by the True REST vision she relocated to Coronado to assist franchise sales and corporate management before moving to Texas. You can find Mandy at the following: Instagram: MandyMRowe truerest.com @Mandy Rowe on LinkedIn _________ Please share this episode with 3 people you think would benefit from hearing this content, and send them over to GoLeadEverything.com to learn more. It has been amazing to hear about all the individuals who listen to and are getting value from the content here at GLE. For more great content daily, follow me on Instagram and Twitter @realPhilSwanson, Facebook and LinkedIn, @PhilSwanson, and for videos of these episodes and other great video content daily, subscribe to the Phil Swanson channel on YouTube. Thank you for your support, you are the reason we do what we do. See you next time, and Go Lead Everything. Soundtrack Credit: Hot Coffee – Patrick Patrikios

Navigating a pandemic, our country’s reckoning with racial injustice, and a divisive presidential election is difficult – but it can be especially difficult for teenagers, whose school communities and peer support systems have been turned upside down this year. In fact, a CDC study conducted earlier this summer suggests that younger adults have experienced disproportionately worse mental health outcomes as a result of the pandemic. Engaging teenagers during tumultuous times is nothing new to Joni Holifield. She created HeartSmiles in 2015, when riots broke out in her native Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray. Today, the program provides enrichment and leadership development opportunities for youth. Joni also runs the Youth Advisory Board, which provides guidance to the Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, HeartSmiles convened youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in East Baltimore for personal development programming, leadership training, and college and career mentorship in collaboration with the school's Center for Adolescent Health. HeartSmiles aims to inspire youth to be leaders in their communities and to demonstrate leadership in real time through activities that build character. Since the pandemic hit, HeartSmiles has shifted its programming online – and has started connecting with youth beyond Baltimore, too. Joni and David Carberry, the CEO of Enradius, a Baltimore-based digital advertising company and an alum of the Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Baltimore, join this episode of the podcast. David participated in HeartSmiles’ partnership program, which is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, and connects students with mentors and work opportunities at the Baltimore 10,000 Small Businesses, and mentored Kamri Moses – a student and entrepreneur in her own right. Joni, David and Kamri sit down to discuss how HeartSmiles has created a digital space for youth to connect during the pandemic, how building community relationships has changed during the coronavirus crisis, and why it’s important for businesses to collaborate with youth and community-based programs--investment in the future.

Hey all! Glad to have everyone here and welcome to Season 2! Leah was an intern at New Yorkers for Children and a Social Work student helping with the Youth Advisory Board and engaging the group. In today's episode Leah shares tangible ways to self care while I break down exactly what is self care and why it's so important. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anthony-turner3/message

Youth Advisory Board: Steve Cohen This is the eighth in a series of episodes featuring the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Steve Cohen. He attended George Washington High School in Denver Colorado, where his teacher, Dr. Irwin Hoffman, taught. George Washington High School received a grant from the Atari Institute for Education Action Research, Atari's educational support arm, The Atari Institute Newsletter (fall 1982) wrote: "High school students in a model math and computer program will use their grant of ATARI Home Computer systems to develop individual and group research projects in their own fields of interest. Extensible programming languages, such as FORTH, will be used to develop new syntax for use in other high school subjects: electronics, music, art, history, mathematics, and home economics. This project supports a major 'model school' known for its innovations in computer education over the last twenty years." This interview took place on May 21, 2020. Enter Magazine—When These Kids Talk, Atari Listens Using Fig FORTH On The Atari 800 By Stephen A. Cohen High school teacher Irwin Hoffman IBM PC Commercial Atari Institute for Education Action Research Report Feb. 1983 Atari in Action — Atari Institute Newsletter Fall 1982

Join our Youth Advisory Board once a month as they take over our podcast with subjects that are important to them. Our teens are the next leaders of this nation and it's important for us to hear their concerns. Project Celebration, Inc. is proud to allow them to use this platform to give them a voice. The first thing they decided to jump into is Cancel Culture.

