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Awards for August 2008

By Jim Richardson 2008 Youth Advocates of the Year C.J. Petersen, the national Youth Advocate of the Year for the Campaign for...

Questioning My Faith

By Donny Lumpkins, 17YO!, San Francisco I was waiting for the 28 bus at Park Presidio, heading home to Daly City from...

A World Away From Her

Kanwal Javaid, 18New Youth Connections, New York Leaving my grandmother in Pakistan was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life....

Evaluations Made Fun and Easy

Rogers: “This is very much directing our programming.” Photo: Sherwood Forest Camp Evaluations don’t have to be rigid and stodgy in order...

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Ta-Nehisi CoatesSpiegel & Grau/Random House227 pages. $22.95. This brilliant memoir reflects on the challenges faced by two African-American brothers growing up. Ta-Nehisi...

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals

Stephanie Brill, Rachel PepperCleis Press252 pages. $16.95. This groundbreaking guide can change our perception of the male/female social order. As co-founder of...

Parrotfish

Ellen WittlingerSimon & Schuster294 pages. $16.99. On the Monday after Thanksgiving of junior year, Angela trades a bra for an Ace bandage...

Real People: Legal But Dangerous: OTC and Rx Drugs

Sunburst Media22 minutes. DVD/VHS packaged together, $129.95. In a roundtable discussion, eleven high school students reveal common practices among peers who abuse...

Afterschool Lesson Plan Database

http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/lessonplans More than 100 sample lesson plans for after-school practitioners are available on this site, presented by the National Partnership for Quality...

The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy

http://www.law.capital.edu/adoption The center seeks to improve child protection and adoption policies through education, advocacy and research. It offers a weekly roundup of...

TeenGrowth

http://www.teengrowth.com This site offers youth a secure environment in which to search for, request and receive health care information on alcohol, drugs,...

Campaign for Youth Justice

http://www.youtube.com/jjreform The Campaign for Youth Justice, which fights the incarceration of youth in adult prisons, has launched its own channel on YouTube....

Cultivating Readers

http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.3485129 This online magazine from the National Center for Family Literacy gives parents and youth workers strategies to promote reading and make...

Family Guide

http://family.samhsa.gov The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration produces this website for parents, focusing on mental health and the abuse...

Servenet

www.servenet.org Youth workers are being asked to help beta-test an updated version of Servenet, the online network for volunteers that is run...

DeepFun

www.deepfun.com Finger jousting, anyone? Staffers looking for fun youth activities can find descriptions, “how-tos,” reviews and rules for traditional and nontraditional games....

KnowHow2GO

www.knowhow2go.org Using teen-friendly language and formatting, the site provides tips on how to prepare for and get into college. By clicking on...

Thinkfinity

www.thinkfinity.org A growing collection of lesson plans and activities is aimed at youth workers engaged in education or literacy endeavors. The site...

theoneminutesJr.

www.theoneminutesjr.org This online collection of 60-second videos made by 12- to 20-year-olds from all over the world promotes creative expression by youth....