Boys and Girls Club Provides Safe Spaces

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Mar 17, 2023 | All Talk, Education, Local, Program, Talk of the Bay | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Boys and Girls Club Provides Safe Spaces

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The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz is celebrating 50 years of serving the area’s youth with many enriching afterschool and day programs. As the opioid crisis hits ever younger ages, how might programs like these prevent the tragedy of addiction and overdose? Cabrillo student and reporter Casey Paz shares this interview with Girls and Boys Club staff member, Genesis Smith about their experience helping young people who may suffer from depression or anxiety get back into their lives. Casey Sustaita-Paz is a student in Rachel Goodman’s Broadcast Journalism class at Cabrillo College.

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Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.