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Awards for December 2003

Coming Up Taller Awards For: Art-based programs doing outstanding work with underserved youth; winners receive $10,000. By: President’s Committee on the Arts...

Friends No More (and)

The Trouble with Cliques Young people value being accepted by their peers, but that acceptance often comes at a price. Cliques are...

McGruff & Co.

If charm alone could prevent crime, then Jack Calhoun’s 21 years as head of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) could be...

Making Gay Youth Feel Safe

It is virtually a rite of passage for teens to be consumed at some point with feelings of isolation. Studies show that...

Web Watch for December 2003-January 2004

Arts Americans for the Artswww.americansforthearts.orgis a resource from the D.C.- and New York-based organization dedicated to promoting more art education in...

Awards for November 2003

MacArthur Fellows (“Genius Awards”) For: Encouraging talented people to pursue their intellectual and professional inclinations; each winner receives a $500,000 unconditional grant....

First Nikki, Then Heather—Then Me (and)

Babies Having Babies Each year in the United States, more than 800,000 teens become pregnant. Here, two teens describe the pressures that...

The Parental Hard Corps

In the children and youth national arena, dreaming up a categorical youth program, getting it enacted into law, securing an appropriation and...

Press Watch for November 2003

A Different Breed: 311 Boyz Are Unlike Other GangsLas Vegas Sun Police in Sin City are perplexed at why a group of...

Pubs and Videos for November 2003

African-American Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban America, by Greg Dimitriadis, revolves around a qualitative and...

Snowboard Outreach Society

Avon, Colo.(970) 845-7040www.sosoutreach.org Objective: Serving at-risk youth through snowboarding, adult mentorship and community outreach. In a Nutshell: The Snowboard Outreach Society...

Cops and Kids Police Turn into Youth Workers, Hoping to Bridge Gaps

Like many police officers, Officer Kathy Swilley of Houston knows that when the cops arrive in a neighborhood or home, kids often...

Web Watch for November 2003

Civic Engagement Young Politicians of Americawww.ypa.orgis the site for an upstart network for politically attuned youth. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based organization,...

Being Pimped Ain’t Easy (and)

Music, Sex and Responsibility Music has an enormous influence on young people, but it’s usually adults who worry about that influence. In...

The ‘C’s and Y’s’ of the YWCA

A National Organization for Women (NOW) press release in May trumpeted the good news: “Women’s rights supporters across the U.S. cheered” as...

Press Watch for October 2003

Safe Haven: School Provides Needed Stability for Homeless Teens and Street Wisdom: Young Outreach Worker Hits the Ground to Aid Hub’s Homeless...

Pubs and Videos for October 2003

Civic Engagement Millennial Manifesto: A Youth Activist Handbook, by Scott Beale and Abeer Abdalla, is a call to arms for members of...

The ManaTEEN Club

Bradenton, Fla.(941) 761-3207www.manateens.org Objective: Train youth for community service and connect them to community needs that fit their interests. In a...

Hip-Hop: Love It, Hate It … Use It

Hip-hop culture is everywhere: tagged on the sides of buildings and bridges, bumping in Jeep Wranglers in school parking lots, blasting out...

Awards for September 2003

Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award For: Volunteer support of educational and youth-development programs.By: Boys & Girls Clubs of America.Winner: Arlene Mark, author and...