This site offers writing and public speaking workshops for teenagers to help them develop their reading and writing skills. YC also publishes magazines, books and other materials written and illustrated by young people. Publications include: New Youth Connections, a general interest magazine written by New York City public high school students; Represent, written by and for young people in foster care; and Rise, written by parents with children in foster care. The Web site offers a selection of downloadable stories and teachers? resources including curriculum guides and a downloadable monthly ?Tips for Teachers.? (KHH)