Youth Equity Podcast
Our youth equity project, Art of the Podcast Residency, is funded by the New York City Council and developed and produced by History UnErased in collaboration with Houses on the Moon Theater Company. Each episode is the product of a semester-long story-telling program, giving students the opportunity to amplify their voices and share the stories they want and need to tell.
We believe real human stories spark transformation and that students' unheard stories have the power to create real change in our world. Have a listen!
"Don't Say Gay?"
Published July 2, 2022
Meet Prism Club students from Aviation High School in New York City and hear their stories about how they processed, and protested, Florida's House Bill 1557, known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
You will also meet Brandon Wolf and Pat Padilla from Equality Florida, who joined the students via Zoom to help them understand the implications of the Florida bill (now a law).
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"Art Class Matters!"
Published July 2, 2022
Meet students from the Bronx High School for the Visual Arts and hear their stories about a profound issue in their school and how they championed change and paved the way for future students!
"So at first this was kind of like a protest - we wanted to express ourselves, kinda show the school what we can do and what we want to create for the next generation."
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Bonus Episode: Testimonials
Published May 18, 2023
Incarceration across 3 Generations
Published June 12, 2023
In preparation for this episode exploring the family experience of incarceration across three generations, Bronx High School for the Visual Arts (BHSVA) students listened to a true story told by Zudaydah Rivera in the Houses on the Moon Podcast. Have a listen to this intimate conversation BHSVA students facilitated with Zudaydah about her experience as a daughter and mother coping and healing from the effects of incarceration on her family.
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School in the Time of Covid
Published June 19, 2023
"One day you'll tell your grandchildren about this!" they all said. But what if we don't want to wait to talk about how our lives were during the first global pandemic in over a century?
BHSVA student Raghad Alaudi talks to teacher Joyce Mitchell about education in the times of Covid - their fears, their hopes, their struggles, and lessons they learned about themselves and each other.
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Gen-Z — Our Voice
Published June 19, 2023
In this wide-ranging conversation about setting limits on a minor's social media use, an anxious parent comes to the teenagers of Aviation High School with a dilemma: what are appropriate limits to set for my child's online life and how do I balance my child's expectations for privacy vs. safety in the modern internet age? Students and adults engage in a healthy discussion about teenage expression, privacy and risk-taking in the modern age.
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I Am a Proud Gay Man from Guyana
Published February 2, 2024
The GSSLAY at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical High School interviews Steve Hemraj, an LGBTQ activist & healthcare worker who immigrated from Guyana in 2002 and was granted asylum in the United States in 2003. Students engage in a wide-ranging discussion about surviving homophobia, finding pride and self-love, and coming out.
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We Heart Rosemary
Published February 2, 2024
The students of the GSSLAY at Thomas A Edison Career and Technical High School in Jamaica, Queens celebrate the work and life of their staff advisor, Rosemary Gick-Von Ohlen, on the cusp of her retirement from the school and the club.
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Episode 3
Dropping in May 2024