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Creative Outlets Empowering At-Risk Youth: Cultural Expressions Through Recording Technology And Multimedia Productions, Gregory Jeffery

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

At-risk youth are empowered through various creative forms of recorded media. Today's market has a wide range of recording technology products lower-end consumer gear to the high-end commercial gear. These products becomes the tools making music more accessible to the low-income urban communities. At-risk youth are able to participate in ways now that many did before them. The facilities of centers such as RYSE in Richmond, Ca reach out to at-risk youth offering programs for recording technology, multimedia arts, and video production as well as a multitude of resources for educational, career, and health services. Cultural expressions through recording technology …