Radio Program Southwest and North students

From the Southwest Patch - your online news source for the area. http://southwestminneapolis.patch.com/ Youth reporters from North and Southwest high schools produce joint audio documentary to air on Jazz 88


Documentary culminates Parent Voices Talk Radio Show season

MINNEAPOLIS – KBEM Jazz 88 on July 10 will air “Graduation 2012,” a 60-minute student-produced audio documentary that explores cross-cultural and racial differences in the graduating classes at their respective high schools. The audio documentary, produced by students from North and Southwest high schools, is part of a season finale for Parent Voices Talk Radio Show, a weekly program on KBEM that is led by Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) parents and community members focusing on the importance of parental involvement.

Four students from the two schools served on the Parent Voices Talk Radio Show youth reporter team over the past seven weeks. The students served as radio hosts and facilitated discussions aimed at specific topics affecting public school students in urban school districts, such as closing the achievement gap between white students and students of color and comparing the experiences of students at North and Southwest.

To prepare for the audio documentary, students reflected on the different people, places, ideas and experiences that shaped the graduating classes of 2012.

This program was sponsored by a grant from the MPS Office of Equity and Diversity to provide cultural learning, interracial dialogue and interaction between two racially isolated MPS schools. 

WHAT: Parent Voices Youth Reporter Team Audio Documentary “Graduation 2012” airs on KBEM

WHEN: Tuesday, July 10, from 9-10 p.m., Parent Voices live finale show begins at 8 p.m.

WHERE: KBEM Jazz 88.5 FM