Youth @ POOR

pstrongYouth in The Media Internships at POOR /strong/p pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/413/photo_1_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby PNN Staff/p p b pYouth in the Media/p/b Program; is an extension of POOR's b Youth Mentoring program/b and bThe Po' Poets Project/b. Each internship includes:br / extensive creative arts, and media training, media activism and advocacy focused on addressing and creating media on issues affecting low and no income youth such as police harassment, racial and economic profiling, gentrification, homelessness, the juvenile justice system, education, family restoration, and poverty. /p pWorking in print, radio, television and on-line media youth are able to voice issues that affect the communities from which they come. As writers, they would lead the discourse on issues of economic and racial justice, with a focus of using the media as an organizing tool to smash stereotypes and gain support and recognition for the expertise of the low income youth writers around issue of poverty and racism. /p pEach mentorship spans 10-16 weeks, and includes three components;.br / Section I; Basic writing, Newswriting, Investigative reporting, Community based Research, Media activism, and Advocacybr / Section II ; poetry /spoken word and live performancebr / Section III: Web based-publishing, print CD and radio productionbr / As well, each internship includes POOR #101 - a comprehensive investigation into the root causes of poverty and racism./p pTUITION; Agency scholarships provided for low income youthbr / Contact POOR for more information/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p