Mayor Lydia Lavelle discusses food distribution, UNC's response to Covid-19, reparations, Carrboro's namesake, and the town's Youth Advisory Board. The post Carrboro: Reparations, Renaming, and the Youth Advisory Board appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Welcome back, we have reached episode #80 on the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast. You can watch this interview on YouTube here.  My name is Andrea Samadi,  I’m a former educator who created this podcast to bring the most current neuroscience and educational research, matched with social and emotional skills, with interviews from experts from all different fields, to bring awareness, ideas and strategies to our most pressing issues that we are facing, as educators, or parents, to keep all of us working at our highest levels of productivity. I’ve been interested in understanding why some people reach such high levels of achievement, and others don’t…since the late 1990s, and recent discoveries in neuroscience has accelerated our understanding of this.  I do appreciate the feedback I’ve received through social media. It helps me to know that these topics are helping to bring some new thoughts, ideas and hope when times have never been so uncertain. Today we have Samantha Wettje, the Founder of the 16Strong Project[i], created in 2018 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  If you are in the field of education, you will have heard of the importance of understanding ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences that we did touch on with our last episode) and our next guest is on a serious mission to help our next generation of learners recognize and navigate the challenges they might be facing as a result of ACES in their life. When I received an email from one of Samantha’s colleagues about her 16Strong Project, I remember exactly where I was, because it really is true that when you attach emotion to a memory, it’s something you don’t ever forget. When I read that Samantha had created this project in response to her experience of living with a mentally ill and addicted parent, I literally stopped what I was doing to read more. Is all I needed to see in the email was ACES[ii], (that we just spoke about with Eric Jensen on Episode #79[iii],  Harvard and Project…and I was writing an email back to find a time that we could speak so I could learn more about the 16Strong Project, and here we are.  Welcome Samantha, it truly is an honor to speak with you today. I do hope that we can use this platform to help more people learn about this incredible initiative you have created in response to one of the largest problems facing young people today. Q1: Can you give some background as to why you started the 16Strong Project, and what does 16 Strong mean to you? Q2: I felt connected to this project BEFORE we spoke on the phone because I had been thinking for quite some time that I needed to find someone that I could speak to on this podcast who had defied the odds that we hear associated with ACES. It’s not an easy topic to bring up with someone, so it was just an idea circled on chart paper on my wall. Find someone to talk about ACES. Eric Jensen opened the conversation in EPISODE #79, giving a brief overview of what ACES are, and the fact that a higher score predicts later life adversity. I know when you are launching a project, it might seem like the project is important to you but will the rest of the world agree. How did my response to your email give you more awareness about the importance and urgency of the 16Strong Project? Q3: I follow the work of Dr. Daniel Amen[iv], probably one of the most famous psychiatrists and brain disorder specialists in the country. He has been working with Justin Bieber on his brain health, (he likes to call mental health brain health since when our brain works right, we work right—so his work is all around keeping our brain healthy). Something I found interesting from his work is that it is being “normal” is a myth. He says that “51% of us will have a mental health issue in our lifetime”[v] (post traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorder) just to name a few that are the most common issues he sees young people for. I know how important this topic is to him, so I do want to share your project with him (he dedicated his End of Mental Illness[vi] book to his nieces Alize and Amelie who had a difficult upbringing and within the dedication to his book he says “Your history is not your destiny. Let’s end mental illness with your generation.”  What is different about your program from other youth mental health programs you have seen so I can continue to share your work with others who might also like to help bring more awareness to what you are doing?   Q4: I had a chance to read through your website 16strongproject.com and some of the stories written by students about their personal experience growing with these ACES in their life. I only had ONE ACE growing up, and that was painful enough as a kid. They do say that “to name it, is to tame it” so I can see why these stories would help young people to not just bury the emotions they have connected to what they are feeling. As an adult, these stories were eye openers for me to see how some of these ACES impact young people, especially when you put 2 or more ACES together (like the impacts of drug and alcohol use on a child) it was one of the most painful things I’ve read. Can you explain more about your Every Voice Heard School Initiative[vii] and the awareness you are looking to create with this? How can teachers contact you about this to share a student’s story?  Q5: For anyone listening who is familiar with Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, they would know of Professor Stephanie Jones[viii] and her EASEL Lab.[ix] I was sent her “Navigating SEL from the Inside Out[x]” report from a respected colleague who wanted to be sure I had read it. (all 349 pages of it). Can you give an overview of Professor Stephanie Jones’ EASEL Lab, and the work you are currently doing with her now? Q6: Tell me about your Youth Advisory Board[xi] and who you are looking for with this? Q7: What do your workshops look like? Q8: What is your vision for the 16 Strong Project and the legacy that you would like to create with our next generation of students? Thank you so much for taking the time to share this incredible, timely and important project. For those who want to learn more about your workshops, they can go to your programs page at https://www.16strongproject.com/programs to learn more.  Wishing you the best of luck with this project that I know is important and needed, especially in our world today.   RESOURCES: What’s Your ACE SCORE? https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean REFERENCES: [i] https://www.16strongproject.com/ [ii] Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/fastfact.html [iii] Neuroscience Meets SEL Podcast Episode #79 with Author Eric Jensen on “”Strategies for Reversing the Impact of Poverty and Stress on Student Learning” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-based-leaning-author-eric-jensen-on-strategies-or-reversing-the-impact-of-poverty-and-stress-on-student-learning/ [iv] Dr Daniel Amen https://www.amenclinics.com/ [v] Dr. Daniel Amen, Thrive by 25 Online Course https://brainmd.com/brain-thrive-by-25 [vi] Dr. Daniel Amen, The End of Mental Illness https://brainmd.com/the-end-of-mental-illness [vii] Every Voice Heard Schools Initiative https://www.16strongproject.com/evh-schools [viii] Stephanie Jones, Harvard Graduate School of Education. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/stephanie-jones [ix] EASEL Lab https://easel.gse.harvard.edu/people/stephanie-m-jones [x] Navigating SEL from the Inside Out: Looking Inside and Across 25 Leading SEL Programs. https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/navigating-social-and-emotional-learning-from-the-inside-out.aspx [xi] Learn more about 16 Strong Youth Advisory Board https://www.16strongproject.com/programs

