Youth Today
Archives: 2014 & Earlier
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Enterprise Not Enough
Even the most enterprising of national groups that are not youth-specific can find launching, managing and sustaining a youth development program an...
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National Nonprofits
Grace Reef, for the past four years director of intergovernmental relations at the Children’s Defense Fund, is moving to Capitol Hill. She’ll...
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Controlling My Temper
By Christopher A. Bogle, 17 When I got back to my group home one Friday night, a staff member named Robert was...
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I Don’t Know What the Word ‘Mommy’ Means
By Youniqiue Symone, 16 If you looked at any of my baby pictures, you would see a happy little girl who was...
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My Secret Love
BY ANONYMOUS, 17 I was born and raised in the Bronx, where I learned to walk and talk tough and spit with...
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Streisand: My Kind of People
BY SHAVONE HARRIS, 17 Even though she’s a living legend, I first discovered Barbra Streisand about six years ago. I was home...
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A Visit One Night
BY JULIA JAMES At approximately 11:45 p.m., a pair of NYPD police officers venture to my East Flatbush home. This will not...
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A Family Changed Forever
BY SOPHIA MOSTELLA Hash’im died on a Monday four years ago. He had just turned 20 a week before and he was...
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The Wrong Choice for Me
BY SARAH DEVEAU It was my second ultrasound. I had been bleeding heavily, even though it was only the seventh week of...
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Be Grateful There’s a Choice To Make
BY ROBIN THOMPSON Since women began to really stand up for their rights in the ’60s, abortion has been...
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Identity and Prejudice
BY JAMES DOLLISON Growing up biracial was not the easiest thing to do, yet I prevailed. I learned how to accept myself...
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Identity and Prejudice
BY ERIC LOUIE My girlfriend and I circled the food vendors at a street fair in Oakland’s Chinatown, waiting like vultures for...
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Doing What It Takes to Survive
BY DEAN TORRES What does it take to put food on the table, put clothes on your back, and keep a roof...
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Getting By on Crayon Money
Let me ask you something: Have you ever been ashamed of being on welfare? I know I have. I grew up knowing...
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Red, White, and Blue on Eastern Parkway
By Angela Randolph Growing up, I always wanted to go to the Caribbean Day Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. I live...
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Just Another Asian Girl?
By Ju Yon Kim When I was seven years old I went to the circus with my family and friends. We had...
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From Cold Kumpfer to Job Corps Ax
So you think there’s too much mudslinging on the White House campaign trail? Consider this consolation: It’s not as bad as what’s...
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Positive Discipline Helps Misbehaving Kids, Study Says
By Amy Bracken At a time when politicians are promoting harsher treatment of juvenile offenders, the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) is...
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A True Freedom Fighter
By Lance Bon I remember the first time I was in the Youth Guidance Center, [the juvenile lock-up] in San Francisco. I...
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Me and My Mentor
BY TARA BONAPARTE When I first came to Saint Christopher’s, a residential treatment center for foster youth in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., I...
