Welcome to Inside Voices: Teens Report on Their Lives Throughout this crisis, teen writers from Youth Communication’s award-winning magazines will cover social isolation, foster care, remote learning, and loss, along with tips for how they’re staying sane.
Doing My Part to Control the Spread of the Coronavirus Matthew Carlson moved from denial to acceptance of the health crisis, drawing on his experience with depression. He took himself out of school before it closed, to protect others. Hear from Matthew and his editor about how he came to the decision to self-isolate on a webinar.
Threatened With Homelessness, He Pushed Back Two weeks ago, foster youth in City University of New York’s (CUNY) Dorm Project were told, “Get out. You have two days.” After Marcus Diego alerted the media and elected officials, he and others got to stay in their dorms. Marcus’s advocacy continues with this Daily News story, published yesterday.
Dealing With Disappointment Layla Hussein turned her life around and made a dance about it. She was chosen to be the soloist in her school’s spring performance, and was crushed when everything got canceled.
Tips for Teens
Virtual Party Time Bored at home, Atl Castro dressed up and headed to a 1920s-themed party on Zoom.
Comcast is offering internet service free for 60 days for new qualifying customers. Visit internetessentials.com for more information. Call 1-855-8-INTERNET for set up.
Households with K-12 students can get free WiFi from Spectrum for 60 days (including free installation for new customers). Call 1-844-488-8395 for set up.
New Yorkers for Children is offering emergency funds to New York college students in foster care and for those who’ve aged out but are younger than 27.
Youth Communication provides powerful, teen-written stories and professional development to help educators and youth workers engage struggling youth. Our literacy-rich training model helps teachers, after-school workers, counselors, and other professionals to connect with the teens they serve and build their social and emotional learning skills. We are the publisher of the award-winning YCteen and Represent magazines, and dozens of curricula. youthcomm.org
