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3.0KFear of Deportation Leads to Rise in Mental Health Symptoms Among Youth
For 17-year-old Alejandro, dealing with anxiety has been a normal part of teenage life.
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1.1KClosing the Gap: Youth Workers Helping Youth of Color
Struggling youth, especially those of color, face unique challenges in reaching their goals as they grow up, but according to the educator...
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1.1KTeen Mothers
Meriwether County parent educator Erma Harden works in Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services’ Circle of Care program, an organization that provides...
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1.4KPoverty Simulation Pushes Educators, Youth Workers to Reflect, Relate
Educators and youth workers participated in the National Youth-At-Risk Conference's annual poverty simulation in Savannah, Georgia, in March 2017.
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1.9KConferences Highlight Challenges, Solutions: Threat to After-school Funding, High Need Among Youth
As 2,000 after-school workers gathered in Dallas earlier this week for the annual National AfterSchool Association convention, they immediately understood the convention...
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1.2KLatina Youth Once Threatened With Deportation Speaks Up
The story of 21-year-old undocumented student Jessica Colotl made headlines when she faced deportation after being arrested in 2010 for driving without...
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2.3K‘Dear Mr. President:’ What Muslim Youth Want President Trump to Know
Teens and young adults in Georgia set the record straight about Islam and speak candidly about what it means to be young...
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2.0KYoung Artists Lead Through Emotional Expression, Powerful Voices and a Conviction for Social Justice
Poetry propels young people onto stages in front of hundreds of people and in the midst of world leaders.
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2.4KNY High School Students Abandon Classes to Protest Trump, Vow ‘We Vote Next’
A cold rain didn't dampen the energy of several hundred New York City high school students who walked out of classes on...
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1.4K‘We Shall Resist’: Atlanta Protesters Fight Immigrant Ban
In spite of the cold temperature, thousands of protesters flocked to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Sunday, Jan. 29, to challenge President Donald...
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1.3KChicago Students for Peace
Editors’ note: Given recent conversations between President Trump and Mayor Rahm Emanuel about violence in Chicago, we thought it might be helpful...
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1.7KYoung Women Make Voices Heard in the Streets of D.C.
A sea of pink “pussycat hats,” many home-knitted, surged down the streets of Washington, District of Columbia, on the heads of women...
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1.6KThe Meaning of Peace: Youth Rally Against Violence
Students and Peace Team members from several Perspectives Charter School campuses in Chicago attended the World Peace Day rally in Daley Plaza...
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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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2.6KFlood 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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1.3KYouth Worker Spotlight: The Need for Male Mentors
Debbie Dollar, a program manager for the Boys and Girls Club in Hogansville, Georgia, laments the fact that her program is staffed...
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5.8KSailing through Memory
My mind is somewhat of a junkyard, full of twisted metal and lost souls, and I sweat as I run from demons...
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1.5KYouth Worker Spotlight: Tavari Turner, ‘A Proud Club Professional’
"I was a club kid myself, and as the years went on, yes, staff continued to check in with me," said Tavari...
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1.4KA Day in the Life of a U.S. Teen: Bryant Alston
After school, Bryant Alston, 17, works — up to 24 hours per week during the school year — and commutes from The...
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1.3KYouth Worker Spotlight: Being a Mentor
Timothy Parham of Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and Serving Inc. explains what it means to him to be a mentor in...
