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2.6KNewsWhen Hate Groups Recruit Youth: Teacher, Former White Nationalist Tell How to Counter It
Nora Flanagan’s first brush with hate group recruiting took place when she was 15 and living in Beverly, a southwest Chicago neighborhood....
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayWhen the Product Is Poor People’s Kids, It’s Always a Bull Market
A new study from the Children’s Bureau in the federal Department of Health and Human Services reveals some shocking findings. It turns...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayLeverage Power of Remote Internships With These Tips
In 2013, while I was in college at the University of Arizona based in Tucson, I had the opportunity to participate in...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayHow Your Program Can Build Opportunities for Career-ready Youth
In Philadelphia and in cities across the country, thousands of youth are engaged in purposeful internships, summer work programs and OST programs...
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4.3KGuest Opinion EssayTinkering Afterschool Program Demonstrates Moving Beyond Binary of Adult- Versus Child-centered Education
Throughout our work in youth programs and critical educational spaces, we have witnessed how educators, mentors and facilitators committed to liberatory learning...
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4.5K口 Advertising ArchiveWith Mentorship Youth Drive Impact in Communities and the Workplace
Our labor economy is changing, and as more young people join the workforce, mentoring relationships can be a vital tool in retaining...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayBehavioral Challenges Can Push Youth With Disabilities Into School-to-Prison Pipeline
Who are youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)? The population of youth with IDD is vast. In 2018-19, the number of...
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2.5KNewsCalifornia Nonprofit Calls On Companies To Offer Foster Youth Internships
In 2020, Tom Fandre had hoped to place at least 90 foster youth in internships in the Silicon Valley area. But when...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayI’m a Former Foster Youth; How a Few Words From My Attorney Changed My Life
My name is Cristal and I am a former foster youth from Bakersfield, California. I spent about 11 years in the Kern...
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1.7KGuest Opinion Essay8 Ways to Evolve Your OST Programs Online
This summer was filled with disappointments as each camp I had enrolled my daughter in — both day camp and overnight camp...
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4.2KGuest Opinion EssayA McDonald’s Cashier Showed Me Power Of Caring When I Was Brutally Attacked
What is your normal? As a 9-year-old, emptiness and depression became my normal moving forward. We escaped Children’s Protective Services to squat...
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2.2KNewsWhy Focusing On Women, Girls Could Reduce Gun Violence
Her son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental shooting in which a young woman was killed. Then, instead of a...
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2.8KNewsYouthprise And Students Win Lawsuit, Gain Jobless Benefits For Minnesota Teens
Walter Cortina, a high school student in Minneapolis, doesn’t work merely for pocket money. Last spring, at age 17, he was supporting...
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5.1K► ReportsMany Fewer Kids In After-school Programs Despite Greater Need, America After 3 PM Report Finds
The widening gap between rich and poor in America — even before the pandemic — is shown in a new report on...
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2.0KNewsMiddle School Students In Virginia Take Part In Worldwide Hour Of Code
Three afternoons this week — Computer Science Education Week — students at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, are gathering...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayBring Back Black Girls Before They’re Herded Into Foster Care, Justice System
The #SayHerName movement that was launched in 2014 by the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy...
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645口 Advertising ArchiveNational Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Career Opportunity
NCSL POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT – Deadline to apply December 09, 2020, 5p.m. MST JOB TITLE: ...
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1.6KNewsGlobal Network Of Youth Reporters Create Program To Counter Racial, Ethnic Hatred
More than 100 youth reporters from around the world are working with producers in the United States on a video series examining...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayHow To Create Inclusive Space For Campers, Youth In OST Programs
The recent wildfires in California have been relentless reminders of these extraordinary times. Working for a nonprofit supporting camps and out-of-school time...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Think About Food Insecurities Due To COVID-19?
ELIZ A/SHUTTERSTOCK According to a report published by Feeding America, one in every six Americans, about 50 million people, will be food...
