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Youth Voice Amplified
Join hosts Gennessa Fisher and Brian Johnson for this youth-led and youth-focused monthly interview series as they talk with young people about their life experiences with homelessness, foster care, disabilities, teen parenting, and more. Each conversation will uncover stories of hope and strength from youth storytellers who will share the best ways we can support youth in similar situations. If you want to know how to do better for youth or simply be inspired, this is your show! Every youth has a story to tell. Are you ready to listen?
Youth Voice Amplified
A Youth Roundtable on Homelessness & Hope
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In this powerful Homeless Youth Awareness Month episode, we sit down with members of the Youth Action Board (YAB), a group of young leaders with lived experience with homelessness who are driving real change in Kern County. From survival and stigma to policy and peer support, this roundtable dives deep into the realities of youth homelessness, what needs to change, and how youth are using their voices to reshape the system.
Whether you’re a policymaker, community member, or someone looking to understand youth homelessness more deeply, this conversation is real, raw, and rooted in hope.
Resources & information mentioned in the episode:
- National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
- Kern County Youth Resource Guide
- Kern Youth Action Board Instagram (@KernCountyYouthActionBoard)
- Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative
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If you would like to ask us a question, recommend a topic, or suggest a guest, please email us at youthvoiceamplified@gmail.com.
Credits:
Producers: Brian Johnson, Gennessa Fisher, Kim Silva and Allyson Baptiste
Production Partners: Liam Silva and Kern Education Television Network, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office
Theme Song: “Beatitude” by Mountaineer
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