Posts Tagged as "role models"

Coming Out as Trans and Finding a Role Model in Myself

June 15, 2017 /

Above: Just like the beautiful sunset amidst a storm, Alice’s story is about finding beauty in the life you’re living no matter what. Read More

We’Ced Weighs In: Celebrating Mom

May 12, 2017 /

(Photo courtesy of Aaliyah Lannerd) By We’Ced Youth Media We’Ced asked our youth reporters, coworkers, friends and family members about the special role maternal figures play in their lives. Read More

Countering the Myth of El Chapo in Merced

January 23, 2016 /

Regrettably, too many of our youth are influenced a great deal by people like El Chapo. Leaders of drug cartels have slowly become fixtures on social media, and to some, are perceived as role models. Youth are attracted to the false belief that trafficking drugs is the only way out of poverty or the “hood.”