The kNOw is accepting new youth! If you're interested, please check out our guidelines and application here. Deadline is July 22, 2011.

Congratulations to The kNOw's Jaleesa Vickers whose artwork was selected to appear on billboards as part of the nationwide Above The Influence campaign. Look for them throughout Fresno and Visalia!

Builiding Healthy Communities (BHC) AmeriCorps job positions available! Deadline to apply is July 15, 2011. Click here to download brochure, or here to download job description specific to The kNOw. Contact Paulina Murrillo at HandsOn Central California, 559-237-3101.

 

Photography by The kNOw

 

Louie Kee Market Mural On The West Side
By The kNOw Youth Media
October 16, 2010
The Know Youth Media has brought its young artists together with The Muralistics and Youth For Christ to create a new mural to go up on the wall of Louie Kee Market, a family-owned business with over 87 years of history and service to West Fresno residents... >> More

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Mr. Fro's Barber Shop, A West Fresno Treasure
By The kNOw Youth Media
July 19, 2010
West Fresno barber shop honored as Small Business Owner of the Year by Assemblymember Juan Arambula
In what would appear as a normal house, complete with a porch, black screen door and green lawn, at the corner of Fresno and Jones streets in West Fresno sits a barber shop with over forty years of history and service... >>More

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Kids With Cameras: Talking With Students At The kNOw
By Eliza Gregory, PhotoPhilanthropy
May 14, 2010
"Last week I got to interview four students from Fresno, CA who are part of “the kNOw” after school program. They produce a literary magazine and learn photography with artist Joseph Smooke...I asked Maria Valdez what she likes to write about. “Well, I write poetry. And I write about the system. The CPS (Child Protective) system. Because I’ve been in and out of it a lot,” she said. “And I write about my mom. Because she passed away when I was two years old...” >>More

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Everyday Images Of West/Central Fresno
Video produced by Joseph Smooke
Photos by The kNOw Youth Media

April 30, 2010
From a series of workshops with freelance photographer Joseph Smooke, The kNOw youth share a special video collage of their photography capturing everyday images of West and Central Fresno. Check out a blog post by PhotoPhilanthropy recognizing Joseph's efforts with The kNOw. >>More

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Photo Essay, Haiti: After The Quake
Words by JR Valrey, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia
Photos by JR Valrey and Siraj
March 3, 2010

"Going to Haiti was an eye opening experience when I travelled to that part of the world in the aftermath of the earthquake. We did not go to be tourist or go to be on a resort, we were there to help the relief effort, medically and journalistically. We had a doctor, two nurses, and three journalists..." >>More

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PhotoVoice Of My Community By Arena
December 16, 2009
By Arena Phaphilom

Photographs of my community. A Photovoice project for the Fresno BHC (Building Healthy Communities) Initiative of The California Endowment. >>More

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PhotoVoice Of My Community By Kevis
December 16, 2009
By Kevis McGee

Photographs of my community. A Photovoice project for the Fresno BHC (Building Healthy Communities) Initiative of The California Endowment. >>More

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PhotoVoice Of My Community By Anna
December 16, 2009
By Anna Gil

Photographs of my community. A Photovoice project for the Fresno BHC (Building Healthy Communities) Initiative of The California Endowment. >>More

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PhotoVoice Of My Community By Angelina
December 16, 2009
By Angelina Thao

Photographs of my community. A Photovoice project for the Fresno BHC (Building Healthy Communities) Initiative of The California Endowment. >>More