Youth Today
Opinion
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Keeping Our Eyes On the Prize
BY KAREN PITTMAN The new millennium is upon us. Reflection is required. What have we accomplished over the past few decades? We...
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Still Killing Kids Who Kill
When the 20th century began every nation on earth – save Costa Rica and Venezuela – allowed the execution of convicted murderers,...
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‘Tobacco-Free’ Haze
In a dozen years of working with kids, I saw the same scenes a hundred times: parents, family friends, relatives and teenagers...
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Change That Abides
Flexibility and patience. Everyone wants a funder who approaches complex change initiatives with these attributes. But to be fair, wouldn’t we as...
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Message for the Millenium
By Joy Dryfoos Everyone else is sounding off about the significance of the new millennium, so why shouldn’t I? Who has a...
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Natural Allies: Youth Agencies & Charter Schools
To hear the nation’s leading Democratic and Republican politicians tell it during the recent federal budget debate, the most urgent issues facing...
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A Summit Too Sad
Somewhere in the bowels of the White House someone someday somehow will see the connection between the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future...
