New Guide on Promoting Youth Civic Engagement
A new publication produced by the YEF Institute with support from the Surdna Foundation provides a step-by-step guide for local leaders who want to create meaningful opportunities for youth participation in local government. This resource for municipal officials is enriched by examples from communities with robust youth civic engagement initiatives and complemented by a broad array of tools and resources to help cities and towns engage young people in local policy, planning and decision-making.
"Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders" is informed by a year-long process in which the YEF Institute gathered and synthesized the knowledge and expertise of more than 300 youth development experts, academics, municipal leaders, community organization partners and young adult and youth leaders from across the nation through a series of focus groups, surveys and interviews conducted in 2008-09. |
Participation in school-sited out-of-school-time programs has been shown to significantly lessen school-related disobedience.
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