November - 2016

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

Youth Citizen Journalists Tell Their Stories

THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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Interview Series With Syrian Teen Girls (Part 1)

Photo: Preston Rolls The United Nations has identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance since 2011. Over half are displaced within Syria, while 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria. Of all countries offering assistance, Turkey is offering the most by hosting over 2.7 million refugees. Countries throughout Europe and the Middle East are overwhelmed by applications from people seeking asylum. Although it's easy to get wrapped up in numbers, there have

After the election my place as a teen living in the U.S.A. is...

Photo by Sergio Vassio Photography. This weekend our 2016-2017 Advice Project interns talked about the election results in the U.S.A. and pondered their place in this country. They wondered if politicians take their needs seriously as people of color and as young women and men. The shared a sense of sadness that their voices count less than ever, and also fears that they will no longer have reproductive rights. Our interns also shared their hopes for the future and a deep des

Half white, half Puerto Rican: Learning how to choose your own identity as a bi-racial teen.

Photo: Salsa, by Václav Synáček Dear Alameda, You aren’t that old, but you aren’t that young either. At sixteen years old, you kind of know who you are and the future isn’t as ominous as it once was. Growing up with a white father and Puerto Rican American mother was different to say the least. You weren’t raised speaking Spanish at home, and the words won’t roll off your tongue like your mother’s. Instead they are as choppy and mechanic as your dancing. You could never dance

Meet the 2016-2017 Advice Project Media interns!

This past weekend our five new 2016-2017 Advice Project Media writing and filmmaking interns met for the first time. Interns have already been given their first journalistic assignments, and over the course of the next seven months they will tackle some of the most pressing gender and environmental issues of our time, all from the teen perspective. Our meetings involve media, writing, and filmmaking training, as well as lessons on specific "big picture" global issues such as: