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All posts tagged "Changing the Odds Remix"
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayFully prepared doesn’t require being problem-free, just resilient
“Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is the slogan I am most known for... Today, in the wake of a youth mental health crisis exacerbated...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Adolescents are a force for good
Adolescents are a force for good is one of the UCLA’s Center for the Developing Adolescent six principles of adolescent development. The...
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Policies that erase Black, brown or LGBTQ youth are a crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on teens, accelerating the declines in youth mental health that were evident before the pandemic....
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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Ensuring youth access to people, places and possibilities
Youth don’t grow up in programs or systems, they grow up in communities. The outreach staff who innovated their work with homeless...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Bringing community educators into classrooms
In his December 3 Q&A with Brian Rinker, Michael Funk discusses California’s historic investment in afterschool and summer programs. Amidst the excitement...
