Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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1.7KThat’s Not Fair: Integrating Social Justice-based Learning in Out-of-School Time
Just three words … three simple, yet powerful words when spoken by one of our OST program participants. “That’s not fair!” What...
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1.5KFor Real Change, Training for Youth Professionals Needs to Go Way Beyond ‘One And Done’
I have been developing and facilitating workshops for a wide range of youth worker audiences for nearly two decades on...
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1.5KFederal Budget Proposals Will Harm Children, Youth, the Nation
Our country is divided on many issues, yet there is one issue that is very hard to argue against: the need to...
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2.3KThe Energy to Protect Girls of Color, Take Down Their Barriers Is Here
I had the privilege to bear witness to the vast beauty, power and resiliency of girls and women of color speaking their...
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1.7KPeople Who Work With Kids From Low-income Homes Can Help Them Eat in Summer
hunger, reduced-price meals, food, summer nutrition programs, migrant, low-income, Summer Meals Act, USDA, vacation, Food Research & Action Center
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1.9KTransgender Issue Highlights That We Can’t Tolerate Differences
In the seconds following President Donald Trump’s ban of transgender individuals from the U.S. military, landmines of outrage and...
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6.8KDomestic Violence Survivors Say Mandatory Reporting Laws Made Their Lives Worse
In a previous column about the harm done to battered women and their children by child protective services agencies, I told the...
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3.4KHow to Banish Child Sexual Groomers
Cockroaches, those infamous, hearty and adaptable bugs, can withstand hostile temperatures that few other...
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1.2KDr. Seuss Goes to Juvenile Hall and Other Great Moments
Esteem. Eagerness. Engagement. Elation. Kids in custody become kids for a day. “Cat in the Hat” hats, beloved Dr. Seuss stories, pride...
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1.3KSports, Responsibility Program Helps Empower Vulnerable Youth Via After-school
When I arrived at the University of Alabama in fall 2015 I was immediately struck by both the magnitude of resources available...
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2.7KToolbox: Building a Learning Culture in a Social Services Organization
At Graham Windham, a New York City-based child welfare agency, we have been developing a learning culture over time, an investment in...
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1.9KSEL Drive in Schools Is Opportunity for Youth Developers
Schools are finally noticing what youth programs have known for decades. The way kids feel about themselves and how they connect with...
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Lawsuit Reveals Child Welfare’s Assault on Battered Mothers, Their Children
For a mother of two daughters in Will County, Illinois, known in legal papers as Kelly, the morning of May 1 began...
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1.9KHow We Use Students’ Voices to Turn Them Into Activists
It seems like a simple idea — listening to what students have to say. Schools do that all the time. What we...
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2.8KGetting Parents, Community Onboard With Youth Employment Programming
Youth employment programs are one of the most effective ways to assist disadvantaged youth, especially those in the juvenile justice system, in...
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6.6KCompany Helps Atlanta-Area Youth Avoid ‘Summer Slide’
The morning of May 11 saw a flurry of activity in our Midtown Atlanta office as Wiproites came in early or stayed...
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2.3KSchool Suspensions Hurt Whole Community, Not Just the Student, Research Shows
A growing body of research, including work published here, documents harms of what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Evidence shows that...
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1.1KYouth Workers Must Start Social Movement to Provide Intervention to Our Youth
Youth intervention is an essential service. Yet it goes unrecognized as such in public policy and budgeting decisions. This reality has coldly...
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962Adults Must Get Involved to Resolve Youth Violence
Our organization has just completed three straight years of doing our in-school violence and bullying prevention program in middle schools and high...
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4.1KMore Awareness Needed About Boys Who Are Commercially Sexually Exploited
We have come to realize that sexual victimization is universal and not gender-specific, affecting both girls and boys.
