Workforce development program for young adults nurtures confidence, direction, purpose
West Michigan Works!’ Ascend youth program helps participants build confidence, explore careers, and gain essential workplace skills.
Voices of Youth
Voices of Youth lifts the voices of young people by publishing their work, elevating their perspectives, and fostering their connection to their communities and local news. Participating youth have the chance to be heard by the adults in the communities and to affect change, and the communities as a whole benefit from the valuable, often poignant, insights that youth offer.
A youth mobility program helps teens get to school, activities, and work
After overcoming challenges in the program's rollout, Kalamazoo’s Youth Mobility Fund gives local high school students free access to public transportation, helping teens gain independence and opportunity.
Creating safer spaces for domestic violence survivors of marginalized identities
People from non-Asian communities may not always understand the cultural factors that impact domestic violence survivors from South Asian and other marginalized communities. Student writer Simran Kaur digs into the issue for our Voices of Youth series.
Voices of Youth: Behind the scenes on a Model D photo shoot
Nyla Davison tagged along on a Model D photo shoot that her father, Kahn Davison, was working on. She filmed a social media reel about what it took to create our story about women in Detroit leading changes in hip-hop music, interviewing the journalist and keenly observing the process.
Voices of Youth: Defining and refining our community
For the second cohort of Voices of Youth, we sat down with nearly a dozen Detroit teenagers who shared with us their thoughts on what community is and what (as "solutions-oriented journalists") they would like the world to understand about the city where they learn and love.
Voices of Youth: What would our youngest community members change? We ask them.
Model D spent time with youth from three different Detroit neighborhoods, listening to what they love about their communities and what they hope to change, capturing their words in insightful sketches. Now, our youngest residents will get a chance to report to you.
Los jóvenes opinan: ¿Qué cambiarían los miembros más jóvenes de nuestra comunidad? Se lo preguntamos
El Modelo D pasa tiempo con jóvenes de tres barrios diferentes de Detroit, escuchando lo que les gusta de sus comunidades y lo que esperan cambiar.
Voices of Youth: Detroit Mosaic Theatre teens talk about art, politics and finding hope
For teens who love to perform, the pandemic hasn't been easy. But these Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit teens are finding ways to cope and look to the future.
Voices of Youth: Detroit area students open up about making music during the pandemic
Making music has been a source of inspiration during the pandemic for youth connected with the MSU Community Music School in Detroit.
Voices of Youth: Ferndale Parks & Rec teens open up about pandemic life and the coming school year
Life during the pandemic hasn't been easy, but these Ferndale Parks and Recreation volunteer youth are persevering as they anticipate a new school year.
