Board of Directors members

Listen Up Youth Radio is a Twin Cities-based social enterprise, worker-self-directed non-profit, working at the intersection of youth employment, civic engagement, and media production.

Listen Up provides youth paid training in audio production, storytelling, and media literacy while offering services to clients. We use a media justice framework to address the country's lack of: 1) Opportunities for young people to access and learn radio broadcasting skills, 2) Representation of youth particularly BIPOC, LGBTQ2S, low income, or female youth in media, & 3) Robust or relevant experiences for youth to practice collective leadership and dialogue.

Listen Up’s board is a fun and joyful group of adult and youth members. We center youth voices and work cooperatively. We recognize the importance of media storytelling in helping change the world. The board is responsible for partnering with our youth, staff, and volunteers to:

• Determine the mission and purpose of the organization,
• Select and evaluate the performance of executive leadership,
• Set the strategic direction and provide organizational planning,
• Ensure strong fiduciary oversight and financial management,
• Fundraise and develop resources to sustain the mission,
• Develop, grow and evaluate the organization’s programs and services,
• Amplify the organization’s work in public settings, and
• Assess its own performance as the governing body of the organization.