Category Archives: Making Your Voice Heard

Meet the teen whose discovery could lead to a Covid-19 cure

As school doors were closing in the spring of 2020, one Texas 8th grader was using her knowledge and curiosity to tackle the pandemic.

Fighting Stigma with Ice Cream at Sikia Café

Café owners in Uganda encourage their customers to learn sign language to interact with their staff. Choose the Quick Read text option to get the basic story or the Deep Read text option for more details.

High school students are demanding schools teach more Black history, include more Black authors

Students across the country are making their voices heard: they want more diversity and thoughtful planning around anti-racism in their schools.

With a gay protagonist, Pixar short ‘Out’ makes history

Animator Steven Hunter is proud to be a part of Pixar’s first film containing an LGBTQ protagonist.

Ai Weiwei Alcatraz tour: Legos, protest songs and prison cells

Although detained in China for being critical of the Chinese government, Ai Weiwei still manages to create art supporting human rights and free speech. Read this photo essay about a visit to Alcatraz, a former military prison, and view Weiwei’s art made of Legos that speaks up for people from around the world who were imprisoned or exiled from their countries.

Cesar Chavez

Labor organizer Cesar Chavez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to improve working and living conditions for migrant farm workers. Learn how he found the courage to speak out, organize a farm workers’ union, and lead nonviolent marches and boycotts of California table grape growers.

Watch: Quarantined Italians are singing their hearts out. It’s beautiful.

Italians sing to each other, offering camaraderie and solace during these difficult times.

The not-so-secret life of a TikTok-famous teen

Teenagers are making their voices heard in short, online snippets. Spend some time with an unassuming Internet star.

Your body language shapes who you are

Research has shown a surprising conclusion about body language: Practicing more confident, open posture for just a couple of minutes changes the levels of two key hormones, leading to a genuine feeling of increased confidence.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, “Mother of the Everglades”

Read about how one dedicated voice turned the view of Florida’s Everglades from negative to positive.

On YouTube, people with disabilities create content to show and normalize their experiences

People with disabilities create content on YouTube to show and normalize their life experiences.

This ASL interpreter steals the show at rap concerts

Until recently, the self-expression afforded by rap and hip-hop performances was unavailable to deaf audiences. With energetic and expressive sign language interpreters taking the stage along with the artists, that is changing.

Not Up for Debate—Southside student is national champion

Read about a national competition that is propelling one student toward a bright future on the strength of his dramatic interpretation.

Why Introverts Can Be Great Leaders

Even if you’re not that excited about making your voice heard, you may be the best person to lead a group. Find out why.

My invention that made peace with lions

Listen to Richard Turere—a young inventor who saved his Maasai community by effectively scaring away lions.

Video Games are a ‘great equalizer’ for people with disabilities

People with disabilities often feel empowered when playing video games.

Alaska Native Girl Leads Animated Kids TV Show in US First

PBS has debuted the nation’s first-ever children’s series featuring indigenous leads. Finally, Alaskan natives are able to see themselves through the character “Molly of Denali.”