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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Policy For Results

www.policyforresults.org This new site offers an array of up-to-date resources and policy strategies to state and local policymakers on issues that affect...

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New Coalition Pushes Children’s Agenda

Bentley: “The more voices we have singing in unison, the better it is for children.” Some of the nation’s most prominent children’s...

Guest Opinion Essay

A Chance for Us to Do Better by Kids

Richart Three weeks before the election that swept Barack Obama into the presidency, Gara LaMarche, president of The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Dear Obama Claus

Illustrations by Dean MacAdam After Barack Obama won last month’s presidential election, gatherings of youth workers and advocates took on the air...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Youth Referenda Results

Voters decided on several youth-related measures last month: Arkansas • Act 1, Restricting Adoption and Foster Parenting Approved Prohibits same-sex couples from...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Youth Vote Up

Voting among young adults increased this year and appears to have helped Barack Obama win some key states. More than 52 percent...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hope Out of the Box

Youth Radio/National Public Radio This youth-produced commentary makes the point that in the post-election years of Barack Obama’s presidency, young people will...

Guest Opinion Essay

Take a Stand, Even If it Costs You

One of the largest corporate entities here in Burlington, Vt., is Burton Snowboards, which I normally wouldn’t have anything to do...

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Camp Fire USA President/CEO Retiring

Jill Pasewalk, president and CEO of Camp Fire USA since June 2006, has announced she will retire at the end of January,...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Dear Obama Claus:

Illustrations by Dean MacAdam After Barack Obama won last month’s presidential election, gatherings of youth workers and advocates took on the air...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

President Signs Bills for Youth Programs

President Bush has signed all three major pieces of youth-related legislation that recently passed in Congress: the Protect Our Children Act, the...

Guest Opinion Essay

Youth Policy: No “Change” There

Normally, it’s hazardous to prophesy in a column written before the election what the next president will do. But since Republican John...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Substance, Not Superficiality

Age 20NEW YOUTH CONNECTIONS, NEW YORK I’m proud to say I voted in my first presidential primary in February. And even though...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Peacemaking Circles & Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home

Carolyn Boyes-WatsonLiving Justice Press288 pages. $20. “How can we live in a good way with each other?” This question is addressed by...

Report Cards Catching On?

Just as youths in Utah finished their first month of classes this fall, the state’s juvenile justice system was getting its first...

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McCain, Obama and Kids

Click on chart to open PDF version. Where do John McCain and Barack Obama stand on issues that affect youth? Advocacy groups...

YWCA Sponsors Debates

The YWCA is a sponsor of this year’s presidential election debates, a move the organization’s leaders hope will engage more women...

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Groups Strive to Make Youth Issues Debatable

Stepping up: Youths and youth advocates rallied at a playground in Portland to raise awareness of key issues. Photo: Children First...

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Coalition Pushes Community Schools Agenda

Hundreds of organizations are coming together to promote a unified national agenda for community partnerships that link schools and youth-development organizations....

Guest Opinion Essay