Meeting Deadlines, New Additions

With just over a month left before deadline, things are hectic here at Voices. Nearly every weekday afternoon, our office and shared space with City High School is filled with youth staff members hunched over laptops, typing furiously and discussing story angles. Meanwhile, other staff members are grabbing cameras and tape recorders, on their way to photo shoots and interviews across Tucson.

“I’m pretty dead-on with what my story is and how I’m going to get it written, but now I have to actually get everything compiled,” said youth staff member Cecelia Geller. “It’s a little overwhelming!”

In addition to the rush of finishing stories, some youth are also working on additional projects. Martha Cordova was published in the Young Voices section of the Arizona Daily Star on March 3, and an article by Fernando Siqueiros will be published in the Primavera Foundation’s next newsletter.

The youth are also continuing work on their radio modules, which are short opinion pieces that they record for community radio station KXCI, 91.3 FM. The radio modules are the result of Voices’ new partnership with KXCI, RadioActivism, and they will begin playing in late May. Look for more information about this project on our website soon.

110 Degrees would also like to welcome its newest youth staff members: Cecelia Geller, John Kramer, Rosemary Coronado, and Kristian Bulmer. We are also thrilled to have previous 110 Degrees contributors Edward Brown and Willow Wells now on staff as well. What a great staff!