Youth+Radio+and+EVC+-+Different+coasts,+similar+philosophies

[|Youth Radio] holds a number of parallels to Steven Goodman's [|Educational Video Center] in New York City. Both programs focus on underprivileged youth from low-income, urban communities. Both programs offer a free after-school education designed to equip students with "hard and soft" skills and prepare them for meaningful careers in and out of the media industry. Like Youth Radio's extensive platform, both network and cable television have featured the works of EVC students. Also, Youth Radio and EVC strive to create a "snowball effect" to turn students into mentors, and their media productions into inspiration, for future generations.

On page 20, Goodman imagines "closing the disconnect" for urban, low-income youth who experience a gap in the way they are portrayed by the media and trated by traditional social institutions. Similarly, Youth Radio trains "young people from under-resourced public schools, community-based organizations, group homes and juvenile detention centers in broadcast journalism, media production and cutting-edge technology." Youth Radio serves to bridge a similar gap for their students.