Radio Rootz

Rootz youth champion the slogan Our World, Our Mic!

Through our programs participants learn, understand, challenge, and create media.

If you're going to experience media everyday, why not experience it in a cool and creative way while learning some valuable lessons about how media can work for or against you?  _{-Mera Beckford, Rootz Alumna}

Rootz youth have created documentaries on access to higher education for undocumented students;  reported on their fears about their parents' potential deportation and youth opinions on immigration reform; and provided extensive youth coverage of the spring immigration rights rallies.

The kind of high-level media training that Radio Rootz provides is rare, and is rarer still in immigrant communities and low income communities of color. The training and access Radio Rootz provides is critical to increasing diversity in the media.

Radio Rootz helps children of all ages feel comfortable enough with themselves to let their voices be heard.  _{-Kristal Graham, Rootz SMOP '07}