[youthradioleaders] Call for Personal Education Stories for NPR / PRX Show

[Marietta Synodis]

Hi all,


I was directed here by the lovely folks at Generation PRX.  Please pass
this along to anyone & everyone who may have a story to tell.


Many thanks,

Marietta


*NPR & PRX’s State of the Re:Union, in Collaboration with the *

*American Graduate Initiative, Is Seeking Stories for Education Special   *


*State of the Re:Union* *(SOTRU)* is asking you to share your first-hand
accounts of schooling in America.  We’re looking for a diverse group of
stories from anyone: students, teachers, counselors, parents,
valedictorians, high school dropouts -past or present- about how your
educational experience has or has not prepared you for life post-high
school.  We want your insights into how effective our schools really are...
in the inner-cities, in the suburbs, and in the rural areas of this
country.  Your story can come from a place of inspiration or frustration,
anger or appreciation, wanting to shock or to inform -- it just needs to be
true and truly interesting.


*How to Submit your Story: *

You can either call (646) 205-4311 or email education at stateofthereunion.com
.


Just follow these two easy steps:

   1. Give your name and email address (please make sure you speak clearly!)
   2. Do your best to cover the who, what, where, when & why of your story
   in under a minute.

If your story is selected for broadcast, SOTRU will professionally record
you telling it and include it in an hour-long collection of stories.


*Deadline for submission is Friday, October 12th*.


*About **State of the Re:Union: *

*State of the Re:Union* *(SOTRU)* is an award-winning public media program
distributed nationally by NPR and PRX, that tells true stories of people
building community through relationships, sacrifice, contribution and
spirit. In each hour-long episode, host Al Letson travels to a different
American city or town to explore what makes community, telling stories of
the people that bring it together and the issues that they face. The show
currently airs on more than 200 public radio stations and has an estimated
500,000 listeners weekly. For more on SOTRU, visit:
http://stateofthereunion.com


This project is funded in part by American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen,
a public media initiative by the Corporation of Public Broadcast to raise
awareness of the high school dropout crisis in America and spark dialogue
on how to keep kids on the path to graduation.  For more on American
Graduate, visit: http://www.americangraduate.org


-- 
Marietta Synodis
Senior Researcher
State of the Re:Union
www.stateofthereunion.com
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