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Up Heartbreak Hill - a documentary film
08/02/12 Erica ScharfFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: women, youth, Native American
Erica Scharf who is the director, producer, and cinematographer of the documentary "Up Heartbreak Hill" talks about the hopes and heartbreaks of young people on the Navajo Reservation in Navajo, New Mexico. We see teen angst and conflicts but in the context of Native Culture. The lives of the young people and their families are seen though the special lens of their running which is an integral aspect of the Navajo culture. Erica lived in a trailer on the high school parking lot and develop...
Be the first to commentFull text of President Obama's speech on new policy to not deport most undocumented youth listen
06/15/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: immigration, Barack Obama, Dream Act, youth
Here's the full text of the speech as provided by the White House:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release June 15, 2012
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON IMMIGRATION
Rose Garden
2:09 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. This morning, Secretary Napolitano announced new actions my administration will take to mend our nation’s immigrat...
Be the first to commentTavern owner says stricter club rules didn't work in New Orleans, won't work in Tampa
05/30/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ybor City, Tampa, nightclubs, youth, Tampa City Council
Tampa City Council is proposing new rules for local bars and nightclubs. Among the changes would be excluding 18- to 20-year-olds from Tampa clubs and requiring bars to hire extra duty law enforcement officers based upon venue occupancy.
Joining us to talk about these proposed rules is someone who experienced similar regulations when he owned night clubs in New Orleans. Lux Devoid owns the Mermaid Tavern in Seminole Heights. He attended the city c...
Be the first to commentTampa considers whether to ban people under 21 from Ybor City clubs, gets resistance from clubs and patrons listen
05/24/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ybor City, Tampa, Czar, nightclubs, youth, Tampa City Council
Tampa is considering excluding 18 to 20 year-olds from clubs in Ybor City. But at a City Council workshop today, owners and employees of those establishments warned that move would hurt or kill their businesses. More than a dozen members of the public spoke out against the proposal, including Czar bartender Jennifer Harvey. She says the city doesn’t need to worry about people over 21 buying drinks for underage patrons.
Sandra Hein runs the club Czar. She...
Be the first to commentCommunity Stepping Stones offers classes for at risk teens listen
04/16/12 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Community Stepping Stones, Tampa, Art, youth, education, volunteering
Recent budget cuts have prompted some nonprofit organizations in Tampa Bay to scale back on their programs. But one organization in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa instead offers more classes and extends their urban arts program to youth and adults.
Until the recent budget cuts at Hillsborough County public schools, for the past 15 years, artist Terry Klaaren has been transforming the walls of public schools into community mural projects.
"And the schools had better budgets a...
Be the first to commentImmigrant and youth issues propel USF student body president to claim political speech record listen
04/20/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cesar Hernandez, University of South Florida, filibuster, speech, USF, Florida Legislature, Barack Obama, immigration, youth, education, students
Late this morning, University of South Florida student body president Cesar Hernandez wrapped up a record-breaking speech that lasted twenty-four hours. The aspiring doctor and politician hopes to catch the eye of lawmakers in Tallahassee and Washington.
"What struck me most forcibly about the NLF was the totality as a social revolution first and as a war second..."
It was a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-style filibuster, but unlike the film, spectators wore flip-flops and carried iPo...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete City Council rejects curfew for minors listen
04/07/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete City Council, Karl Nurse, Steve Kornell, curfew, youth
Today the St. Petersburg City Council voted down a proposal to explore a curfew for minors. Council member Karl Nurse brought up the idea, which would have required youths aged 16 and under to be home between 11pm and 6am during the school week. Police would have taken those caught in public during those hours home or to a so-called curfew center. Nurse’s rationale was that it would help kids get a healthy amount of sleep while keeping them out of trouble. The recent shooting of Officer David...
Be the first to commentPhilanthropic Youth Tampa Bay raises money for art museum listen
02/18/11 Lachelle RoddyWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: philanthropy, art, Tampa Museum of Art, youth
With today’s economy, arts are often the first target of funding cuts. But young people have formed a new organization to raise money for the arts.
The Philanthropic Youth Tampa Bay gathered last night at the Tampa Museum of Art. They have helped to raise funds to purchase a film from New York artist Janet Briggs, to donate to the museum. The film, which depicts scenes of the melting Arctic, was introduced by Todd Smith, the executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art.
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Interview with author Walter Dean Myers Part II listen
09/29/10 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: youth, prisons, books, author interview
Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers published two young adult novels in 2010. The first one was Lockdown, about an inner city youth who gets two years in juvenile detention for breaking and entering. The second book, The Crusiers, is about slacker students at an exclusive school for gifted students in Harlem.
WMNF’s Dawn Morgan Elliott spoke with the Myers on communicating with young adults, saving juveniles in the prison system, and how young people handle the seriousness of his s...
Be the first to commentHillsborough county gathers for the 18th Annual Black Heritage Celebration listen
02/12/10 Alexis ChamberlainWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: African American, Black Heritage Celebration, youth
It was all things baseball today at the Hillsborough County Center as the county’s Black Heritage Committee paid tribute to four local Negro Leagues baseball players.
This year’s Black Heritage Celebration, The African-American Contribution to Baseball, recognized Clifford Brown, Walter Gibbons, Raydell Maddix and Billy Reed, who played for the semipro teams the Pepsi-Cola Giants and Tampa Rockets in their prime.
Dave Reynolds, a local sportscaster and self-proclaimed baseball fan, em...
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