Local podcast created by City Councilor Samantha Perlman back in 2020 with youth in Marlborough, MA interested in empowering young people to be civically engaged.
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 government. A supporter of Sam, they've been part of Sam's 2019 and 2021 At-large races, as well as her 2023 bid for Mayor. For more information on the UMass SGA, you can visit https://www.umass.edu/sga/.
21 Aug 2023
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 involvement with the Marlborough Historical Society.
4 Aug 2023
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 Marlborough's very own, Marissa Petty.
3 Jul 2021
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 on piano from Marlborough's very own, Marissa Petty
2 Feb 2021
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 communities on issues of sexual violence prevention and healthy relationships promotion. They also work on developing the necessary skills to hold difficult conversations, as well as think critically about the roots of sexual violence and how it is perpetuated
Given the topic of this podcast episode, we want to give a content warning. During this episode we will be discussing the topic of sexual violence. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center is here to support you with a variety of free resources. Please head to www.barcc.org (http://www.barcc.org/) for more resources and on social media @barccofficial.
Learn More?
To join the YLC: https://barcc.org/join/ylc (https://barcc.org/join/ylc)
For free BARCC trainings/workshops: https://barcc.org/information/training (https://barcc.org/information/training)
More information can be found in this one pager flyer (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-hJbYV0pjQGckMnRBIpKtFPQph1zH1x/view?usp=sharing)
Music on piano from Marlborough's very own, Marissa Petty.
16 Dec 2020
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 own, Marissa Petty.
19 Oct 2020
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 Marlborough's very own, Marissa Petty.
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