::Events::

It's scary when parents argue, fight, or yell at one another...calling all youth, join us at our next Safe Zone gathering, a safe place for youth to talk about what happens "When Parents Argue..." on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 from 4-6PM at our office (302 Fresno St, Suite 203). Free pizza.

::Updates::

Coming Soon! Winter 09/10, Issue 6 to be released in February 2010. More details to be announced!

The Beat Within, a national writing program in the Juvenile Hall, is currently seeking new volunteers for its Fresno program. More info here.

 

Check back regularly for new events/updates. More info: mvang@newamericamedia.org

 

About

Our Story

In 2006, over 25 young people began participating in weekly afterschool media workshops in West Fresno. With little space to meet, the youth congregated in the hallway of a two-story building at the corner of Fresno and Irwin streets. At first, many of them came because their friends brought them. But as months passed, they kept coming every week and began to grow in their knowledge of media and writing. Almost three years later the group has emerged into what the community now acknowledges as The kNOw Youth Media!

We are a youth-led media program with a mission to bring young people in Fresno together to do, learn, and create media as a way to help youth tell their stories, express their ideas, share their concerns, find support, talk about community issues, and most importantly, to build a youth-driven voice in the community. We publish a magazine twice a year and also produce videos that get aired on KSEE24.

The kNOw is a project of Pacific News Service/New America Media (PNS/NAM), the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of over 2,000 ethnic news organizations. PNS/NAM is dedicated to bringing the voices of ethnic groups, immigrants, young people, elderly into the national arena.

Our Projects

• Weekly afterschool workshops: for The kNOw youth
• Magazine: published twice a year in Spring and Winter
• Videos: youth-produced and focused various topics
• The Beat Within: once a week, we go to the Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus and conduct writing workshops with incarcerated youth, those writings get reproduced in a publication called The Beat Within
• Open Workshops: come to an Open Workshop to get more involved with The kNOw, these workshops are facilitated by youth, for youth, and held monthly from 4-6PM at our office (check "Updates" column for specific dates of workshops)
• Community participation: we value the opportunity to participate and support our community

The kNOw Youth Crew

• Chanda Clark
• Demar Duncan
• Gracie Garcia
• Meme Garrido
• Anna Gil
• Miguel Martinez
• Kevis McGee
• Luis Pacheco
• Arena Phaphilom
• Angelina Thao
• Dasen Thao
• Maria Valdez
• Gabby Vang
• Yee Leng Vang
• Marcus Vega
• Jaleesa Vickers

Staff

• Mai Der Vang, Youth Media Director
• Patricia Johnson, Advisor

Youth Links

• The kNOw Myspace
• Silicon Valley De-Bug
• YO! Youth Outlook
• The Beat Within
• Game Theory Academy

Community Links

• New Millennium Institute of Education Charter School
• KSEE24
• Joseph Smooke Photography
• The Rios Company
• Community Alliance
• Fresno County Gang Prevention Council
• Read.Watch.Listen. at www.fresnoteens.org
• Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development
• Focus Forward

Support The kNOw

The kNOw is made possible through the financial support of:

• The S.H. Cowell Foundation
• The California Endowment
• The S.C. Johnson Fund, Inc
• The Stuart Foundation
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• Cultural Arts Rotary Club of Fresno

We welcome YOUR support! To find out how you can support or volunteer for The kNOw, contact Mai Der Vang.