How do we continue to serve our mission, but also do so from a financially responsible and cautionary way? - Jessica Blubaugh  What can we do to encourage movement during a time of restriction? This week, director of Win for KC Jessica Blubaugh, discusses the mission of empowering women and girls in sports.  Win for KC’s annual TRYathalon is now virtual!  Jessica describes the creative problem solving to keep the event accessible, fun, and safe. About Jessica Blubaugh Jessica began her career with WIN for KC as an intern over a decade ago.  Since then, Jessica worked for KC Sports Commission followed by the Women’s Sports Foundation in New York and Atlanta.  Afterwards, she transitioned to Teach For America as Senior Marketing Director.  Jessica then became the Director of Partnerships & Events for Visit KC.  She has come full circle and is now the Director of Win for KC, where she interned 10 years prior.  She has spent 15 years in the nonprofit center and worked with great athletes such as Billie Jean King and Michelle Kwan.   Join Dr. Michelle and Jessica as they talk about: Jessica’s COVID tradition - writing positive quotes on a chalkboard outside Win for KC’s mission of empowering women through sports The inspiration of TRYathalon Triathlon Pivoting the TRYathalon to a virtual event, transitioning Camp Win at home, and opening the events to boys for the first time The inspiration of the Youth Advisory Board, giving local youth positions to make positive change Robin sponsoring 2 participants for the TRYathalon Envisioning the conversations we’ll be having in 2022 Discover how to be impactful during times of controversy as Jessica shares: Creating connections for kids through diversity and inner city initiatives Decisions in wearing masks Systemic racism being a muscle we have to work at every day Managing negative thought patterns Guidance to move safely outside and social distancing “If you think you are too small to make a difference, think again.  Try sleeping with a mosquito.”- Dalai Lama Mentioned In This Episode Big 12 TRYathalon Win For KC Camp Win Black Lives Matter Youth Advisory Board Wellness Consortium Britt Frank The Shack by William Paul Long Connect Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedIn

In Everett, Washington, where the first known case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States, 48-year-old Cassie Franklin says she has had to make decisions she never thought she'd have to. As the mayor of that city, with 112,000 people to answer to, she says over these past few months, she has felt overwhelmed, angry, frustrated and depressed -- and rotates between those emotions throughout the day. Franklin, who is also a mother to an 11-year-old daughter, says she feels for the younger generation, especially those who are graduating high school this year. Through audio journals provided to ABC News, hear how Franklin says her Youth Advisory Board has been giving her hope during this time. Especially in the wake of George Floyd's death, Franklin says she's been inspired by how the younger generation has spoken out against racism. "The Essentials: Inside the Curve" is a special series from ABC Audio, makers of the daily ABC News podcast "Start Here," the chart-topping series "The Dropout," and more: http://www.abcaudio.com/podcasts

As lockdown continues, so does our Podcast Series! This week’s episode features another couple of members from our Youth Advisory Board ‘The Body’. We have recent dance degree graduates Lesley Howard and Clare Adam chatting about their experiences as dancers living with disabilities. They’ll be chatting about the obstacles professional dance training has presented and also how the challenges with the move to online resources in recent months. They have also included some helpful tips for everyone about how to keep digital communication accessible and inclusive for anyone who may be finding video chats tricky (don’t we all!)

