::Stories::
Poem: In My Eyes
By Maria Valdez
February 8, 2010
"When you died, there was an emptiness inside / There was no one to talk to but that's in my eyes / It was like there was no meaning to life / But again, in my eyes / that's just when someone special to you dies..." >>More
Story: Divorce, Stepdads, And Arguments: The Truth About My Family
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
February 3, 2010
"One of the struggles I have with my family is that my mom keeps running back to my stepdad and my mom’s side of the family doesn’t like him. I don’t blame them. He used to mistreat me. I say “used to” because he got busted for drugs. When he got out of jail, he went to a halfway house and was calling and going over to my mom’s house..." >>More
Video: My Struggle With Family
January 26, 2010
Produced by Yee Leng Vang
Five youth talk about the struggle of maintaining family, from parents arguing, to families that are breaking apart, to fathers with two wives, to living through divorce, and all the painful impact that these issues can have on a young person. >>More
Story: The Silly Things I Do When No One Is Watching
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
January 22, 2010
"When I think no one is looking, I make faces that I think will be attractive to a guy. I remember one time, when I was walking by this office, and I guess one of the windows happened to be a two-way mirror, I stopped to make the face I wanted this boy at school to see. Then suddenly..." >>More
Story: Homes Built For Large Families Collapsed In Haitian Quake
By Adolphe Saint-Louis, New America Media
January 19, 2010
"But when the earthquake came, we lost everything. So did all the people in my neighborhood. The floors of the houses fell, one on top of the other. By now, everyone around the world has seen the pictures, but you cannot imagine what it looks like until you see it with your own eyes..." >>More
Poem: Living A Lie
By Maria Valdez
January 15, 2010
"Why is it that I always have to scribble things out / How come I don't find words to describe what I'm about / A box full of happy memories from the past haunt my mind / Even though I'm yearning to go back I move on / Never leaving anything behind..." >>More
Story: The Road To College: The Stress Of Following Your Dreams
By Emmi Grooney, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia
January 5, 2010
"I’m currently a senior in high school, and by the end of January I'm supposed to be all done with all my college applications. At the moment I've finished all my Cal State University applications to San Jose, Hayward, San Diego and Sacramento. After learning about the 30 percent fee increase for the University of California system, it reestablished that I don't really want to go to a UC school..." >>More
Story: My Wish For 2010
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
December 31, 2009
"My goals for 2010 are to gain all my mom’s trust that I lost from her. I want to get my work permit and driving permit. I want to see my nieces and nephew again. I want to work hard this year in school so that I can graduate early. Most of all, I want my family back together like how it was before this year started..." >>More
Video: Jerking
December 28, 2009
Produced by Angelina Thao & Gabby Vang
Is it possble to skip backwards!? For many young people these days, it's one of the most popular dances around...jerking! >> More
Photography: PhotoVoice Of My Community
December 16, 2009
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Photographers
Photographs of my community. A Photovoice project for the Fresno BHC (Building Healthy Communities) Initiative of The California Endowment. >>More
Story: Facebook: Making The Past No Longer A Thing Of The Past
By Shamako Noble, Silicon Valley De-Bug
December 15, 2009
"It used to be the case that when you would graduate (or drop out) of high school or college, you would leave a job or some staple of your life or a city and when you did, you left behind all of things that came with that experience. That might have been your friends or your family, that might have the activities and groups that you loved, or it might have been the past that you were very intentionally trying to leave behind..." >>More
Poetry: A Candle's Flame
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
December 3, 2009
"A dancing petal / encased in a white, glazed mouth / A smoldering post..." >>More
Story: The House Party Where 12 People Got Shot
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
December 3, 2009
When two young men started shooting during a late-night Fresno house party on Saturday, November 28, 2009 over rival tagging crew disputes, twelve people became wounded. In an article by The Fresno Bee, Police Chief Jerry Dyer noted this has been "the most wounded in a single shooting incident in Fresno in recent memory." Here, youth from The kNOw express their concerns about the incident, and the need for more positive things for teens to do. >>More
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