Media Spotlights

Running media spotlights is one of the ways that AMP is distributing the knowledge shared in our exchange series. Each of these articles in their expanded versions will be published in AMP's book in 2008.  For now, you can hit up Wiretap Magazine to get info about how to build and maintain a successful independent music and art programs by and for young people.


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Cave 9

God, Taxes and Punk Rock in Alabama - How a small group of young, dedicated volunteers built Cave 9, an all-ages punk rock venue in Jesus Land. Read more...

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924 Gilman

The 924 Gilman Street Project is a volunteer-run all-ages music space founded in 1986 by Tim Yohannon and some folks from Maximum Rock n Roll zine in direct response to the typical Bay Area punk venues that had bag searches and pay-to-play structures, and attracted neo-Nazi skinheads. Read more...

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The Neutral Zone

From running a recording studio to organizing shows to raising money, the Ann Arbor-based Neutral Zone has been more successful at developing youth leadership than any other teen organization in the country. Read more...

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Youth Movement Records

Oakland-based Youth Movement Records gives young people a chance to make some money as artists, while learning to become community leaders. Read more..

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AS220 

Unjuried. Uncensored. Always all-ages. Providence-based AS220 youth arts center is an inspiring rags-to-riches story that begins as a renegade volunteer collective and transforms into a major downtown arts institution. Read more...

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ABC No Rio 

Find out how ABC No Rio bought a building for one dollar in one of the world's most expensive cities and how, after 27 years, the org has managed to not only survive, but thrive as one of the country's most loved all-ages venues. Read more...

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Located in the last historic Puerto Rican neighborhood in Chicago, Batey Urbano youth center serves as a model for communities struggling against gentrification. Check out the latest installment of AMP's "Turn the Beat Around" series to find out how the organization uniquely integrates politics and cultural expression to engage youth in the Humboldt Park community. Read more...

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The Vera Project serves as an inspiring model of how a small group of dedicated musicians and their fans can transform a reactionary, anti-youth city ordinance into a positive space for young people.Read more...

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Elementz and The Spot
Before there was AMP, the founder of the Spot, in Denver, Colorado, provided trainings to people interested in starting youth centers co-desinged and run by young people. Learn how Dave Deforest-Stalls guided the start up of Elementz. Read more...