A program that brings out the voice of youth and listens to their message, Youth Links produced a CD, Why Cry When No One's Listening, to give young people an opportunity to express their views and feelings. Approximately 10,000 CD's have been distributed in communities throughout Baltimore.
For information contact:
David Miller, program director, Youth Links
Why Cry When No One's Listening
Why Cry When No One's Listening speaks to the hearts and minds of youth who live in Baltimore’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods. Produced by David Miller, Johns Hopkins University Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, and LaMarr Darnell Shields, Urban Leadership Institute, the CD represents a collaboration of these organizations with Youth Solutions of East Baltimore and students from the Sound Engineering Studio of Douglass High School in West Baltimore.
This violence prevention CD uses Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Poetry, and Street Interviews to increase awareness of the effects of violence. The short skits woven throughout the CD address real situations that confront urban adolescents—substance abuse, poverty, parental neglect, and apathy—the social issues that plague urban neighborhoods today.
Why Cry When No One's Listening exemplifies non-traditional approaches for reaching urban youth.
Listen to tracks from the CD by clicking the links below :
Drum Call - Andre Turner
The Late Night News - Katina Patton
Skit 1
Skit 2
Doubt - Ronald Davis
Generation Lost - Tehona Thalley
Living in a World of Violence - D. Chase
Skit 3
The Real World - Inetta Jones
Skit 4
Nobody Knows My Name - LaMarr Darnell Shields
Everyday People - Ronald Davis
I am Beautiful - Anastasia Hall
Why Cry When No One is Listening? - Dianne Goodman & Rodney Harris, Jr.
Face Reality - Theresa Byrd
Terror in My Household - Damon Briscoe
Ghost Faces - Andre Turner
Skit 5
If We Only Had Drums - BISHOP
