YEAH
Youth Empowered Advocating for Health
About
Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH) guides youth through conducting research on topics that are important to their community and translating that research to social action.
Part 1 of the YEAH curriculum is dedicated to conducting photovoice, a participatory research methodology that uses photography to examine community concerns and generate ideas to address them.
Part 2 of the YEAH curriculum supports youth to engage in creative advocacy through a theater arts performance or film screening and discussion to improve social and environmental conditions in their communities.
Black History Knowledge
Our community partners in Kansas City share the importance of Black History Knowledge by highlighting the favorite places, moments in history, and personal reflections that represent Positive Black History of Kansas City.
Photo gallery
“So when I was there, I was looking around and like just like so many things there have been like adapted to different cultures and just pretty much like stolen. Like jazz, for instance, like and the museum and all that stuff. Like things I see there, it’s just like it’s been taken away and . . . the stories are being told different.”
"Communicate with people that you’re comfortable with, just so they have a better understanding. Because maybe they haven’t gone through what you’ve gone through, but maybe they know somebody who has, or just know a simple way to help you out, and to get out there, in, like, the community would be to, like, broadcast it. Like, let people know that it’s okay to talk about it. Let people know that, like, maybe you’re a comfortable space to come to and talk about it."