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A Legacy of Youth Voices and Creating Change
Celebrating 33 years of enriching and supporting the voices of urban youths, Youth Communication Chicago continues to teach literacy and life skills to high school students in Chicago.
In 1974 the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation?s Commission of Inquiry into the state of high school journalism found that urban minority voices were stifled by prejudice and bureaucracy. The findings of the Commission sparked a call to action in Sister Ann Heintz, founder of Youth Communication. Now known as Youth Communication Chicago, this organization continues to answer the needs of student voices by allowing them the opportunities to be heard.
Stutdents from various Chicago high schools contribute articles and produce a news magazine called New Expression. The publication is written and edited by teens covering current events, issues, college and career news, business, entertainment and sports. Since its inception, YCC has worked with over 3,750 Chicago youths.
New Expression is circulated around the Chicagoland area to different high schools and locations. The May/June issue distributed 46,000 to over 300 sites including schools and youth programs as well as 425+ subscribers, college students, student parents, journalists, educators and corporate executives.
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