Today on ‘Performing Capers’ we have two members of our Youth Advisory Board, ‘The Body’, chatting about the experiences and difficulties dancers in training and recent dance graduates are facing during the current lockdown restrictions. They talk about the dance training process moving to digital platforms, the challenges associated and, most importantly, how they are maintaining their positivity and joy throughout this time.If you enjoyed this podcast, check out our other episodes, where discuss everything from LGBTQIAP+ issues to life on the road as touring company: https://shapercaper.squarespace.com/comebackstage

Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan This is the seventh in a series of episodes featuring the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Tracey Cullinan. Tracey worked as a salesperson at the ComputerLand store in Los Altos, California — starting at the age of 12. He started a software company, Superior Software, which produced custom software for local businesses, as well as a couple of games for the Apple II computer. At 14, Tracey was invited to be a member of the Youth Advisory Board. As part of that job, he went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago to demonstrate Atari computers. The next year, as a 15-year-old, Tracey was interviewed on the "Today" show as a young entrepreneur. There's a chapter about Tracey in the 1984 book "Computer Kids" by George Sullivan. (His picture in on the back cover of the book.) I'm going to read several passages from that book, quotes from Tracey. ...A Computerland store opened in a mall near my home. I made friends with the people who worked in the store, and they let me use the computers there. The store happened to be within walking distance of where I live, and I'd go there after school and on week- ends, or almost anytime I had free time. I often wrote game programs on the computers, and I bought a disk on which to store the programs. They let me keep the disk at the store. When customers came into the store, I'd sometimes help out by showing them what a computer could do. They'd be amazed. "What’s this nine-year-old kid doing showing me how a computer works?" I’m now working at the store. I started as an employee when I was twelve. I was in sales at first but later I shifted over to computer repair... I now know five or six computer languages — BASIC, Pascal, LOGO, plus three machine languages: 6502, the one that’s used on the Apple and Atari and the one I use the most, Z-80. I’m starting to learn 8086, the language for the IBM Personal Computer... The company that I operate is called Superior Software. I prepare custom programs for businesses in the area. One program involves inventorying and invoicing for a company that sells charcoal fire starters. I’ve got another program that gathers stock market prices from a computer, and then correlates them and prints them out for a local stockbroker. A third program I wrote for the Los Altos Little League. It’s a mailing list program. They use it in sending out notices about tryouts, practices, and things like that. I became a member of the Atari Youth Advisory Board because someone at the consulting firm that was getting the names of kids together for Atari happened to know my dad. When the consulting firm found out that I was into computers, they put my name on the list. Then the people at Atari picked me. We've been giving Atari advice mostly on their home computers. Later, I think they're going to ask us for advice on their video games and arcade games... I also use the computer to write game programs once in a while. One that I’ve written is called Glutton [for the Apple II.] You, the shooter, are armed with little missiles and positioned on the right side of the screen. You can move up and down only. You shoot to the left. The glutton moves back and forth across the screen. The glutton likes to eat. Different kinds of food fall from the top of the screen. Some of it is good food, like apples, carrots, and chicken drumsticks. But some of the food is junk food, like cupcakes and soda pop. The object of the game is to keep the glutton well fed, but healthy, You try to eliminate the pieces of junk food by blasting them with your missiles. I've tried to sell Glutton to some of the companies that market game software to computer owners, to companies such as Broderbund and Sirius. But I haven’t been successful yet. ...As far as the future is concerned, I plan to go to college. I'd like to go to a good private university, a technical one, like MIT, Cal Tech, or Stanford... After that, I think I'd like to be a game programmer, and maybe work for Atari, Imagic, or Activision, or some company like that. Tracey didn't go to any of those colleges. He died 1986 of brain cancer. He had just turned 18. I talked with Tracey's mother, Leola Wooldridge; and his younger brother, Cory Cullinan, about their memories of Tracey. This interview took place on April 17, 2020. In it, we discuss John Dickerson, whom I previously interviewed. Tracey in Computer Kids book Demystifying Excellence by Cory Cullinan John Dickerson interview  Tracey Cullinan On Today Show on Youtube or Internet Archive 

