Welcome to the VOX ATL Guide on the Side podcast. In this series, we’ll talk to youth development professionals to spotlight their work and bring you behind-the-scenes stories from our community partners. We’ll also share experiences from our own nearly three-decade-long commitment to amplifying youth voice and leadership from across metro Atlanta. Enjoy the recorded… Read on
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Create Your Dreams Creates Learning Pods After seeing a slew of social media posts of parents expressing their frustrations with online learning, the executive director of Create Your Dreams wanted to find a better way to support its kids and families. Like many organizations, Atlanta-based Create Your Dreams (CYD) switched over to virtual programming with… Read on
“Opportunity does not always come knocking,” said James W., 18. “There are a lot of times when you have to go looking…When it does come, it will knock once and then leave. So, it’s not always that people don’t get opportunities, it’s that they are not looking, because they don’t know how.” “I think opportunities… Read on
"Underserved." "Disadvantaged." "At-risk." In this video, teens from Metro Atlanta share how some of the language of youth development impacts them personally — and offer suggestions to YD professionals to update their language so that their good intentions can "awake each students personal abilities and allow them to shine in individual ways." Read on
We "Zoomed" with several VOX ATL alumni in the fall of 2020 to see what they’ve been up to and how their experiences as teens at VOX impacted their lives longer term. Read on
Youth development professionals from three Atlanta-area nonprofits met up with VOX ATL to reflect and look ahead about what we’ve all learned through the sudden and necessary shift to virtual programming — and to share what we will carry forward to maintain quality in our youth development work. Read on
