VOX ATL is celebrating the end of the school year with our annual VOX-A-Palooza event highlighting the many voices published and creating opportunities for youth in Atlanta to share their own stories about topics important to you! We’ll also be celebrating our 2022 Atlanta Youth Poet Laureate ambassadors and award one with the title of Atlanta… Read on
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April 22nd’s episode of Jeopardy! featured yours truly, losing handily to a juggernaut champion, 23-year-old Mattea Roach. Maybe I should be more disappointed, but I can proudly say that my career in education and youth development in Atlanta has made me no stranger to the very situation I was in on the show – being… Read on
VOX joined Partnership Against Domestic Violence Teen Summit to give teens a chance to speak up about what matters to them about dating, dating violence and healthy relationships. Through participating in VOX workshops and speak out stations, teens shared their experiences and voices around this year’s Summit theme “Voices and Choices.” VOX’s Atlanta Teen Voices Teen Editor Christian Stallworth co-facilitated two… Read on
The room at Emory was full of excited teenagers from different schools around Atlanta. The workshop was about leadership and about developing leadership skills while highlighting what a leader truly is. The interaction and engagement from the teens stuck out to me the most during the workshop. They all seemed so enthused to be participating and quick to share their opinions. Read on
While it seem like an easy solution to the problem, my school's new skort rule is actually a Band-Aid for a much larger issue: consent. I believe that while administration had the students’ best interests at heart, they missed the mark on identifying the deeper issue. Read on
It is like having the security ripped from my body. It is having the rose-colored glasses knocked off my face and seeing the world for the first time as unwelcoming and cruel. Read on