In the last week of February the wind blew me in to The Training Flat in Norwich where an eager group of young people were tucking into pizza, some chatting and laughing, some quiet and shy but all engaged. This was a 3-day Tenancy and Independent Living Skills Plus (TILS+) training course to help set them up on their feet in the outside world. The course is one of many invented and run by the social enterprise, Your Own Place, which was set up by Rebecca White in 2013 with the specific aim of preventing homelessness. They also have a network of mentors in the community who they train to support people leaving home or care and people approaching and after release from prison. The team has suddenly, like every single social enterprise, or other business across the country, had to completely rethink how they operate under lockdown and how to reach all the people who need their support more than ever. In this podcast we hear from CEO Rebecca, talented trainers, Jarrod and Jess, and past TILS+ trainee, Simon, who is now a member of their Youth Advisory Board... and last, but not least, a roomful of bright and lively young people who have all had many challenges in their lives.Piano: Henrietta Faire'Fantasie und Fuge A-moll' by Johann Sebastian Bach'Vals Poético' by Enrique GranadosYour Own Place have a fund-raising campaign called #MoreThanEver on Crowdfunder. CEO Rebecca White says: 'We mustn't close as the government scheme requires - because we're needed more than ever. Many people are isolated, scared, unsupported as well as losing their jobs and at risk of losing their homes too. People who struggle to trust others need the people they already have trusted relationships with - that's us. More than ever people are going to need support finding work, keeping on top of bills and keeping their home. We have to keep going.’ www.yourownplace.org.uk

In the last week of February the wind blew me in to The Training Flat in Norwich where an eager group of young people were tucking into pizza, some chatting and laughing, some quiet and shy but all engaged. This was a 3-day Tenancy and Independent Living Skills Plus (TILS+) training course to help set them up on their feet in the outside world. The course is one of many invented and run by the social enterprise, Your Own Place, which was set up by Rebecca White in 2013 with the specific aim of preventing homelessness. They also have a network of mentors in the community who they train to support people leaving home or care and people approaching and after release from prison. The team has suddenly, like every single social enterprise, or other business across the country, had to completely rethink how they operate under lockdown and how to reach all the people who need their support more than ever. In this podcast we hear from CEO Rebecca, talented trainers, Jarrod and Jess, and past TILS+ trainee, Simon, who is now a member of their Youth Advisory Board... and last, but not least, a roomful of bright and lively young people who have all had many challenges in their lives.Piano: Henrietta Faire'Fantasie und Fuge A-moll' by Johann Sebastian Bach'Vals Poético' by Enrique GranadosYour Own Place have a fund-raising campaign called #MoreThanEver on Crowdfunder. CEO Rebecca White says: 'We mustn't close as the government scheme requires - because we're needed more than ever. Many people are isolated, scared, unsupported as well as losing their jobs and at risk of losing their homes too. People who struggle to trust others need the people they already have trusted relationships with - that's us. More than ever people are going to need support finding work, keeping on top of bills and keeping their home. We have to keep going.’ www.yourownplace.org.uk

Friends, today we have an amazing guest, Matthew Schwab.Matthew shares with us today about his life, dreams and how he is accessing a high-quality life.Matthew's Bio:Matthew is 22 years old and a North Carolina native from Holly Springs. He graduated from Holly Springs High School in June 2017 with an occupational course of study diploma. After high school he completed Project Search, an internship based educational program, through Wake Tech. Matthew works at AMC Theaters, Fuquay Revolution Volleyball, 321 Coffee, Chick-Fil-A and his own public speaking business, Matthew Schwab Speaks. He volunteers with WCPSS and serves on the AdvisoryCouncil at 321 Coffee and with GiGi’s Playhouse, a Down Syndrome Achievement Center, as an ambassador and on their Youth Advisory Board. He has attended workshops on advocacy, spoken to Governors McCrory and Cooper and was a paid intern in the NC State legislature. Matthew is now serving as co-deputy campaign manager for John Bradford’s reelection to the NC State Legislature and most recently he gave a TEDx talk in Cary NC. Matthew has a long-term girlfriend. He loves to advocate for people with IDD, travel and spend time with his family and friends. Matthew wants to live on his own, be self-supporting, get married and have a career as a public speaker.

