"Just Like Us" is a radio documentary created by the Cornell Square Park TRACErs during the summer of 2011.  A description of the project is listed below:

About "Just Like Us":
Here at Cornell Square Park we’ve created a radio documentary about "adultism." Adultism is the discrimination of youth, ages 14-21 by adults.  We explored this topic by raising several conversations about different forms of oppression.  After coming to consensus on our topic, we started to learn about journalism and how to use a recorder.  We collected interviews and ambient sounds and we also got a chance to do an audio workshop with one of the TRACE facilitators, Jayve Montgomery.  Towards the end of the program we started editing and adding different ideas to make our project come together.

Acknowledgements:
This project would be incomplete without the help of several people, and we would like to say thank you: Irene Tostado, an independent contractor who works with WBEZ.  She helped us become journalists and narrow down our topic. Natalie Moore, a correspondent for WBEZ’s Southside Bureau.  Natalie gave us tips on what a journalist should and shouldn’t do.  Peter Adams, program manager for the News Literacy Project.  Andres Hernandez, an independent contractor who works with TRACE. Andres helped us throughout the entire program with several different things.  Jayve Montgomery, a Chicago Park District facilitator, taught us how to use different audio editing software.  Ed Bornstein, a Chicago Park District facilitator, helped us create the beats that you will hear throughout this piece.  Last but not least, our wonderful counselor Brian Lewis, who helped us from the beginning with picking our topic, giving us different ideas, and making sure we gave this project our all.  Once again, we would like to say thank you to everyone who helped make this project the very best that it is.  Enjoy!

Just Like Us (Radio Documentary) feat. Cornell Square TRACErs

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This rap by Averill P. was included as part of the "Just Like Us" radio documentary created by the Cornell Square Park TRACErs during the summer of 2011.

Adults vs. Kids (Adultism Rap) feat. Averill P.

This spoken word poem by Rayonna L. was included as part of the "Just Like Us" radio documentary created by the Cornell Square Park TRACErs during the summer of 2011.

You Were Just Like Us (Adultism Poem) feat. Rayonna L.

TRACE cultivates young creative activists who seek to collaboratively understand and exercise their abilities and shared responsibility to advocate for and create change within their local and wider communities. TRACErs do this by using art processes to engage in dialogue, bridge-building and problem-solving.

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