Posts Tagged as "Youth Voice"

WEIGH-IN: Long Beach youth look back at attending schools during the LA wildfires

Mar. 17, 2025 / By
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In this youth weigh-in, Long Beach youth look back at what it was like to attend school during the LA Wildfires from January 2025, and how they would like to see their schools respond to similar events in the future.
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The Voting Age Should be Lowered To 16 | OPINION

Apr. 15, 2022 / By
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We trust young people to work, join the military, and make choices that will impact the rest of their lives. We should trust them with the vote.
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“The monarchs in my neighborhood:” A poem about moving to a new city

Oct. 5, 2021 / By
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In this poem, VoiceWaves reporter Rachel Livinal writes about her transition from a small city to the much larger city of Long Beach, and how she's learned to move through it all.