Please help us improve the pod by giving us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X9535ZROriginally aired 5-6-19What does depression in teenagers look like? How can we identify them so we can get them treatment? How can we help prevent suicide in teenagers? LifeAct's CEO describes how they reach out to high school and middle school students to provide awareness and education thereby eliciting the help of students to identify concerning behavior early on. We're also given some pro-tips on how to talk to kids about mental health.LifeAct Website: http://lifeact.org/Crisis Text Line: 741-741FrontLine Service for Mental Health Help in Northeast Ohio: 1-216-623-6888National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255Host: Dr. Ramona Bhatt, DOGuests: Dr. John Hertzer, MD and Jack Binder, Executive Director & CEO of LifeActContact: InsightInPsych@gmail.comIf you're a fan of the show, please leave us a five star review to help others gain more insight into psychiatry.

Caleb White is an upcoming senior at Detroit Catholic Central High School.  He served as the President of his National Junior Honor Society. Caleb was the recipient of the State and National Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. He has also received the President's Volunteer Service Award, the Governor's Youth Leader of the Year Award, The Sparky Anderson Youth in Philanthropy Award, the Nickelodeon Halo Award and the Kohl's Cares Scholarship. He serves on the Youth Council for the Detroit Rescue Mission and the Youth Advisory Board for Purposeful Networks. Currently, his biggest endeavor is the Caleb White Project, which is a Detroit-based non-profit with a two-fold mission: to help the homeless and less fortunate and to build youth leaders through volunteerism. Run by a youth advisory board consisting of 9 board members under the age of 18, all CWP events and service projects are carefully designed with jobs for kids of all ages. The goal of the Caleb White Project is to remove judgement and stereotypes and to show young people that they have the power to change the world around them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

#Jasper's Game Day #Jasper's Game Week May is Mental Health Awareness Month For more information about Jasper's Game Day American Association of Suicidology Those Interviewed: Fenway Jones serves on the Youth Advisory Board of Suicidology, and gave a talk at a recent conference. Aaron Jones, Fenway's father. Lucas Curell, Jasper's Uncle and 30+ year gaming friend of Aaron Jones. Satine Phoenix Twitter & Gilding Light Jake Noorman of Mini Terrain Domain Twitter & YouTube Jessie Swinton one of the owners of Ziege Games. My Motivation To Participate: Episode #72 Tuesday Tales #13 Insanity - Where I discuss insanity as a game mechanic and it moves into my experience with a loved one's hints at thoughts of self harm. I provide a content warning for that portion of the episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/message

What does depression in teenagers look like? How can we identify them so we can get them treatment? How can we help prevent suicide in teenagers? LifeAct's CEO describes how they reach out to high school and middle school students to provide awareness and education thereby eliciting the help of students to identify concerning behavior early on. We're also given some pro-tips on how to talk to kids about mental health.LifeAct Website: http://lifeact.org/Crisis Text Line: 741-741FrontLine Service for Mental Health Help in Northeast Ohio: 1-216-623-6888National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255Host: Dr. Ramona Bhatt, DOGuests: Dr. John Hertzer, MD and Jack Binder, Executive Director & CEO of LifeActContact: InsightInPsych@gmail.comIf you're a fan of the show, please leave us a five star review to help others gain more insight into psychiatry.

Bridget is joined by Simeon Blake-Hall and Sarisha Kumar from the newly created Youth Advisory Board of the Almeida Theatre. They’re chatting about what excites them in theatre today and how they hope to help the Almeida evolve in the future.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this edition, Wattz Up! interviewed Planned Parenthood and their Youth Advisory Board about My Body, My Story Project.

Youth Advisory Board: Yoon Park   This is the sixth in a series of episodes featuring interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. This time, I got to talk with Yoon Park.   In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Yoon.   Before these interviews, I like to read from an old newspaper or magazine article that mentioned or quoted the Youth Advisory Board member, to give a sense of who that person was then before we hear from them today. All I can guess about Yoon of 1982 was that he was shy. Of the twenty Youth Advisory Board members, Yoon was never quoted or mentioned in the articles that I could find.   This interview took place on May 17, 2018.

