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Youth Council member Featured

6/22/2012

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Youth Council member and We Write South Philly High playwright Thien To was featured on local television channel PhilyCAM (Comcast 66/966 and Verizon 29/30) as part of a program produced by PhillyCAM and Philly Youth Radio entitled “Teen Sanctuaries” about places teens like to go to destress or create. 


The program aired every Friday in June at 7PM.


CLICK HERE to see her feature!

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Youth Council member Gina Dukes Performs at School Reform Commission Meeting

2/13/2012

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On Wednesday, February 1st, Youth Council member and Science Leadership Academy senior Gina Dukes attended the first meeting of the School Reform Commission’s Student Safety and Engagement Committee at the Philadelphia School District’s building on Broad Street. There, she performed a spoken-word piece that addressed the new committee’s main fields of interest: student safety and school violence. See this video of her performance here!

For more information on the School Reform Commission, visit http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/s/src
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Youth Council Members Speak to the Economy League

1/18/2012

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Youth Council members Thien To, Manna-Symone Middlebrooks, Gina Dukes, and Joshua Lynch spoke to the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia as part of a video project in which young people are questioned about what they would like to see change and stay the same in Philadelphia. See this behind-the-scenes footage of the Youth Council getting ready to go on the air, and check in for more video from the actual interviews!

To learn more about the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, visit http://economyleague.org/.

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Thien To on cyberbullying

6/15/2011

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Thien To, Youth Council member and We Write South Philly High ensemble member in photo center, speaks out about cyberbullying in Vietnam and America through Philly Youth Radio, featured on Public Radio Exchange.

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