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Editor’s Note: The suicide this week of actor and comedian Robin Williams seems to have taken many by surprise...
The pressure on a Black woman to follow widely accepted beauty norms and standards in America is real...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in collaboration with the National Center for Education Statistics, has released “Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2013.”..
By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporter Joshua Esqueda
In his first couple years of high school, James Eastland was involved in a gang...
We’Ced Youth Media / New America Media, First Person, Diego Sandoval
According to studies by the American Medical Association, more than 3.2 million youths experience “moderate” or “serious” bullying...
KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc
Editor’s Note: October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and in California this week Governor Jerry Brown will decide whether to sign into law Assembly Bill 256 (Garcia), a bill that would crackdown on students who torment others online and after school hours...
As the People’s State of the City gears up this upcoming Thursday, VoiceWaves asked some of its youth what they thought were some of the biggest issues facing Long Beach youth right now...
ACEsTooHigh, News Feature, Jane Ellen Stevens
Photo (above): Andre Griggs, after school program director, Le Grand High School
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is an excerpt of the first of a series of articles about how schools in California are moving from a punitive to a supportive, compassionate approach to school discipline...
VoiceWaves, a Youth-led journalism and multimedia project in Long Beach, is seeking to profile those individuals and organizations that are Peace Builders in the community...
By VoiceWaves Beat Reporter Patrick Moreno
It was a regular day at a grocery store in Long Beach until gunshots rang...
January 19, 2013
Press Release
Media Contact: Broc Coward (562) 570-6684
Long Beach, CA: Youth, religious and community leaders will join Councilmember Suja Lowenthal, PeaceBuilders, VoiceWaves, Junior League of Long Beach and The Center Long Beach for the official kick-off of the Season for Nonviolence 2013 (SNV13)...
Uploaded by UndocuHealth on Jan 31, 2012
The Immigrant Youth Coalition shares their stories in dealing with depression, substance abuse and other oppressions such as bullying...
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