Young people of Brimbank, in Melbourne (Naarm), report experiences of discrimination and exclusion in community spaces, and are often subjected to dominant narratives that conflate and paint them as problems. This thesis focuses on the curation of and engagement in a program called Brimbank LIVE which was used to address and respond to structural and symbolic forms of violence faced by the young people of Brimbank. The Brimbank LIVE program was supported by Sydenham Neighbourhood House (SNH), and enabled young people from Brimbank to create a youth-centred community radio station and engage in crafting radio content about their lives and perspectives which they showcased on their own radio shows. The aim of this research was to understand the types of stories young people produce through radio-making, and examine how these stories may challenge dominant framings that often misrepresent and homogenise young people. It also sought to explore how these forms of violence can be counteracted through the participatory meaning-making practices of community radio. Data was collected through focus groups, interviews, participant observations, and radio archives from nine of the young people participating in the radio program. Interviews were also conducted with the three adult mentors who supported the radio program and process. Situating this research within the field of critical community psychology and drawing upon intersectionality as a supporting framework, critical narrative analysis led to the identification of three major aspects. The first reflected stories of young people naming and discussing the violence experienced because of their age, as well as a range of social categories attached to our identities, such as race, ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status, which amplify our experiences of discrimination and exclusion. The second narrative reflected how these young people disrupted violence on radio by dismantling majoritarian and conflating notions about our lives as well as sharing our complexities and capacities, thus creating new stories about our lives. The third aspect of the findings represents how the young participants spoke about radio-making as enabling processes of storytelling, meaning-making and cultural production from the margins, and how our stories landed and resonated with others through broadcasting and archiving radio content. The study shows how through access to tools and support from community spaces and adults, young people of Brimbank were able to agentically lead knowledge production and voice our truths about who we are. The study also captures how radio as a practice can enable resistance to experiences of violence, as radio-making enabled us to counter forms of misrepresentation and supported the process of building new understandings of the youth of Brimbank. The work contributes to a body of literature that emphasises the power of creative and participatory vehicles in forging meaning, and the importance of working collectively with young people in research processes to understand youth-oriented practices which enable them to respond to forms of violence. The findings also highlight the need for institutions to support, resource and centre young people in self-determined programs and processes to empower them in naming and sharing their identities, experiences and perspectives, and critiquing the world around them.