Voices of Youth

Feature Story Phone with social media apps
Feature Story Voices of Youth Freedom School organizers, guest speakers, and students. Aaron Foley, the author of this story, is pictured at far left.
Feature Story Students and mentors from the 2024 Voices of Youth Freedom School program.

Voices of Youth: How do Ypsi kids perceive their community?


Feature Story Student writer Aya Ibarisha interviews social worker Justin Harper for this story.
Feature Story Women sitting on dock
Feature Story Posters created by student artists Vaishnavi Attili and Tova Weiss.

Voices of Youth: Students advocate for voting rights through art


Longform Students and staff at HighScope.
Feature Story The former Cheney Elementary School in Ypsilanti Township, possible future home of a community center.
Feature Story "Beyond the Mask" by Jah'Niya Treadwell.

Voices of Youth: Going "Beyond the Mask" of young people's emotions


Feature Story "blaring silence" by Lola Khasnabis Upton.

Voices of Youth: Art about the isolating effects of quarantine


Feature Story Kennedy Flowers.

Voices of Youth: Addressing barriers to sex education in Michigan


Feature Story Writer Nia Stewart at far right with her Motor City Track Club teammates (L to R) Eve, Nevaeh, Londyn, Lia, and Aubrey.

Voices of Youth: Investigating gender inequalities in sports


Feature Story Isha

Voices of Youth: Celebrating intersectional identities


Feature Story LaTanya Nobles is one of many Black Americans who've experienced racial inequities in the health care system.