Youth Radio Los Angeles Receives Yvonne B. Burke Courage Award

Congratulations to Youth Radio Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations honors Youth Radio Los Angeles with the Yvonne B. Burke Courage Award at a luncheon on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Luminarias in Monterey Park, California.

For the past 36 years, the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations and County Board of Supervisors has honored outstanding individuals and companies that have demonstrated leadership in making the county a better and more harmonious place for all to live and work. The 2008 awards event is titled "Building Partnerships for Solutions."

Other honorees include Homegirl Café, California African American Museum, Juvenile Justice Task Force in the San Fernando Valley, Hispanic Outreach Taskforce in southeast L.A. cities, and Cal Arts Community Arts Partnership.

About Youth Radio Los Angeles

Youth Radio Los Angeles, housed at NPR West’s studios and ArtShare LA, is dedicated to serving the most disenfranchised young people in East and South Los Angeles. By providing education, encouragement, and real opportunities using a proven youth development model, Youth Radio LA is helping hundreds of young people each year to grow personally and professionally while developing a new and more diverse generation of news professionals.

The amazing team of staff, young reporters, and advisors combine a commitment to the communities of Los Angeles with leadership in media production. Youth Radio LA leads Youth Radio’s Spanish language initiative Radio Juventud, which was launched with the cross-border project AudioPostales connecting teens in LA and Mexico, and in 2008 Radio Juventud expanded to include programming a regular podcast on NPR.

For more information please visit Youth Radio