Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program
The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP) develops leadership, multiculturalism and identity by providing training and opportunity to youth in community broadcasting. AZYEP gives voice to youth ideas, experiences and events.
Over the past 11 years, our program has continued to provide transformational experiences for over 700 local youth, providing them with access to media education, broadcast journalism, technical training and production activities. While public schools struggle to provide education in the creative arts, technology, and communication, AZYEP develops communication skills, technical skills, creativity and professionalism. Most importantly, AZYEP develops self-confidence by engaging our youth, ages 9 to 21, in local and global issues, weekly live broadcasts, community interview projects, and relevant journalism.
AZYEP positively impacts young peoples’ sense of self importance, voice, and their vital role in civic society. AZYEP helps young people cultivate the confidence, strength, and voice needed to engage successfully through adolescence and beyond.
Since 2000, AZYEP has provided quality media education and youth broadcasting. Our program strengthens life skills, motivates high school graduation, supports higher education goals and prepares participants for careers in the 21st century. Your donation will help AZYEP reach many more youth who have something to say, but still need the opportunity, encouragement, and skills to share it.
Your donation helps the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program to...
- Offer weekly high school radio broadcasting classes where students learn marketable, technical and journalism skills.
- Partner with local teachers to broadcast projects students create in partnership with schools.
- Provide five hours of youth broadcasting at KDNK weekly in both English and Spanish.
- Distribute media content to community audiences, helping to bring local awareness to important youth issues and perspectives.
- Maintain access to production and broadcasting equipment at KDNK.
The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program is an independent non-profit organization that partners with KDNK to provide listeners with excellent youth radio. All AZYEP services are free to our students, of whom 70 percent are from minority groups. Your donation helps AZYEP continue to empower youth to share their thoughts, perspectives and stories on air and touch the lives of KDNK listeners.
Ways of giving:
-Underwriting radio broadcasts
-Donations
-Sponsor a Student
-Participation on our Board of Directors
In order to donate or to get involved with the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, please contact Stacy Stein, Executive Director at 963-0139 or youthradio@kdnk.org.
AZYEP PROGRAMS
High School Class
AZYEP partners with KDNK Community Radio to teach a high school radio broadcasting class available to students from Aspen, Basalt, Roaring Fork, Bridges, CRMS, Glenwood Springs and Yampah Mountian high schools.
The class meets Wednesday afternoons throughout the school year. The class utilizes production and broadcasting equipment at KDNK. Students learn marketable, technical and journalism skills and create a vibrant public affairs radio programs throughout the semester.
Students recieve credit towards graduation and create an audio resume.
Tune in to KDNK the second Wednesday of each month from 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. to hear radio broadcasting students discussing issues important to them. You can listen to the programs on our website by clicking on the links to the right.
Weekly Youth Radio Programs
Tune into KDNK to hear our youth radio programs. AZYEP broadcasts in English on Sunday afternoons from 1:30-2:30 and on Monday afternoons from 2:30-4:30.
On Thursday nights, we broadcast in Spanish from 7-9 (MST).
Classroom Partnerships
AZYEP partners with teachers throughout the Roaring Fork Valley to give students to opportunity to share what they are learning in school with the greater community.
For more information or to get involved in the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, please call Stacy Stein, Executive Director at 963-0139.
Underwrite on the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program
Youth Discuss Diversity
The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program presented our first Youth Divrsity Panel on September 30, 2009 at Roaring Fork High School. Students discussed racism in the classroom and in the community. Overall, the panel felt like there is not a lot of racism or discrimination in schools. They feel there is more segregation in the community. Actually, it's the older generations they feel have more issues with people from different backgrounds. Students feel like their generation is more accepting of people from other cultures because they have been going to school together since they were young.
You can watch the Youth Panel online thanks to Grassroots TV.
http://vod.grassrootstv.org/cablecast/public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=1&ShowID=8512
The Youth Panel introduction can be viewed on You Tube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddshO7ZRqik
Thanks to our sponsors: Peppino's Pizza, Valley Meats La Carniceria, Youthentity, Colorado Mountain College, the Glenwood Hot Springs, Independence Press and Alpine Bank.