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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

AIDS Awareness In Madison County (AAIM)

Alton, Ill.(618) 463-1906nayturMS@aol.com Objective: Promoting AIDS Awareness in the St. Louis area through hip-hop culture and youth-run media campaigns. In a...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Draft Objector Sentenced to Ames, Stays for Life

By Linda Lutton Ames, Iowa—When George Belitsos first rolled into town in his Volkswagen in 1971, this college town had a growing...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for March 2002

Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Honors for February 2002

Youth Leadership Award For: Leaders whose work reflects the importance of cultural understanding and education in improving peoples’ lives. By: Academy for...

Guest Opinion Essay

Sane School House Safety

No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...

Guest Opinion Essay

“Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes

I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...

News

The Preemies Are Alright

A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...

► Reports

Cybercafe Crackdown

The Garden Grove, Calif., city council last month imposed new restrictions on cybercafes, which cater largely to youth and young adults, after...

► Reports

Vatican and Molesters

The Vatican has disseminated new rules for secret church-run courts to try priests facing allegations of molesting children. The letter, sent to...

► Reports

More Church Bad News

A jury last month convicted former Boston-area priest John Geoghan of molesting a 10-year-old boy. More than 130 people have accused Geoghan,...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for February 2002

Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...

Guest Opinion Essay

Wanted: New Words, New Policies

This just in: “Tween” has been chosen as the 2001 Word-of-the-Year by “Webster’s.” Prepubescent 9- to 12-year-olds are enough of a market...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for February 2002

AdvoCasey This special edition (fall 2001) of the Annie E. Casey Foundation magazine – titled, “Fostered or Forgotten? A Special Report on...

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Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

Research

Research of Note for February 2002

This month’s Research Watch has some good news about teen pregnancy and potentially good news about foster care. Unfortunately, there are worrisome...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for February 2002

Civic Engagement Community Building Resource Exchangewww.commbuild.org links visitors to a large, regularly updated database of resources and information about innovative and...

Guest Opinion Essay