by News Decoder | 9 Jun 2020 | Asia, Friends Seminary, Health and Wellness, United States, Westover School, Youth Voices
Youth around the world are fighting fake news and delivering groceries to the needy as they juggle online studies with community service during COVID-19. Nylu Bernshteyn on a food run for the #BrooklynShowsLove mutual aid project in Brooklyn, New York. These student...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 5 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Youth Voices
Reporting from around the world confirms that youth are using their creativity and energy to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best in many young people. That may not be the prevailing view in some media, but the World Teenage...
by Sonia Goyle | 20 May 2020 | School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
An American in Spain, I learned that different cultures and distance could not mask the similar values of my two Moms. María José (L) and Renu when they first met (photo courtesy of Sonia Goyle) Squeezed around the dinner table in a corner of the kitchen, the four of...
by 00 ND Admin | 13 May 2020 | Chadwick School, Health and Wellness, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Thousands of homeless in Los Angeles are finding it hard to shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic despite authorities’ efforts. Camper vans for homeless in Los Angeles County (photo by Sage Silberman) While millions of people in California are sheltering...
by Angela Gu | 13 May 2020 | Chadwick School, Contests, Friends Seminary, News Decoder Updates, School Year Abroad, Thacher School, Youth Voices
Students tackled topics from homelessness to hip hop. Entries on COVID-19 and the environment copped the prizes in our storytelling contest. Charles Gorrivan of the Friends Seminary school in New York and Claire Wang of School Year Abroad France have won first prize...
by Christina MacCorkle | 7 May 2020 | Health and Wellness, Thacher School, Youth Voices
The COVID-19 pandemic is sowing anxiety around the world. Here’s how six young people are coping with stress as they face an uncertain future. A student musician practices virtually with a youth orchestra during home lockdown in Caracas, Venezuela, 24 April 2020...
by News Decoder | 6 May 2020 | Chadwick School, Health and Wellness, Youth Voices
Isolation is nothing new for the immunocompromised. Their weakened immune systems have prepared them for COVID-19 lockdown. Gabriel in hospital, 13 June 2019 (Photo by Anita Shier) By Ryan Rothman Schools and workplaces have moved to Zoom. Entire countries have shut...
by Philippa Lewis | 5 May 2020 | La Jolla Country Day School, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Gun violence, racism and mental health are issues we should care about, but they aren’t always easy to discuss. Music can help. Protesters sing as they demonstrate against the presence of federal immigration agents outside a school in New York, 12 March 2019....
by Charles Gorrivan | 1 May 2020 | Friends Seminary, Health and Wellness, Youth Voices
COVID-19 is disrupting the business models and work of news reporters and publishers alike. The changes are likely to be profound and lasting. A television journalist’s microphone covered in plastic to protect against the novel coronavirus, 17 March 2020,...
by Omobolaji Olalere | 23 Apr 2020 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Youth Voices
How should I feel towards a father who hurts me and Mommy? Mommy says daddies are nice. But if that’s the case, why does my daddy abuse me? Protesters against gender-based violence in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2019 (EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA) The following...