Xyza’s Speak Out Series
At Xyza: News for Kids, our goal is to show kids that news, nay the world, matters. But perhaps just as importantly, we want kids to be informed and feel empowered to ask questions, speak up, and learn about the world around them.
As parents ourselves, we believe that news can provide information, start conversations, build empathy, and should be accessible to everyone, especially children. That’s one of the reasons why we started Xyza: News for Kids and exist as a printed newspaper, web destination, and mobile app.
We also believe that young voices are strong voices … when they’re heard. Information is good, but a conversation around information is even better. We learned early on that if you give kids the opportunity to speak out, they will. And who benefits? Those listening and those speaking.
As such, Xyza is starting a community discussion series where youth are encouraged to participate, voice their interests, opinions, and concerns, and hear from leaders in politics, science, technology, music, and more.
We’re kicking off our “Speak Out” series with a youth town hall discussion with SF mayoral candidate Mark Leno . Why? The idea started with a simple question, “Are kids curious about the mayoral candidates?” After receiving over 100 questions, we can confidently say a resounding, yes! There were all kinds of questions like, “Do you have to be rich to be a mayor?”, “ What will you do about the homeless problem?”, and “How will you prevent a school shooting in San Francisco?” So, yes, kids are absolutely curious about the SF mayoral race and definitely have questions that they’d like to ask the candidates. We’re making it happen.
This is Xyza: News for Kids and we invite you to our first event below.
https://eventbrite.com/e/youth-town-hall-with-sf-mayoral-candidate-mark-leno-tickets-45564079388
We hope you can make it!
Best,
Joann Suen & Sapna Satagopan
Co-founders, www.xyzanews.com
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