On April 28, 2012 the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy hosted the NY Shout Out production workshop and media festival. Over fifty youth media-fmakers from across NY State converged to create and share media, including: Youth FX and Tech Valley High from Albany, the Children's Media Project from Poughkeepsie, The Sanctuary from Independent Media in Troy, Berkshire Farm in Albany, and WGXC's own youth production teams: Radio Explosion and the Hot Wing-ed Girls. Participants came together to discuss their views about important social issues and to create short films around the theme of "Resolution, Revolution, and ReMix."

Scroll down to see a filmstrip of six short videos produced by groups of youth working with adult mentors, and below a slideshow from the event, called "Food for Thought" - put together by the Sanctuary's Ellie Markovitch, highlighting the coming together of community around nutrition & media education. Youth Producers from WGXC also recorded interviews with other workshop participants and adult mentors during the day. Click the "audio" tab to the right to hear their conversations!

Participating youth groups include: YouthFX in Albany, NY; Children's Media Project in Poughkeepsie, NY.; The Youth Media Sanctuary at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY.; Tech Valley High School, in Rensselaer, NY; YouthBuild Troy in Troy, NY; and WGXC!

Participating WGXC youth include: WGXC Radio Explosion producers Courtney Murphy, Adrianna Rose Solon, Olivia Williams, Christina Vargas, and Corinthian; and the "Hot Wing-ed Girls" from Perfect Ten: Destiny Collins, Erykah Hodkins, and Nihaja Hampton.