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MyVoice Presents in Toronto
Ivana Khreizat, undergraduate at the University of Michigan, presented her MyVoice research project at STFM 2019 conference. Her poster was titled "Youths’ Perceptions of Nutritional Information on Menus: A National Mixed Methods Survey." MyVoice member Ivana...
A Policy is Born–Katherine demystifies the process and adds MyVoice
How do we get people in power to actually listen to and respond to citizens' concerns? How can research inform policy? How do we bring youth voice to Washington D.C., board rooms, and local municipal decision-making? MyVoice member Katherine has taken on these big...
MyVoice presents at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
MyVoice was excited to share our work with leading advocates for children's health in the city of Chicago. We were invited to speak to a group of researchers and clinicians from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the Stanley Manne...
Elevating youth voice to inform adolescent sexual health
MyVoice was so excited to take the main stage at the Conference on Adolescent Health this spring. MyVoice founder Tammy Chang and 2018 MyVoice summer intern Tamara Terraza teamed up to give a featured presentation to a national gathering of physicians, nurses,...
MyVoice Policy Sprint: Tobacco Laws
More than 360 cities across the United States, as well as six states, have adopted Tobacco 21 legislation--which raises the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to age 21. Michigan is not yet among them, but that may change. A public health and policy team from...
Sexting at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) conference
The New York Times ran a headline in March 2018 "Teenagers Are Sexting — Now What?" with practical advice from health care providers to parents. Meanwhile, nearly half of U.S. states (23 currently) have laws that define sexting between minors to be child pornography....
Spend the summer with MyVoice – we’re hiring paid interns!
Are you a creative, digitally-engaged high schooler interested in bringing MyVoice stories to life through print and online media? If so, you should apply for our 2019 Summer Internship. As a MyVoice summer intern, you'll join our eclectic team of youth, researchers,...
MyVoice Shorts: What youth think really think about mental health care
Here at MyVoice, we ask youth a LOT of questions! With 118 surveys and counting, we cover a large variety of topics--from health and politics, to relationships and growing up. Of all the issues MyVoicers discussion, there's one that y'all consistently ask to cover...
The People of MyVoice: Katherine
MyVoice is a text messaging platform that reaches youth across America. We're also a close-knit group of real people who are energized and committed to amplifying youth voice through technology, scholarship, and advocacy. Among our members is Katherine Jones, a former...