Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES)

Story Goals:

  • To offer program alumni the chance to learn the storytelling, interviewing, and technical skills to develop individual podcasts focusing on local and regional social action projects they themselves initiated.

Collab Solution:

Members of our team facilitated a customized 6-week online workshop, followed by a month of production time and individual support sessions with facilitators, culminating in a three-day, in-person workshop in Tirana, Albania. We repeated the program the following year in Rabbat, Morocco. Participant podcasts tackled some of the most important and challenging topics from around the world. The impact of climate change on women in southeast Asia. Disinformation and media literacy in Macedonia. A Pakistani project creating inclusive cultural events for deaf people. The integration challenges of refugees in Turkey. Impending global food security challenges. Young women from Ghana and Palestine overcoming the odds for higher education. Just to name a few.

Listen: YES Voices Podcast

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