Issue 7 - Young Voices Takeover - out now!
The latest issue is out and features the writing of young people who have taken journalism skills workshops with us. Articles include: What it’s like ‘Being Mixed’, Glasgow’s Graffiti Culture, Sound of Refugee Voices, Basketball in Queen’s Park, Living with Hearing Loss, Empowering Roma Youth, Objects Exhibition, Explaining Human Rights, The Rise of Sober Spaces, Asian Intuition, Quitting Retail Therapy, Musicians in Exile, What’s on, and so much more!
Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers
One of the reasons this magazine was set up was to provide a platform for voices you don’t typically hear in the media and to empower people to tell their own stories in their own words. And this issue does just that. The incredible diversity of stories in this magazine is a culmination of journalism skills workshops provided to young people from all different backgrounds. We’ve also been fortunate to be joined by journalism student Sorana Horsia this summer, who is completing an internship with us and has brought a fresh perspective to new stories.
In case you missed it, you can also listen back to the radio show produced by a very talented group of people we worked with who all of whom have experience of the asylum system: bit.ly/soundofrefugeevoices
And we were delighted to be runner up in the ‘Local Media’ category of the Scottish Refugee Festival Media Awards, as well as highly commended in the ‘Local Hero’ category of the AOP Digital Publishing Awards. These events are an opportunity to introduce a wider audience to this magazine and our approach to doing journalism differently.
As part of our mission to make journalism more accessible, we hope to soon be taking on the lease of a new premises in the neighbourhood, which will be a space for people to share the stories and issues that matter to them. This feels like such an exciting time for Greater Govanhill. If you want to be part of the journey and help us grow, visit greatergovanhill.com/members.
Rhiannon J Davies
and the Greater Govanhill team
Contributors
Editor-in-Chief: Rhiannon J Davies
Creative Director: Laura Hurst
Cover Image: Portrait of Shanine Gallagher for the Being Mixed project by A. Ponce Hardy @aponcehardy
Words by: Becki Menzies, Danny Macpherson, Donna Harley, Dorota Gombarova, Giacinta Frisillo, Inayah Jamil, Jiaqi Zheng, Jack Howse, Marzanna Antoniak, Patricie Zbila, Paulina Gombarova, Rhiannon J Davies, Serena Gombarova, Shanine Gallagher, Sorana Horsia, Summer Jamal, Zainab Ashraf, Zanib Ahmad
Editing support from: Becki Menzies, Mikey Jarrell, Sorana Horsia
Featuring the photography of: A. Ponce Hardy, Alex Popa, Alexander Hoyles, Dylan Lombard, Jack Howse, Morwenna Kearsley, Paul MacAlindin, RADA, Rhiannon J Davies, Simon Murphy, Virginie Chabrol, Zainab Ashraf, Zanib Ahmad
Illustrations by: Alice Brown, Alistair Quietsch, Jiaqi Zheng, Norrie Millar, Ragini Chawla
Translation support from: Romano Lav, Sorana Horsia
Printed by Gladstone Media Ltd
A special thanks goes to our advertisers: Al Khair Foundation, Ando Glaso, Cibo, Fair Deal, Garolla, Home Energy Scotland, Street Level Photoworks, Studio 70, Tramway, Women on Wheels. Want to advertise in our next issue? Email becki@greatergovanhill.com
This issue was also made by possible with support from: The National Lottery Community Fund & The KFC Foundation