Category: Tools
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Keys to Youth Voice
As Youth Voice becomes more accepted throughout our communities, there are forces that will try to deceive, tokenize, or otherwise manipulate young people. While youth are often concerned with “keeping it real,” a growing number of people are calling for authentic Youth Voice. Following are important points to keep in mind. Key 1: Don’t fool […]
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Ladder of Youth Voice
For a long time, the only formal position every young person held in society was that of young person. That has changed. Today, young people increasingly have more important positions, including that of decision-makers, planners, researchers, and more. The following Ladder of Youth Voice was created to encourage youth and adults to examine why and […]
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Measure of Social Change Led By and With Young People
In our continuing commitment to transparency and openness, we offer the following diagram as an illustration of which websites and organizations are selected to be in our listings. This tool in order to foster reflection, consideration, and growth by individuals and organizations serving young people in a myriad of ways.
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Principles of Authentic Youth Voice
Whenever young people say that an activity is particularly powerful or meaningful for them there is a set of conditions present. These conditions can feel difficult to pin down, especially when adults are too busy or too inexperienced to identify them. The following Principles were devised after I spent several months working with a group […]
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Assumptions Behind Youth Voice
Youth Voice is a notion that is inherently informed by a set of assumptions. These often go unstated, leaving program participants in the dark about the intentions that directly affect their lives. Following are the assumptions behind The Freechild Project’s work around Youth Voice. Assumptions behind Youth Voice Society’s conceptions of young people must evolve. […]
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Intro to Youth Voice
“I care about this right now. Why should I wait to do something?”“I can’t ignore the challenges my family faces anymore.”“This affects our entire community and our entire community needs to take action.” This is the wisdom of youth. These could be the voices of wise elders from around the world, speaking strongly about issues […]
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Youth Engagement in Youth Liberation
Youth liberation seeks to free young people from the oppressive bondage of age, whether in the home, at the school, or throughout the community. All of this action seeks the elimination of adultism and age-based discrimination. The ideas behind youth liberation are taking hold in many communities around the world today.
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Understanding the Causes of Age Discrimination
Age discrimination is everywhere. It’s our culture of age discrimination that ensures everyone discriminated against because of their age, and everyone will discriminate against someone because of their age at some point in their lives. Until we recognize this cause-and-effect relationship we all experience, we cannot truly fight any aspect of age discrimination. Understanding Age First, […]
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Glossary
Here are some terms that The Freechild Project has found can be essential to supporting young people in changing the world. Action: The power of any young person to do things to change their own lives or change the world. Learn more » Activism: Any attempt led by young people designed to create change in […]
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