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ABOUT TEEN VOICES |
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Teen Voices |
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A national magazine where you can speak for yourself. From the
poem you just wrote to sexual harassment in your school to great ideas you want teen
women everywhere to know about —Teen Voices publishes what you have to say about your
life and world!
Teen Voices is more than just a magazine because we believe that you are more than
just a pretty face!
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Learn more about Teen Voices Online
Meet the Teen Editors!
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Getting our voices heard on the web!
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Teen Voices Online covers the same topics as Teen Voices' print
magazine, and more. Check out Teen Voices Online's weekly love poems, monthly powerscopes,
and art gallery.
Teen Voices is about teen women being themselves. There are enough magazines out there
that tell you how to look, how to act to impress a guy, or to buy certain products.
Teen Voices challenges the mainstream media's harmful images of girls and women by
providing an intelligent alternative.
Packed with original writing, poetry, and artwork by teen women from across the U.S. and
around the world, Teen Voices is a magazine where you can speak for yourself. You can
write about any subject! Here is a list of our regular features:
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Cultural Harmony:
Breaking down stereotypes about ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation.
Surviving Sexual Assault:
Does your boyfriend try to control you? How to get out of abusive relationships.
We Are Family:
Our relationships with our families – in all their many forms.
Teen Motherhood:
A place where teen moms can speak out.
Small World:
How life is for teen women around the world.
Above & Beyond:
Teen women write about living with a disability or chronic illness.
Arts & Culture:
Book, music, web site & zine reviews and interviews.
Media Watch:
A look at how the media influences our lives.
Say What?!:
Breaking down ads that make us mad.
Health:
STD – Alcoholism – Can changing your body image change your life?
Food Corner:
Everything about eating healthy, careers in food, and easy recipes.
Good Reading:
Poems and short stories.
Love Poetry:
Poems about the "L" word.
Dear D:
Need advice? Ask D for help.
Girl Talk:
News important to all women.
Special Features:
All the great topics that don't fit in our regular features. Do animals have rights? You call that body art?! Feminist teens speak out!
If you want to send in your art or illustrate
features for upcoming issues, Teen Voices will send you a packet of info to help you get started!
Just contact us.
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Meet the Teen Editors!
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The teen editorial board chooses what to publish out of all the
writing and art that you send to the office. They also check the writing for factual
information, do additional research on the topic, edit the writing for grammar and clarity,
define words so everyone understands what is being said, and recommend other resources for readers to check out like books, movies and web sites.
How do you get to be an editor? Remember, any teen woman can send their writing and art
to Teen Voices for publishing!
The Teen Editorial Board is a mentoring and job-training program for young women in Boston
who want to learn more about writing, the web, and helping teen women around the world.
You receive a stipend and commit to working every day in the summer or three days a week
during the school year. You must be available every Friday and once a month on Saturdays
for a field trip. To become a member, you have to:
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… Be 13-19 years old
… Like to write and want to learn more
… Be low-income (One or more of the following: live in public housing, receive Medicaid or Medicare, be in foster care, receive Social Security, receive Section 8, receive food-stamps, and/or receive AFDC).
… Not be involved in other after-school programs and have a flexible schedule.
The Teen Voices mentors and staff speak many different languages, please don't hesitate
to apply if you or your family speak English as a second language.
Some exceptions to the requirements are made, please call the Teen Program coordinator
for information at 617-426-5505.
When applying for the summer program, please apply for ABCD and PIC in addition to Teen
Voices. Your acceptance is not guaranteed, it is up to ABCD and PIC. If you are accepted
by one of these agencies, you will receive at least minimum wage instead of a stipend.
Applications and interviews are only given during late August/September, January, and
June. If you would like an interview, please fill out the contact form.
If you work with youth and would like to be on the mailing list, please fill out the
contact form. If you have a particular teen to refer and
reasons she should have a spot in the program, please indicate this on the contact form.
If you would like to be a mentor, you must have a journalism, or visual arts
background. In the fall and spring, it is a weekly commitment of two days per week after school. During the summer, you must be available
three days a week during the day. Apply or for more information check our opportunities page.
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Masthead
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TEEN VOICES STAFF |
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ellyn Ruthstrom, M.A.
ART DIRECTOR Nicole Burkart
MARKETING DIRECTOR Tori Costa
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WOMEN EXPRESS, INC. STAFF |
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jenny Amory, M.C.P.
TEEN PROGRAM DIRECTOR Saun Green
TEEN PROGRAM COORDINATOR Vidya Rao
PEER LEADERS Adanma Ude, Tanasia White
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Ariel Wortzman
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT Stephanie Miserlis, M.S.
FINANCE DIRECTOR Annette Florczak
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INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS |
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Marianne Aiello, Zola Coleman, Prescia Cooper, Erin Greenberg, Kelly Hughes, Sanja Jagesic, Rachel Jylkka,
Sarah Klein, Stephanie Lambert, Jennifer Lee, Rosalia Mannino, Brynne Mancuso, Kelly Marshall, Twanisha Mitchell,
Sylvia Packard, Kristen Sanchez, Kristin Webb, Jamie Wilson,
Amy Yu
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TEEN EDITORIAL BOARD |
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Oyinkansola Ayobiojo, Krystal Arieta, Jeaneidy Baez, Alyse Bigger, Tyisha Burton, Daviean Charles, Ketsia Clermont,
Geidy Contreras, Erica Cuevas, Judelle Cummins, Aleeka Daily, Lillian Dias, Chavonne Dunbar, Jaissa Feliz,
Lachele Fernandes, Salem Gebrezgi, Denna Gilot, Clautrisha Godding, Monique Grannum, Jatara Gray, Sara Horatius,
Christa Jean-Baptiste, Alicia Jennings, Krystal Johnson, Taleesa Leary, Kristen Lewis, Bi Li, Shaquana Mathis,
Taylor Maher, Nakia McKenzie, Shaquillia Meadows, Stacy Morris, Shaquana Nedd-Bridgeman, Ingrid Noj, Jordan Paquette,
Diana Pelez, Shaquawna Pendermon, Tiya Perkins, Aniela Petani, Aleesha Radden, Jasmine Robinson, Rebecca Sainte,
Jennifer Sanchez, Erica Santos-Thomas, Sharlene Singleton, Cindy Surin, Anne Szabla
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NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD |
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ELIZABETH BOVEROUX
JANE BOWERS McCormick, Bowers, and Associates, Inc
DEB DICKERSON YWCA Boston
GAIL DINES, PH.D. Wheelock College
NANCY GRUVER New Moon Publishing
KATHERINE BUTLER JONES, ED.D. Educator/Author
DIANA KORZENIK Artist/Writer
ANITA LAURICELLA Lauricella and Associates
HILARY LUCIER Thompson Island Outward
NANCY NORMAN Boston Public Health Commission
JUDY NORSIGIAN Our Bodies Ourselves
REBECCA SCHECHTER State Street Corporation
SUSAN SHAER Women's Action for New Direction
SARAH-ANN SHAW Media Activist
THOMAS SIEGEL Buckingham, Brown, & Nichols
WALLYS SOSA ARGUS
MARIE TURLEY Boston Women's Commission
KERRY WEISS-PENA Trinity Cmmunications
KATIE WHEELER, ED.D. Consultant
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