Tag Archives: youth solutions
Occupied With Inequality
While hundreds of people occupy Wall Street, calling on the 99% to stand up against the 1%, inequality has become the new buzzword. But is income and wealth inequality only a recent issue, unique to a small group of 20-somethings … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Entrepreneurship, Minority Issues, Re:LIFE Inc, ReLIFE, Youth, Youth Development, Youth Empowerment
Criminal Justice Inequality in America: The Destruction of the African American Male
Crime has fallen, but incarcerations across the country still soar, making imprisonment for young African American men a fact of life. As Harvard Sociologist Bruce Western suggests, societal inequalities generally seem to us natural, legitimate or fixed. Much of the … Continue reading
Filed under Global Youth, Minority Issues, Re:LIFE Inc, ReLIFE, Youth, Youth Development, Youth Empowerment
Pathways to Success: Immigrant Youth at High School Part I
In diverse cities like New York there is a greater chance that older immigrant youth, without the time to learn and the ability to speak fluent English, will drop out of high school. Also, discrimination; social and geographic isolation; little … Continue reading
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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
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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Empowering Youth: Qualities of an Effective Mentor
DOWNLOAD PDF Here: Empowering Youth: Qualities of an Effective Mentor I have discovered that empowering, inspiring or motivating youth is both an enduring and rewarding process of gradually remolding their mindsets. The most important goal of empowering youth is to … Continue reading
