Speak Your Piece

Shoresides
Speak Your Piece

Shoresides accepts opinion essays on a range of topics for our “Speak Your Piece” series which is published as text online or aired as audio as part of our podcast. We’re particularly interested in essays that share ideas or issues from the coastal region from perspectives not often heard in our traditional media. Written essays typically run from 400 to 1,200 words and audio essays from 3-4 minutes, but drafts of any length will be considered. We will arrange recording for audio editions.Submission guidelines: Please share one sentence at the top of your submission that tells us who you are and how your opion essay is connected to the coastal region. Also, be sure to include annotations for all assertions and attributions made in your essay. All submissions must be original, exclusive to Shoresides. Contact us at shoresides@workingnarratives.org

  1. NC Must Provide More Culturally Relevant Practices

    05/18/2022

    NC Must Provide More Culturally Relevant Practices

    “It would be great if we could have funding to have mandatory training programs for teachers so that they could be really educated about what's going on. So they're not only a teacher who just teaches academics, but they also teach morals and how this world functions.” Vaishnavi Kode, 14, of Apex, NC speaks about the critical need for culturally relevant education in NC public schools, which helps prepare students for their future engagement in our society.Support the show

    4 min
  2. Fund School Counselors, Not School Resource Officers

    04/21/2022

    Fund School Counselors, Not School Resource Officers

    “I should not be scared to come to school. Schools need to be a place of love.” Yakob Lemma, 17, of Raleigh, NC speaks about how SROs are harming students and why the state needs to invest in more constructive strategies.Support the show

    3 min
  3. Inequitable Public School Funding Must End

    03/02/2022

    Inequitable Public School Funding Must End

    Sonia Green, 17, of Durham, North Carolina speaks about how equitable funding for public school capital and enrichment activities is critical for providing equal educational opportunity to all children.Support the show

    3 min
  4. NC Public Schools Need Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Teaching

    02/25/2022

    NC Public Schools Need Culturally Relevant Curriculum and Teaching

    “My dad wanted me to know that people like me, we weren't just slaves. We were also really successful mathematicians and astronomers and scientists.” Laura Norman, 16, of Cary, NC speaks about how the state’s public school curriculum does not adequately explore race relations, racial discrimination, and systemic racism. Support the show

    3 min
  5. North Carolina Must Adequately Fund Rural Public Schools, Now

    01/15/2022

    North Carolina Must Adequately Fund Rural Public Schools, Now

    I want to be a journalist… There is no school newspaper or journalism class at my school.” Jaileea Knight, 15, of Tarboro, NC speaks about how North Carolina’s failure to allocate resources toward the specific needs of students in rural districts unfairly limits student potential. Support the show

    2 min
  6. North Carolina Must Fund Improvements to Internet Access Before It’s Too Late

    02/07/2021

    North Carolina Must Fund Improvements to Internet Access Before It’s Too Late

    North Carolina student Francisco Ibarra speaks out. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced many public school children to be exclusively on-line learners, North Carolina is still failing to provide the infrastructure for improved internet service state-wide, preventing some students from getting the education they are owed. Support the show

    3 min
  7. Felony Voter Disenfranchisement

    11/09/2020

    Felony Voter Disenfranchisement

    "We are all We The People. When you tell me that I can't participate in an election, you telling me I'm not a part of We The People...that makes me feel like you are still oppressing me, and you still seeing me as three-fifths of a human."Daquan Peters is the Second Chance Alliance Coordinator at LINC Inc, a nonprofit in Wilmington, North Carolina focused on reentry for formerly incarcerated people and youth empowerment. As a someone who was formerly incarcerated himself and is on federal pro...

    7 min
  8. The Importance Of Latinx Voters

    10/29/2020

    The Importance Of Latinx Voters

    "We are contributors, tax payers. We are entrepreneurs. We are business owners. We have mixed families. We are American...To me, it is important that I define who I am and I say my story, because it took me 25 years to be a U.S. citizen."Victoria Velazco says political parties and policies at the federal, state, and county levels don't always consider Latinx voters. She tells us why she believes the Latinx vote is important and how she envisions the future of leadership in the United States.&...

    7 min
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Shoresides accepts opinion essays on a range of topics for our “Speak Your Piece” series which is published as text online or aired as audio as part of our podcast. We’re particularly interested in essays that share ideas or issues from the coastal region from perspectives not often heard in our traditional media. Written essays typically run from 400 to 1,200 words and audio essays from 3-4 minutes, but drafts of any length will be considered. We will arrange recording for audio editions.Submission guidelines: Please share one sentence at the top of your submission that tells us who you are and how your opion essay is connected to the coastal region. Also, be sure to include annotations for all assertions and attributions made in your essay. All submissions must be original, exclusive to Shoresides. Contact us at shoresides@workingnarratives.org

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  • Creator
    Shoresides
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Speak Your Piece
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