Tell your own story.
YOUTH STORYTELLING PROGRAM
Narrative Arts, I Am Her Inc., and Land & People have been collaborating for over six years to provide paid training in video production, podcasting and storytelling to youth in Eastern North Carolina. Our program is dedicated to empowering the next generation with the skills and confidence needed to become future leaders through the art of storytelling. Participants receive comprehensive training in storytelling, journalism, media production, and equipment handling, complemented by personalized mentorship from industry veterans. They also have the opportunity to share their work and engage in meaningful discussions with community members about the impact and significance of their stories.
We follow the philosophy that both teaching and learning are collaborative, with students and instructors learning from and teaching one another. Every year, our program participants are trained to explore a new theme and create their own body of work. Keep scrolling to check out their final projects!
2024 Cohort
Theme | Coastal Healing Project
Coastal Healing Project is an episodic YouTube series created by young people in Carteret County, North Carolina. Together, we produced our own spoken-word YouTube videos about what it means to us to live in Carteret County and how climate change has impacted our community.
2023 Cohort
Theme | We’re Still Here
We’re Still Here is an episodic YouTube series created by and for young people in the Waccamaw Siouan tribe, ages 13-21, in Columbus County, North Carolina. The project is a collaboration between the Waccamaw Siouan tribe, Community CPR, Narrative Arts and Land & People.
2022 Cohort
Theme | Climate Stories
Climate Stories | Youth Report is a podcast created by young people along the coast of North Carolina. We explore how climate change is shaping our neighbors lives in unexpected ways. The project is funded in part by a grant by North Carolina Sea Grant through the Community Collaborative Research Program and produced in partnership with Narrative Arts and NC Health News.
When 12-year-old youth reporter Isobelle Hughes moved from England to coastal Onslow County, North Carolina, she didn't know what to expect from hurricanes. They didn't have them in England. Today, Hughes explores what storm chasers and scientists have learned about hurricane patterns, and how the storms will impact her new home.
Most of 17-year-old Brianna Leduc's neighbors are farmers. She lives in Whiteville, North Carolina. In this episode, Brianna set out to discover – how will the climate crisis change the way the way her community farms?
Youth reporter Kai Davis used to play in the ashes as her family burned trash on a sequestered piece of their family land. Now older, Kai knows that burning trash is bad for her and the environment. But her neighborhood doesn't have access to waste collection. She wants that to change.
17-year-old youth reporter Trisha Martinez, of Tarbor City, NC, explores the research behind strategically, in what way, youth speaking to adults about climate change can transform an older generation's perspective.
Youth reporter Isabella Avila, from Hampstead, NC explores how climate change is bringing humans and sharks into more frequent contact.
Youth reporter and resident animal-lover Nyaira Danley, from Jacksonville, NC speaks to conversationists and forest rangers about how climate change is affecting small wildlife in a big way in her hometown.
Youth reporter Jakub Skultety, from Kill Devil Hills Hawk, NC explores how living shorelines can mitigate coastal erosion in his home community on the Outer Banks.
Youth reporter Emmy Benton, from Kitty Hawk, NC explores how climate change is tied to homes on the oceans edge that make up her community. Benton speaks to scientists about what Outer Banks residents can expect over the next 20 years – and the power that locals do hold amidst impacts.
2021 Cohort
Theme | As Loud As I Want
As Loud As I Want is a podcast produced by young people in Carteret County, North Carolina. In the series, we explore own unique voices and perspectives. We’ll use spoken word and sound to share the community and personal rituals that are meaningful to us. This podcast was created by a series of workshops in we were trained and paid to produce our own podcast series. Tune in to our show below!
We're starting off our podcast series by sharing a little bit about the customs we cherish.
In today’s episode we're sharing the memories that remind us of where we come from.
Today we're hosting Eastern North Carolina spoken word poet Israel Sorenson. Sorenson will perform and give us tips for our own writing. We'll also recite and discuss former United States Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's piece 'Call Us'.
This podcast was created by a series of workshops where we learned about poetry and the arts of sound. In this episode, we share our final As Loud As I Want spoken word stories.
2020 Cohort
Theme | Where I Come From
Where I Come From is a podcast that reflects the traditions of young people in Carteret County, North Carolina. We use spoken word and sound to share our perspectives about what it means to be from Carteret County. This podcast was created by a series of workshops in we were trained and paid to produce our own podcast series. Tune in to our show below!
Today we’re kicking off our podcast show by sharing a little bit about the customs we cherish.
Continuing in our along our podcast journey, in this episode, we're sharing the memories that remind us of where we come from.
Today we're hosting Eastern North Carolina spoken word poet Israel Sorenson. Sorenson will perform and give us tips for our own writing. We'll also recite and discuss former United States Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's piece 'Call Us'.
This podcast was created by a series of workshops where we learned about poetry and the arts of sound. In this last episode, we share our final Where I Come From spoken word stories.