Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.8KNewsIn the Nation’s Capital, Youth Heed King’s Call to Serve
To say that the National Day of Service is observed every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the nation’s capital...
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3.7KFrom the BureausNonprofit Art School Helps Youth Thrive in Skid Row, Los Angeles
Nestled among nondescript warehouses and infamous streets, Inner-City Arts in Downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row is an oasis for artistic growth and...
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2.2KNewsYouth Advocates Share Hopes for First 100 Days of New Administration
Candidate Donald Trump offered little insight into his prospective policies surrounding youth and families, and President-Elect Trump has not provided any...
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1.4KNewsBootcamp: A Partnership Model for Service and Learning
In its final report, the White House Council for Community Solutions cites a statistic worth noting: 6.7 million young adults (aged 16...
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3.8KNewsSTEM Gets Delightfully Sticky at La Brea Tar Pits
Asphalt oozes up between blades of grass in Hancock Park in downtown Los Angeles. A visit to the 23-acre park and La...
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3.0KNewsThe Power of Civic Engagement
Romi Hemphill was in the sixth grade when she got her first taste civic leadership through the Wyman Center’s Teen Outreach Program.
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Opinion
Data-Driven & Collective Impact: How Youth Agencies Can Show What Works
In his aptly titled book “Show Me the Evidence,” Ron Haskins demonstrates how nonprofits and community programs today must prove their value...
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9.5KNewsMedia Literacy: Help Youth Think Critically in Age of ‘Fake News’
Media literacy is “more than urgent” says Erin McNeill, founder and president of the three-year-old nonprofit, Media Literacy Now, “in the current...
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2.0KNewsTeens 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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2.5KNewsGood Storytelling Raises Money, Attracts Volunteers
Storytelling makes a difference for a youth organization, building capacity by going beyond data or too-brief, one-dimensional stories to engage audience’s emotions.
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3.4KFrom the FieldResponding to Youth Who Have Depression or Suicidal Thoughts
In between wilderness hikes and zip lining, teens attending the weekend Camp Mariposa® addiction prevention and mentoring program learn to recognize signs...
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3.3KNewsAfter-school Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Kids Note Climate of Fear
One afternoon last winter in Charlotte, North Carolina, school children came running into the ourBRIDGE for Kids after-school program.
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2.1KNewsMaking Sense of Earned Income Opportunities
When Urban Ventures launched CityKid Java nearly 15 years ago in Minneapolis, the community development nonprofit was just hoping to generate some...
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1.6KNewsCampaign Aims to Mobilize Older Adults on Behalf of Youth-Serving Organizations
Youth-serving organizations hope to reap the benefits of a new campaign to encourage more Americans ages 50 and older to volunteer in...
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2.4KNewsReport: Fear, Stress Are Obstacles to Health for Youth of Color
When teams of youth researchers — including youth themselves — from five cities set out to find what helps and what prevents...
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2.0KVideosYouth 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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2.0KNewsYoung People and Their Organizations Honored at White House
For the final time as first lady, Michelle Obama honored 12 after-school and out-of-school-time organizations at the White House for the eighth...
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1.6KVideosYouth 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...
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1.4KVideosThe Mentorship Experience
Youth workers share stories of a time when they helped a young person through difficulty in this mashup video from the 2016...
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1.1KNewsHigh School Kids Learn to Teach Younger Ones in Multipurpose 21st Century Program
An annual weeklong program at Auburn University benefits three groups: the high school students who attend, the young kids they work with...
