Yo! Youth OutLook

Audio, Malcolm Marshall and Alicia Marie, Aug 08, 2011

Audio: This week on YO!Radio -- for backpack packed college students e-books make the grade, youth friendly MTV turns 30, and one Black youth from Oakland enters the world of Chinese opera.
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Audio, Malcolm Marshall and Donny Lumpkins, Jul 22, 2011

Audio: This week on YO!Radio -- a famous sports star strips down in support of gay rights, and from North Richmond to San Francisco's Bayview, bloodshed stains the cement with an unfortunate series of murders.
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Audio, Malcolm Marshall and Donny Lumpkins, Jul 16, 2011

Audio: This week on YO!Radio -- Rebecca Black, infamous for her viral song Friday, is slanted to release a new single, sagging suit gets dropped, and one marine scores a date with a cinema scarlet.
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Commentary, Story by: Donny Lumpkins // Audio: Malcolm Marshall , Feb 02, 2011

Commentary: When I took the smoke in my hand and lit it, it felt natural. I raised my hand to my mouth and let the glorious, lung-filling drag fill my senses. It felt really good. I remember feeling as if I hadn’t taken a deep breath in days.
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Audio, Written by Christina Lopez/Audio ProducedMalcolm Marshall, Dec 30, 2010

Audio: For three young men in Kennedy High School in Richmond California, the game of football has changed not only their outlook but their future. The team's coach encouraged them to join their school football team in an effort to get them off the streets.
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Audio, Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall , Dec 05, 2010

Audio: While Richmond, California may be plagued with high crime rates and low unemployment the news of a potential casino has given hope to one young man who thinks will give Richmond a much needed economic boost.
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News Report, Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall , Nov 20, 2010

News Report: Some 150 other people turned up as well, “dressed to impress” in business attire and looking hopeful that their days of unemployment might soon come to an end.
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Audio, Donny Lumpkins & the YO!Radio Crew, Nov 16, 2010

Audio: HOODLines commentators Sean Shavers and Donny Lumpkins discuss the roads to redemption of: Johannaes Mesherle, Allen Iverson, former President George W. Bush and Kanye West.
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News Report, Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall , Nov 08, 2010

News Report: People were angry, just as they had been since the day Mehserle shot Grant on the platform at the Fruitvale BART station. You could see the sadness on the faces of the diverse crowd.
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News Analysis, Donny Lumpins & the YO!Radio Crew, Oct 15, 2010

Editor’s Note: A new Associated Press-mtvU poll found that social networking has created a great deal of unnecessary stress for many young people. This week on YO!Radoi, we spoke to two young women about the daily pressures they face because of their social-networking habits.
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Audio, Malcolm Marshall , Oct 11, 2010

Audio: YO! caught up with Chuck Carpenter of Richmond Build. They works with people between the ages of 16-40 to get them off the streets, learn basic skills and get trained in pre-construction and pre-apprentice skills.
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News Report, Story by: Donny Lumpins // Photos by: Kerri Connolly // Audio by: Malcolm Marshall, Oct 05, 2010

News Report: In 2006, Travante James was tragically murdered in Richmond. While mourning the loss of her son, Kelly Smith began writing on Travante's MySpace page in hopes of reaching out to the person who killed her son, but the social network also provided Smith with a place to express her grief.
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Audio, Donny Lumpins & the YO!Radio Crew, Sep 21, 2010

Audio: I dreaded going to school. It was hell watching my classmates grasp information and excel, even as I struggled to understand things that came easily to them. I got discouraged and taught myself how to stop caring about what happened in school. Sometimes, I wouldn’t go to school at all.
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Audio, Donny Lumpins & the YO!Radio Crew, Sep 07, 2010

For many people, money makes their world go round. Especially for young people the idea of having their own business and making a living is a constant adventure. YO!Radio spoke to two young people who are aiming high and trying to get their business of the ground.
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Audio, Malcolm Marshall , Sep 07, 2010

The mission of the Take Wings Foundation is to build self esteem of at-risk girls between the ages of 13-18 living in San Francisco.
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