Category: Articles
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Who are Modern Youth Leaders?
This article explores who Modern Youth Leaders are focused on their identities, and what we can do to support them.
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Why Should We Care about Modern Youth Leadership?
This is a research summary supporting Modern Youth Leadership. Written by Adam F.C. Fletcher for the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement.
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The Basics of Meaningful Youth Involvement
These are the basics of meaningful youth involvement by Adam F.C. Fletcher for the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement.
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Introducing Comprehensive Youth Engagement
It is normal, appropriate and necessary for young people to choose the same things over and over again. At the Freechild Institute, we refer to this as youth engagement, and for over two decades we have been working with youth and adults across the United States and around the world to foster empowering youth engagement…
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Recruiting Youth
For more than 20 years, Freechild has been supporting youth-serving organizations around the world as they work to support youth programs of all kinds. Here are some of the things we’ve learned about recruiting youth.
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Youth Involvement Success Stories
These are stories of successful youth involvement from across the United States.
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How To Involve Youth
These are some of the ways to start youth involvement in your organization, community, event, or beyond.
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Youth Involvement Bibliography
These publications have informed Freechild Institute’s work on youth involvement in many areas, including youth civic engagement, child-friendly communities, community youth development, and much more.
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Fostering Youth Involvement
For more than 20 years, Freechild has supported youth-serving organizations in establishing, empowering and transforming youth involvement programs. This article highlights the five steps we share to do that. Nike, Levi’s, and a lot of other brands that sell things to youth have realized that the secret to marketing to youth is personalization: Let them…
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