Youth Advisory Board: Musa Mustafa   This is the fifth in a series of episodes featuring interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. If you're just joining us: In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting 20 kids, aged 14 though 18, from around the U.S. to share their opinions about computers, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events.    This is an interview with Musa Mustafa, who was one of those kids.    A March 25, 1983 article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel by Loretta Noffsinger said:   "Computers without keyboards, toys that come to life at the sound of a child's voice and programs that shoulder the chores of thank-you letters — that's what the whiz kids see in the future. They envision a computer disguised within a toy to tell youngsters about the workings of the universe and others 'far beyond man’s imagination.' And Atari is listening to them."   Later in the article, Noffsinger wrote: "Musa Mustafa, 15, says he hopes to design an astronomy program to chart the location of stars and planets at specific times ‘so that I can easily track them down in a telescope.' The Walnut sophomore, who will skip his junior year at Rowland High School, also envisions computers designing computers. This year, they're helping him make a movie about the 1984 Olympics. A combination of computer animation and film, the endeavor will 'open a new category' in the Los Angeles International Film Exposition this spring, he says."   My interview with Musa took place on April 26, 2018. In it, we discuss Ted Kahn, whom I previously interviewed.    Ted Kahn interview   Compute! magazine article about Rowland High School animation   1989 LA Times article about Rowland High School animation   Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper article

Youth Advisory Board: Robert Allbritton   This is the fourth episode in a series of interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. Robert Allbritton was one of the 20 kids who, in 1983, were accepted into the Youth Advisory Board, a group of teenagers who were able to take a trip to Atari's headquarters in California, enjoy free 1200XL computers, and he even got to work at Atari's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show.   Robert was, and still is, friends with John Dickerson, another Youth Advisory Board member, whom I previously interviewed.     This interview took place on April 24, 2018.   Interview with John Dickerson

Youth Advisory Board: John Dickerson   This is the third episode in a series of interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. A quick recap: In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting 20 teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, mostly regular kids, some computer geeks, and a couple of celebrities.   This interview is with John Dickerson, who was one of the computer geeks.   There was an article about the Youth Advisory Board in the March 1984 issue of Enter magazine, with a quote from John:   "'We were an added dimension to what they already do,' says 14-year-old John Dickerson. 'Atari's problem is that they don't get close enough to the consumer. We'll bring them a lot closer. But, so far, we haven’t found out which of our decisions they really listened to.'"     This interview took place on April 16, 2018.   If you were a member of the Atari Youth Advisory board, I'd love to hear from you: email antic@ataripodcast.com.   John on Twitter   John's book "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star"   Enter magazine article

Youth Advisory Board: Anneke Wyman   This is the second episode in a series of interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board.    In 1982-1983, Atari invited 20 kids, aged 14-18, to be on its new Youth Advisory Board. Atari was looking for well-rounded, computer-literate kids, with equal representation of sexes and a mix of ethnic groups. Anneke Wyman (now Anneke Wyman de Boer) was one of those kids.   A wire service article about the Youth Advisory Board, by Kathy Holub, ran in several newspapers around March 25, 1983. Here's an excerpt from that story:   "The fat world of corporate perks isn't just for executives anymore. On Sunday, 14-year-old Anneke Wyman of New York flew to San Francisco on a prepaid plane ticket to dine out on pizza and attend her first corporate board meeting. ...   "As members of Atari Inc.’s new Youth Advisory Board, they got the sort of pampering reserved for top corporate clients, including a private movie screening, a tour of San Francisco and all the food they could eat.   "What did they do to deserve all this? They can’t figure it out. 'It's almost a fantasy,' Anneke said, giggling. 'I had a three-minute interview calling from a pay phone at school. The dime ran out and I thought, well, I’ll never hear from them again. A few weeks later, they told me I was in. Now I'm sort of nervous.'   "The video game market, once monopolized by Atari, has become as fiercely competitive as the home computer and educational software markets, and Atari hopes the kids can keep the company on the right track on all fronts...The 20 young board members are expected to keep Atari in touch with its market. ...   "Anneke has danced in about 60 performances of The Nutcracker Suite with the New York City Ballet and can write computer programs in four languages. Her career? 'I don’t know yet,’ she said. 'But I'm much better in math and science.'"   This interview took place on April 5, 2018. A video version of this interview is also available.   YAB newspaper article by Kathy Holub   Atari Connection magazine article about YAB   Video version of this interview

