Faheemah Salad Din on In the 661

March 17, 2018 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, featured, Health, Healthy School Lunches, Immigration Reform, Kern County, South Kern, South Kern Sol, Youth Journalism, youth voice

By: In the 661

Faheemah Salahud-Din of First and Always Melanin talks about how her organization was born, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and offers reactions to the Black Panther film!

Gloria Garcia and the LGBTQ Youth Summit

March 7, 2018 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Arvin High School, Bakersfield, BHC Youth, Building Healthy Communities, California Rural Legal Assistance, Dean Welliver, education, Environmental Justice, featured, featured stories, Gloria Gargia, Health, In The 661, LGBTQ, Love, Marilu Cisneros-Martinez, Reyna Olaguez, South Kern, South Kern Sol, Veronica Morley, Youth Journalism, youth voice

By: In The 661

Gloria Garcia of California Rural Legal Assistance talks about the work the law firm does and the upcoming LGBTQ Youth Summit.

Students Protest By Walking Out Of School To Join March

May 23, 2017 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: advocacy, May Day March, Phoenix Hailing, youth voice

By Phoenix Hailing

On the morning of May 1, I sat anxiously in my seat waiting every passing second seeming eternal.

Youth Commentary: Sexual Assault Needs To Be Taken More Seriously

May 20, 2017 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Cassidy Sheppard, President Donald Trump, Sexual assault, youth voice

‘My body, my choice, you will never silence my voice’

By Cassidy Sheppard

Did you know that in our nation, every 98 seconds someone is sexually assaulted, and 9 out of 10 of those victims are female?

Speech Calls for Youth to Rise Up

May 17, 2017 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: climate change, education, Phoenix Hailing, youth voice

By Phoenix Hailing, Photo by Kody Stoebig

Editor’s Note: Phoenix Hailing of Highland High School, 18, gave this speech at the “Day of Resistance” community march and rally held on May 1 at Mill Creek Linear Park in downtown Bakersfield.