We all know that that time of the month is a pain, but who knew that it causes millions of women to lose up to 45 days of work and school every year? And for something as basic as a lack of sanitary ...
At 23, Jose Lopez has spent over half his life fighting for justice and opportunity in his native Bushwick, Brooklyn. He now runs the Youth Power Project, the program which introduced him to community activism in his adolescence. The Youth Power Project is ...
Imagine snowboarding for the first time if you had never seen snow: the awe you'd feel on the the lift. The fear looking down from the summit. The sense of accomplishment upon reaching the bottom. Steve Larosiliere, Executive Director of Stoked Mentoring, believes ...
Remember how dull (and awkward!) your high school sex ed and life skills classes were? Maura Minsky, co-Founder and Executive Director of Scenarios USA, has a different approach: let young people do the teaching - through film. Scenarios USA solicits screenplays from youth, ...