Youth Participation and Community Change
Author: Barry Checkoway
Empowered youth CAN and DO make a difference!
Young people become empowered by their participation in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives— which in turn can lead to real positive change in the community. Youth Participation and Community Change presents leading authorities providing the latest research and effective approaches on how young people can be drawn to participate in organizations and communities. The diverse perspectives discuss youth participation in today's society, the models and methods of its practice, the roles of youth and adults, and the future of youth participation and community in a diverse democracy. Approaches include those which promote participatory community-based research and evaluation, and involve youth groups in poor and racially segregated areas.
The mainstream view of much of today's youth is that of being victims of society rather than a being a possible positive influence on society as a whole. Youth Participation and Community Change seeks to shift the viewpoint from youth as being problems to empowering them to enact positive social change. The book explores community agency efforts to involve young people, and the process by which youth civic engagement promotes empowerment. Social work and public health approaches are examined, with cogent discussions on conceptual and theoretical issues. Empirically based case studies illustrate best practices and interdisciplinary work that draws upon psychology, sociology, social work, public health, education, and related academic disciplines and professional fields.
Topics in Youth Participation and Community Change include:
key dimensions of critical youthempowerment
a case study of youth leadership development in Hawaii— the Sariling Gawa Youth Council
the Lexington Youth Leadership Academy— a leadership development and community change program
a new model for youth civic engagement in Hampton, Virginia
three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research
youth engagement strategies and the benefits of youth participation in health research
ten projects which used photovoice to represent, advocate, and enhance community health
a participatory action research process with youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina
the Growing Up in Cities project of UNESCO
training students as facilitators for the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project
four characteristics of engagement in the research literature and a school-community-university project
differences in developmental outcomes among youth organizing, identity-support, and traditional youth development agencies
Youth Participation and Community Change is thought-provoking, enlightening reading that is perfect for organizers, planners, policymakers, advocates, youth service workers, agency administrators, educators, students, and professionals in psychology, sociology, social work, urban planning, public policy, and public health.
"This book is an EXCITING, TIMELY, AND HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT contribution to the growing literature documenting the potential for promoting positive development among the diverse young people of our world. MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER VOLUME CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO SCIENTISTS AND PRACTITIONERS, this book demonstrates that by fostering mutually beneficial relations between young people and their communities, positive individual development and productive and successful community change can occur. The book provides AN INNOVATIVE GUIDE FOR TRANSFORMING OPTIMISM ABOUT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT into effective means to foster thriving in and supportive communities for all young people." — Dr. Richard M. Lerner, Bergstrom Chair in Applied Development Science and Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University
"This anthology provides a REFRESHING AND EXCITING snapshot of recent efforts around the globe to enhance the involvement of youth in civic participation and leadership development. The most interesting features of the book's essays are the conceptual innovations and diversity of experiences they reflect. The thirteen essays apply a revised definition of citizenship and an expanded conception of empowerment to their descriptions of youth programs in a wide range of venues, focusing on different issues, involving youth of different demographic backgrounds, and using a variety of methods of intervention. The result is AN INFORMATIVE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING VOLUME THAT SHOULD BE READ BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, YOUTH WORKERS, AND ADVOCATES." — Michael S. Reisch, PhD, MSW, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Table of Contents:
Introduction (Barry N. Checkoway and Lorraine M. Gutiйrrez)PERSPECTIVES ON PARTICIPATION
Children as Citizens (Silvia Blitzer Golombek)
Toward a Critical Social Theory of Youth Empowerment (Louise B. Jennings, Deborah M. Parra-Medina, DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, and Kerry McLoughlin)
Sariling Gawa Youth Council as a Case Study of Youth Leadership Development in Hawai'i (Esminia M. Luluquisen, Alma M. O. Trinidad, and Dipankar Ghosh)
Youth as Engaged Citizens and Community Change Advocates Through the Lexington Youth Leadership Academy (Melanie D. Otis)
The Hampton Experience as a New Model for Youth Civic Engagement (Cindy Carlson)
YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN EVALUATION AND RESEARCH
Urban Youth Building Community: Social Change and Participatory Research in Schools, Homes, and Community-Based Organizations (Kysa Nygreen, Soo Ah Kwon, and Patricia Sбnchez)
Youth Action for Health Through Youth-Led Research (Ahna Ballonoff, Samira Soleimanpour, and Jonathan London)
Youth Participation in Photovoice as a Strategy for Community Change (Caroline C. Wang)
Participatory Action Research with Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Reima Ana Maglajlic, Jennifer Tiffany, with the RTK PAR UNICEF BiH Team)
The Growing Up in Cities Project: Gloval Perspectives on Children and Youth as Catalysts for Community Change (Louise Chawla and David Driskell)
III. STUDENT FACILITATORS AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMS FOR PARTICIPATION
Training Students as Facilitators in the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project (Nance Wilson, Meredith Minkler, Stefan Dasho, Roxanne Carrillo, Nina Wallerstein, and Diego Garcia)
Collaborative Teams for Youth Engagement (Julie A. Scheve, Daniel F. Perkins,and Claudia Mincemoyer)
IV. OUTCOMES OF YOUTH ORGANIZING AND OTHER APPROACHES
Youth Organizing, Identity-Support, and Youth Development Agencies as Avenues for Involvement (Michelle Alberti Gambone, Hanh Cao Yu, Heather Lewis-Charp, Cynthia L. Sipe, and Johanna Lacoe)
Index
Reference Notes Included
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The Handbook of Large Group Methods: Creating Systemic Change in Organizations and Communities
Author: Barbara Benedict Bunker
Large Group Interventions are methods used to gather a whole system together to discuss and take action on the target agenda. That agenda varies from future plans, products, and services, to redesigning work, to discussion of troubling issues and problems. The Handbook of Large Group Methods takes the next step in demonstrating through a series of cases how Large Group Methods are currently being used to address twenty-first-century challenges in organizations and communities today, including:
• Working with widely dispersed organizations, and the problem of involvement and participation
• Working with organizations facing a serious business crisis
• Working with organizations in polarized and politicized environments
• Working in community settings with diverse interest groups
• Working at the global level and adapting these methods for cross-cultural use
• Embedding and sustaining new patterns of working together in organizations and communities
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