Hard Knock Radio

The Legacy of Youth Speaks and The History of San Francisco BayView: National Black Newspaper

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We speak with Youth Speaks’ new Executive Director, Michelle Mush Lee and the Digital Content Manager, Bijou McDaniel about the legacy of Youth Speaks, youth identity and the power of voice. Later we speak with writer Nube Brown about the history of San Francisco BayView: National Black Newspaper and the importance of Black media.  


Hard Knock Radio

Youth Speaks: Civic Poets

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April is National Poetry Month and to help us celebrate we’ve invited Youth Speaks Alum to discuss the upcoming benefit for their annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, set to take place July 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. We spoke with EJ Walls (Sin Q), Gretchen Carvajal and Isa Nakazawa, the Director … Continued