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Citizenship and Government - Projects
Youthworx
(Myer Foundation, Jressati Foundation, Salvation Army)
David Mackenzie, Ken
Young
Youthworx is a project that models ways of using radio broadcasting
and media arts to work with highly disadvantaged or homeless young people.
Broadcasting is undertaken through SYN-FM, the youth radio station launched
in Victoria in January 2003. Youthworx and SYN both represent participatory
models of young people's activity. A consortium, including The Salvation
Army and two government departments, will fund the $250,000 needed to
launch the core Youthworx program in 2004. Seed funding of $25,000 for
Youthworx was received from the Myer and Jressati Foundations in 2003
and work is underway to build a substantial and recurrent research and
development program. David Mackenzie is project director and Ken Young
has joined the ISR as Youthworx project manager.
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