Podcasts and Multimedia: Self-sufficiency
Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth Farm and Market Project in Minneapolis, MN. They spoke with NCFY about Youth Farm's approach to youth empowerment, and how it helps youth become leaders, step-by-step.
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Forrest Vest is a formerly homeless 19 year-old who is starting a new foundation with help from a family friend, Debbie Michael. In this podcast, the two explain why youth who know the streets can be powerful advocates for change.
Time: 4:45 | Size: 4.6 MB | Transcript
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Meet Maggie, a 19-year-old traveling the country in her van. Refusing the label "homeless," Maggie tells her story and describes her current life. And then street outreach worker Jai Somers explains how programs can support young people in Maggie's situation.
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Three young men discuss how their past experiences as runaway and foster youth inform their current work with the programs that helped them.
Time: 4:41 | Size: 4.3 MB | Transcript
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A young mother talks about the challenges of adolescent parenthood and homelessness and how she has worked to overcome them with the help of a FYSB-funded maternity group home.
Time: 11:05 | Size: 10.4 MB | Transcript
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