The Success Foundation has shipped 1.5 million copies of a book on character education that is built around stories by Youth Communication's teen writers. Schools across the nation are using it to promote pro-social values, school achievement, and hard work. To learn how students in Nyack, Sacramento, and North Carolina are benefiting from our stories, click here.

Award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat writes the foreword for "Haiti On
My Mind: Stories By Haitian American-Teens." The anthology depicts the
richness of Haitian culture and traditions, and its troubled history through
the eyes of teens. >>>(MORE)

Twenty young people were honored at the Twelfth Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care at The College Board on June 3, 2010. >>>(MORE)

Foster Care Central names Youth Communication "Organization of the Month." Learn about Fostercarecentral.org, a social networking site to improve the lives of youth in foster care.>>>(MORE)

Teen writer Nicole Garcia's blog describes what it's like to work at New
Youth Connections.>>>(MORE)

Youth Communication was a proud participant at the NYC Festival of Young Artists & Leaders on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 in the East Village of New York City. Youth Communication presented "Changing Lives, One Story at a Time," a short film showing the creative process behind our teen-written stories.>>>(MORE)

Represent magazine’s story “I’m Not Crazy; I Have a Mental Illness” receives an award from Mental Health America in Student-Print category.>>>(MORE)

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) names New Youth Connections and Represent finalists in the 2010 Distinguished Achievement Awards.>>>(MORE)

Utne Reader calls New Youth Connections war issue "stellar" and a "long, really important conversation.">>>(MORE)

Former YC teen writer adopts her younger sister>>>(MORE)

Teen writers compete against adults and win top honors at the 2009 Ippie Awards.>>>(MORE)

Best Buy Foundation publishes stories by YC teen writers to draw attention
to the high school dropout crisis.>>READ THE STORIES

My Latino Voice reviews our newly updated book Growing Up Latino.>>>(MORE)

Real Jobs, Real Stories program improves work readiness skills, voluntary
reading and educational aspirations for participants at New York's Summer
Youth Employment Program (SYEP).
>> Learn more about Real Jobs, Real Stories

>> See the evaluation of the pilot-test of Real Jobs, Real Stories program at SYEP

Annual Holiday Party:
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010.>>>(MORE)

Former YC teen writer receives a prestigious MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship.>>>(MORE)

The Fulton Youtheatre adapts The Heart Knows Something Different for the stage.>>>(MORE)

Former YC teen writers "Lighting the Lamp for Young Readers and Writers"
(VOYA).>>>(MORE)

The Association of Educational Publishers names Represent magazine a winner
in the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Awards.>>>(MORE)

Fifteen young people receive honors at the Eleventh Annual Awards for Youth
in Foster Care.>>>(MORE)

Executive Director Keith Hefner and Youth Communication featured in Family Circle magazine.>>>(READ ARTICLE)

Just before her movie America premiered on Lifetime, Rosie O’Donnell sat down with our teen writers to tell us how the movie came to be.>>>(VIEW VIDEO)