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Pathways to Success: Immigrant Youth at High School Part II
Throughout the Pathways to Success research project, participants were asked for suggestions or recommendations that would lead to increased success for immigrant youth in high school. The suggestions are organized by stakeholder group: youth, parents and family, schools, school boards, … Continue reading
Filed under Global Youth, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Bringing Together Diverse Methods of Re-engagement: The HEROES Model Part II
As previously mentioned, the five programs explored by the Youth Adult Capacity Initiative (case studies) are programs located in neighborhoods that are densely populated with disconnected youth. Even though they were successful in different areas of youth development, their impact … Continue reading
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Bringing Together Diverse Methods of Re-engagement: The HEROES Model Part I
There are a number of nonprofit and community organizations that provide different services aimed at empowering youth—from health, to education, to criminal justice, etc. Some of these organizations offer more than one service and have succeeded in impacting youth more … Continue reading
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Framework for Positive Youth Development: Every Child Requires These FIVE Promises
The ‘framework for positive youth development’ outlines the support that young people need in order to transition successfully into adulthood. It emphasizes the necessity of focusing on youths’ strengths, identifying their weaknesses and minimizing their risk factors. Gallup Student Poll … Continue reading
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Re:LIFE’s ArtLIFE Program: Empowering Youth through Art Education
“Re:LIFE’s programs are all aimed at reinventing today’s youth. Re:LIFE’s programs are determined to educate, equip, encourage, cultivate and motivate youth to become entrepreneurs in diverse fields that will spur economic growth, reduce unemployment, and increase fiscal responsibility in our … Continue reading
Transitioning into Disconnection: The Need To Reevaluate America’s Foster-Care System
Aging out of the foster care system without being properly equipped for survival is one cause for youth disconnection. Approximately 29,000 youths are released from foster care every year at the age of 18. Foster care youth do not have … Continue reading
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Community Outreach Programs: Touching Youth Lives through Intervention
They groan when told its bedtime, slam doors when mom says “no,” argue when someone disagrees with their ideas, and fight strongly for what they believe in. I think most of us can agree on the fact that generally youth … Continue reading
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Causes of Male Youth Disconnection: Being an ‘Out of Work and Out of School’ Youth in Harlem during an Economic Recession
Download Article: PDF (Causes of Male Youth Disconnection) I have mentored youth in Harlem for over 7 years. For them, being in an economic situation where it seems like ‘when it rains, it pours’, is nothing new to most if … Continue reading
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Welcome to Re:LIFE’s Blog
Dear Readers, Firstly, welcome to Re:LIFE’s Blog. We hope to bring you the latest on everything that affects youth and youth development. However, we’d first like to provide you with all the info you need to contact and/or seek us … Continue reading
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