Youth Voice Matters

Episodes

1. 4

   Entering Student Government

   Season 2, Episode 3—This week’s episode features Ian Harvey, a Marlborough native and rising senior at UMass Amherst. Ian is currently serving as the Attorney General of the UMass Amherst Student Government Association and in this episode we cover what it is like to be involved in student...

   Sep 6, 2023

   23 min
2. 3

   Veterans and Local History

   Season 2, Episode 2—This week’s episode features Naval Reservist Matty Sargent, a historian, veteran, and lifelong Marlborough resident. Matty is researching our local veterans and their stories, as well as the city’s monuments and memorials. He joins us to share details of his work and his...

   Aug 21, 2023

   33 min
3. 2

   Season 2: Episode 1: Youth Councils

   Season 2 is BACK! In this first episode of our newest season, we interview Thalia Patino Molano from the Everett Youth Initiative Council to learn about how they involved young people at the local level, started the organization and about the activities of the Council. Music on piano from...

   Aug 4, 2023

   18 min
4. 4

   Episode 4: Issue Based Advocacy

   We are back! In the fourth episode of Youth Voice Matters, Marlborough youth interview resident Tristan Niedzielski who is the former Executive Director of March for Our Lives Metrowest. He discusses how he became involved in gun violence prevention efforts and other issue-based advocacy. Music…

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   Jul 3, 2021

   32 min
5. 3

   Episode 3: BARCC YLC

   In the third episode of Youth Voice Matters, Marlborough youth interview Samy, Anjie and Anoushka from the Youth Leaders Corps (YLC) of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Centers (BARCC). The BARCC YLC is a group made up of 11 high school aged youth that learn about and create projects to educate their...

   Feb 2, 2021

   28 min
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   Episode 2: Lilla's

   In the second episode of Youth Voice Matters, Marlborough youth interview Laleh Panahi and Nishi Kapoor, co-founders of the new local nonprofit Lilla's. Together they discuss how they founded their organization and what it is like to be youth entrepreneurs. Music on piano from Marlborough's very...

   Dec 16, 2020

   18 min
7. 1

   Episode 1: VoteLocalMA

   In the inaugural episode of Youth Voice Matters, Marlborough youth interview Apple Lin and Andy Zhao, co-founders of VoteLocalMA, a local initiative encouraging youth civic engagement across Marlborough, Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, Hudson, and Shrewsbury. Music on piano from...

   Oct 19, 2020

   26 min