Youth Advisory Board: Kerrie Holton and Tina Bartschat   This is the first in a series of episodes featuring interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board.    In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting 20 teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions, test new software, and promote Atari's computers at trade shows.   The group consisted primarily of regular kids - some computer geeks, but most well-rounded teenagers. The group also included a couple of celebrities: Todd Bridges, the actor who played Willis in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes; and Matthew Labyorteaux, the actor who played Albert on the show Little House on the Prairie, then Richie Adler on the adventure show Whiz Kids.   The first (and I believe only) meeting of the Youth Advisory Board took place in March 1983 at Atari's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Was Atari genuinely doing in-depth market research into the opinions of teenagers? Or was the Youth Advisory Board a publicity stunt? Maybe it was a little of both. Either way, the idea is fascinating, and I wanted to ask the board members to share their memories of that time.   In this episode are my first two interviews with Youth Advisory Board kids: Kerrie Holton (now Kerrie Holton-Tainter) and Tina Bartschat (now Tina Volker.)   There's an article about Kerrie in the October 1983 issue of Family Computing (the first issue of that magazine) by Bethany Kandel. Titled "When Kerrie Holton Talks, Atari Listens", it features a great photo of Kerrie at her desk, sporting a tie and fedora, with a telephone handset in one hand and a cigar in the other, looking for all the world like a business mogul or 1920's mobster. On her desk there's an Atari 1200XL computer, floppy drive, printer, plus a frilly doll and Snoopy plush toy. Here's an excerpt:   "While other seniors were busy bragging about which college they'd been accepted to, Kerrie had something else to show off—she'd been chosen to serve on the Youth Advisory Board of Atari, one of the best-known video game and computer companies in the country.   Plenty of high school students have sat in study hall daydreaming about a V.I.P. tour of the inner sanctums of Atari, Inc.; Kerrie is one of the few who've been there. She took a private tour last spring, and was included in meetings with top officials, and discussions of Atari's confidential plans for software and hardware development."   ..."Atari brought her to the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago earlier this year, and this fall will fly her to a special meeting to 'brainstorm' with the other 19 members of the YAB.""   ..."Travel isn’t the only benefit of being a YAB member. Kerrie’s received an Atari 1200XL to review software, and a modem, so she can telegraph her latest opinions and recommendations to other YAB members and Atari's elders. 'When we say something, Atari jumps,' says Kerrie.   “'It's great fun having someone listen to your opinions for a change, especially when adults are always telling us what to do. Now we get to tell them.'”   [Interview with Kerrie]   Next, my interview with Tina Vokler.   There's an article about Tina in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper, dated June 16 1983, by Jan Ackerman. It features a photo of Tina typing on her Atari 1200XL, with an Atari joystick prominently in the foreground.    "Sixteen-year-old Tina Bartschat of Upper St. Claie is multilingual. The pert, blond-haired teenager learned to speak German while growing up near Hanover, Germany, where she lived until age 10. She knows other languages, too, languages with such strange names as Basic, Pilot and Assembler, all machine languages.   "These are the languages of the computer age, languages that are Greek to anyone who doesn’t know a word processor from a printer.   ...“'Basic is an all-purpose language,' she explains, leading the way to the Atari 1200XL computer in her bedroom. It comes equipped with printer, a taping system, a screen and a word processor.   "Atari gave the system to Tina after she was picked to serve on a newly created Atari Youth Advisory Board, a select group of 21 computer-astute teen-agers from across the country, who will advise the computer and video games giant about how to cater to young consumers.   Tina is the only teenager from Pennsylvania selected to the elite group, which held its first meeting in Sunnyvale, California March. Besides a free trip to the West Coast, she also was given an Atari system, worth more than $1,500.   "She was recommended for the program by Mr. Saunders, a calculus and computer science teacher. She credits Saunders and Dr. John DeBlassio, a math and computer science teacher at her high school, with helping to sharpen her computer skills.   [Interview with Tina]   The interview with Kerrie Holton-Tainter took place on November 17, 2017. (A video version of that interview is also available.) The interview with Tina Volker took place on January 27, 2018.   If you were a member of the Atari Youth Advisory board, I'd love to hear from you: email antic@ataripodcast.com.   Video of the Kerrie Holton-Tainter interview   Family Computing article about Kerrie   Photo of Kerrie and the other YAB kids   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about Tina   Photo of Tina and the other YAB kids

Host Kristin Chow interviews guests D. Rashaan Gilmore, along with members of Project I Am’s Youth Advisory Board. The mission of Project I Am is to curb the growing number […] The post Project I Am: Preventing the spread of AIDS among KC’s young black men. appeared first on KKFI.