Power Your Story

What do you think of when you think of visiting Chicago? Or if you live here, where do you take guests when they come in from out of town?

Aliyah shares her top 5 places to check out in our opener for Season 4: Exploring Chicago.

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 4 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Damon, Emon, Joel, Juan, Mandy, Maritza, Mark, and Quintin.

Do you ever get stressed out? Overwhelmed? Tired? Anxiety?

Do you wish you could feel more calm, more joy, more like yourself?

In a follow up to our last episode at I Grow Chicago Peace House, Keenan talks with Francine Brown, a massage therapist in Chicago, who led us all in a Kai Chi Do session.

Kai Chi Do is a movement meditation combining movement, breathing, music and even dance. The goal is to experience a feeling of connection -- to yourself, to others and to life.

You'll hear a little bit from the beginning of our class in this episode.

Learn more about Kai Chi Do at http://www.kaichido.com

Check out Francine's healing practice in Chicago at http://www.blessthisbody.com

You can learn more about I Grow at http://www.igrowchicago.org, on Facebook @igrowchicago, and Instagram @igrowchicago.

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Power Your Story took an incredible field trip to visit the I Grow Chicago Peace House in the Englewood neighborhood.

We got a tour, played basketball, took a kai chi do class (which you'll hear about in another episode), visited the greenhouse, met community members, ate lunch... it was a great day!

Al, Malik, Justus and Keenan interviewed co-executive directors Quentin Mables and Erin Vogel about the organization's mission, why they personally got involved, what kinds of programs they offer and the importance of offering a safe space for people in what is traditionally known as a rough, under resourced community.

The mission of I Grow Chicago is to grow Englewood from surviving to thriving through community connection, skill building, and opportunity.

Powered by community and leading from the streets, all programs work to address the traumatic effects of violence and poverty.

You can learn more about I Grow at http://www.igrowchicago.org, on Facebook @igrowchicago, and Instagram @igrowchicago.

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

What would you do if you saw a car crash right before your eyes?Producer Aliyah is inspired by the true story of how one of her teachers at Ray Graham, Ms. Delgado, saved a family of children from a wrecked car before emergency workers arrived. Hear what happened in this exclusive interview.

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

Producer Shamar interviews Allen Turner, a professor at DePaul University who designs video and tabletop games. He is also a storyteller and educator.

We talk about how you come up with the story for a game, how games get made, the best and most challenging parts of his career, and how his personal story about growing up led to him to do this work.

His tabletop RPG game Ehdrigohr is a non-traditional fantasy world that takes traditional storytelling elements from the myths and folklore of tribal and indigenous cultures around the world, with particular inspiration from the Lakota people to create fate-based adventures.

Learn more about Allen and Ehdrigohr at http://council-of-fools.com/blog/

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters.

Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

Producer Aliyah shares her personal thoughts on the debate about gun control following our 3-part series on gun violence with Dion McGill from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

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YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

This is part 3 of a 3-part series on gun violence in Chicago, in schools and in our culture. Our producers had an unscripted Q&A with Dion McGill, Program Manager at the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

We talk about the influence of pop culture, rap, social media, economics, police shootings, Chicago history, and how we can work together to make a difference.

Learn more about the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence here: http://www.ichv.org/

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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

Mike Owens is the Emmy Award winning co-creator and executive producer of Danger & Eggs, an animated series for children and families on Amazon Prime.

As a show creator, Director, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Teacher and Animator, Mike has created character driven entertainment for screens of all sizes and for audiences of all ages for more than 20 years.

His work has been featured by Amazon, Nickelodeon, Disney, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Warner Bros, Ambush Entertainment, General Mills, IFC, and Yo Gabba Gabba.

We talk with Mike about his creative process, what it takes to be successful in animation and his best advice for aspiring artists.

Learn more about Mike Owens at https://www.mikeowensproductions.com/

Check out Danger & Eggs on Amazon Prime.

This episode was produced by Justus and Malik.

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http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

This is part 2 of a 3-part series on gun violence in Chicago, in schools and in our culture. We talk with Dion McGill, Program Manager at the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

This episode was produced by Keenan and Miguel.

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.

Sam Kirk creates artwork to celebrate people and to inspire pride and recognition for underrepresented communities. Her work walks the viewer through various moments, focusing on a celebration of culture, discovery of identity, and the politics that we have been fighting for generations. She grew up in Chicago.

Jenny Q is an illustrator, dancer and doula. She grew up all around the world with influential roots in Costa Rica, Brooklyn and India.

In this interview, we talk about public art, travel, improving communities and celebrating different cultures.

See more of Sam and Jenny's work at ProvokeCulture.com - "We will be proud. We will be celebrated. We will be seen."

This episode was produced by Alfred and Justus.

http://www.PowerYourStoryPodcast.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/poweryourstorypodcast

Instagram: @PowerYourStoryPodcast

YouTube: After School Matters - Power Your Story Podcast

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Power Your Story is produced by students at Ray Graham Training Center High School in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.

Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.

Season 3 is produced by Alfred, Aliyah, Carzel, Danais, Juan, Justus, Keenan, Malik, Mark, Miguel, Nathanial, Shamar, Shaquan, and Zamire.

Production support from After School Matters and The Creative Impostor Studios via the Podcast Tech: Power Your Story program.

Cover Art by Emmanuel Johnston, from Ms. Yuridia Trujillo's Digital Media program through After School Matters. Theme Music by DJ Sparkz aka Genaro.