Generation Connect Radio Brings Together Israeli, Palestinian and American Youth
A new program is connecting young adults from Israel, Palestine and the United States through Internet radio with a show called Generation Connect.
Generation Connect is a show by young adults, for young adults, and is a way to get youth from varied backgrounds into conversation about their similarities and differences. The show connects youth by discussing issues of family, social structure, and even how they have fun.
The first show, which will air live at 9 a.m. Monday, April 13 (PDT) at redtulip.org, will bring together young adults from Israel and the U.S. In Beit Jalat, West Bank, we will bring together a group of Jewish and Palestinian young adults, from the 8th and 9th grades, who have been working together in a long-term process of building acquaintance and partnership for nearly three years. The group is made up of Palestinians from Bethlehem, Jewish Israelis from Tel Aviv and Palestinian citizens of Israel from Jaffa. In the U.S. there will be five young adults from the Portland, Oregon area, covering a diversity of backgrounds and religions – Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and Indian.
After its inaugural episode, Generation Connect will continue on a regular basis. A group of four to six students will gather around microphones in the Small Plate Radio studios in Portland, Oregon and discuss their lives, their concerns, their likes, dislikes, hobbies and passions. It is meant to be an open discussion and a way for them to get to know and understand each other better. Youth worldwide will be invited to participate.
Generation Connect is the brainchild of a Portland socially conscious businesswoman and mother, Trudi Morrison, who used a trip to Israel to visit her daughter studying abroad as the catalyst for the show idea.
“Generation Connect is close to my heart,” said Morrison. “It’s young adults connecting with young adults, not adults interviewing kids, giving youth an opportunity to express themselves, be heard, find needed resources and interact on a global and local level. Only through education is there hope that the next generations will learn to live side by side, understand, respect and appreciate their differences and their similarities and find peace and harmony worldwide.”
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Small Plate Radio (www.smallplateradio.com) is a live internet radio/podcasting company focused on content that tells compelling stories. Small Plate Radio, a Xhang Creative (www.xhangcreative.com) business unit, is a social radio platform that delivers highly specialized internet radio programming and content on the SPR Network and as “private label” projects for brands, advertisers and those with special interests. Shows from Small Plate Radio are broadcast live then available for podcast and downloading on the Small Plate Radio Network (coming soon).