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Web Watch for March 2002

Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...

Honors for February 2002

Youth Leadership Award For: Leaders whose work reflects the importance of cultural understanding and education in improving peoples’ lives. By: Academy for...

Kids Quill: Taming the Inner Bully

Research on bullying suggests that many bullies enjoy dominating others in part because of “cognitive distortions” that silence their consciences (e.g., minimizing...

CSAP: From Shut Up to Shut Down

“Shut the f**k up, bitch!” That one ill-mannered and vulgar sentence has propelled the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) from a...

Racicot Out, Wofford In at America’s Promise

Promise not to tell, but America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth (AP) had one ally too many over the past year....

Innovative Inca

An almost seven-year tour at the Ford Foundation (assets: $14.7 billion) has ended for Inca Mohamed, a program officer for children, youth...

Press Watch for February 2002

AdvoCasey This special edition (fall 2001) of the Annie E. Casey Foundation magazine – titled, “Fostered or Forgotten? A Special Report on...

Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

Civic Education Project

Evanston, Ill.(847) 467-2572www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep Objective: To promote civic responsibility among young people. In a Nutshell: CEP staff members work with teachers and...

Web Watch for February 2002

Civic Engagement Community Building Resource Exchangewww.commbuild.org links visitors to a large, regularly updated database of resources and information about innovative and...

A Youth Worker’s Bumpy Road to National Success

ONE DAY, ALL CHILDREN… The Unlikely Triumph of TEACH FOR AMERICA and What I Learned Along The WayWendy KoppPublicAffairs, New York187 pp.,...

I’d Open Up About My Feelings

By Jonathan Smith, 15 After my brother and I were placed in foster care, we began to have visits with our...

Tell Them You Love Them

By Loletia Medina, 18 I was always jealous of my brother. I used to fight him over little things and I’d say...

What’s Right Is Not Always Popular

By Chnita Campbell, 17 The first and most important piece of advice, which I still live by today, is: What’s popular is...

The Person You Are Inside

By Qwonjit Nelson, 20 I sat down with my former self and talked with her over a cup of coffee at...

Petite Campaign

Another liberal child advocate is taking on the elusive task of launching and sustaining an explicitly political pro-kid organization. The taskmaster is...