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2.3KThe Power of Civic Engagement
Romi Hemphill was in the sixth grade when she got her first taste civic leadership through the Wyman Center’s Teen Outreach Program.
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8.1KMedia Literacy: Help Youth Think Critically in Age of ‘Fake News’
Media literacy is “more than urgent” says Erin McNeill, founder and president of the three-year-old nonprofit, Media Literacy Now, “in the current...
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Beyond Bars: Keeping Young People Safe At Home and Out of Youth Prisons
The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) makes the case for establishing a comprehensive community-based continuum of care for youth involved in the...
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1.8KBookstore’s Closing Leaves Bronx Residents Disrupted and Nostalgic
At the end of the year, Barnes & Noble in the Bronx will close, leaving a borough of more than 1.4 million...
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8.4KPreventing Gang Violence By Offering a Community
Two years ago, 18-year-old Josue left Guatemala, a country with one of the highest crime rates in Central America, and set out...
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“Like Walking Through a Hailstorm” – Discrimination against LGBT Youth in US Schools
This new report from Human Rights Watch uses data and information gained from interviews with over 500 students, teachers, administrators, parents, service...
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3.8KNCCC Service Program May Not Be Worth the Cost, Inspector General Says
The Inspector General at the Corporation for National and Community Service urges officials to scrutinize the size and scope of the National...
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1.6KTeens Hacking Their Way to Solutions
A group of 16-to 23-year-olds divided into five teams to create socially conscious technology — one group's smartphone app involved sexual harassment,...
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2.6KBarry Krisberg on Where Juvenile Justice Goes From Here Under a Trump Administration
Barry Krisberg has been advocating for progressive reform in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems since the late 1960s. He has...
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2.1KGood Storytelling Raises Money, Attracts Volunteers
Storytelling makes a difference for a youth organization, building capacity by going beyond data or too-brief, one-dimensional stories to engage audience’s emotions.
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3.6KHHS Now Able to Definitively Link More Foster Children to More Parental Substance Abuse
New data in a recent Health and Human Services report shows both that the number of youth in the foster care system...
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1.3KGrim Anniversary of Gun Violence Against Children in Sandy Hook, New York City
On a cold, rainy early spring night in 2014, I attended the private meeting of a tragic club nobody wants to join....
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1.9KNew Report Shows LGBT Students Face Ongoing Discrimination
Despite some progress, schools are still a hostile environment for many gay and transgender youth in the U.S., according to a new...
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2.6KFlood Doesn’t Stop Young Activist From Fighting U.S., Oil Companies on Climate Change
Awakened by urgent pounding on her bedroom door, 13-year-old Jayden Foytlin was still half-asleep as she swung her legs over the edge...
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1.3KCongress Passes Spending Package But Child Priorities Remain Undone
With work on its last must-pass priority nearly complete, Congress will adjourn in the coming weeks without finishing work on a number...
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False Hope: How Parole Systems Fail Youth Serving Extreme Sentences
The American Civil Liberties Union crafted this report to highlight the ways in which our flawed parole system fails to grant parole...
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2.6KAfter-school Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Kids Note Climate of Fear
One afternoon last winter in Charlotte, North Carolina, school children came running into the ourBRIDGE for Kids after-school program.
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1.5KSubstance Use, Mental Health & the Road to Recovery: ‘Like Juggling Explosives Blindfolded’
When Corey Roberts came out of prison, he hit the ground running...
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1.1KDevelop a Plan to Help Your Staff Perform Their Best
In 2009, Michael Johnson was hired to run the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County in Wisconsin.
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2.6KCalifornia Wraparound Program Reduces Juvenile Recidivism by Focusing on Mental Health
Manuel Dircio’s success story is a prime example of what YOW was designed to accomplish: promoting the positive development of juvenile offenders...
