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Today's Entitled Youth

March 08, 2018

It’s a common, easy thing to dismiss young people who demand a better world than the one they were born into as arrogant, spoiled, and even naïve. Yet the Parkland students and too many other young people like them have survived extreme trauma and emerged braver, wiser, and more mature than anyone should have to be at their age. That does make them entitled—to share their story, get an education without fearing for their lives, and, one would hope, have adults listen.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement, Youth Voice, Safe Schools

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

A Two-Generation Approach

March 07, 2018

"Parents are their children’s first teacher,” NAZ President and CEO Sondra Samuels says. “An army of empowered parents are also the fuel needed to put pressure on systems to remove barriers to their families’ overall success and their children’s academic and life success."

Type: News

TAG: Career Pathways, Early Childhood, Using Data, Family Engagement, Youth Involvement, College and Career Readiness, Low-Income

promises: Effective Education, Safe Places, Caring Adults, A Healthy Start, Opportunities to Help Others

Seven Young Leaders Making Black History Today

February 08, 2018

Young people across the country are improving media representation for people of color, promoting literacy education, speaking out against bullying, and much more. In honor of Black History Month, we compiled a list of seven African-American young leaders who are raising their voices, advocating for their causes, and fighting for a better future.

Type: News

TAG: Black/African-American, Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Harnessing Community Engagement and Civic Spirit to Help Young People

November 01, 2017

Of all the recommendations to accelerate progress for young people in Our Work—including building relationships and creating more pathways—the third and final may seem like the most esoteric of all: engaging the community and renewing our collective civic spirit.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Recommit2Kids

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes New Board and Trustee Members

October 19, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, has elected three members to its board of directors and appointed two members to its trustees.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Youth Voice, Youth Involvement

promises: A Healthy Start, Caring Adults, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Youth Voice: Engaging Youth and Using Alternatives to End School Pushout

October 16, 2017

Schools are failing students by being too quick to execute a punishment, which has lasting, negative impacts. To combat racial disparities in school and society, schools need a new approach to school discipline that is grounded in student perspectives and alternatives that work.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement, Youth Voice

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

Youth Voice: The Difference Between Empowering Youth and Emboldening Them

October 02, 2017

Many young people today are aware of the tools that amplify our voice—social media being the most prominent—but most of us don’t see the point in using them. After all, who cares what young people think? It’s not enough to empower youth by giving them the tools, adults must also embolden young people by giving them the confidence and courage to use them.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

Be Who You Needed: Lessons from the Field of Workforce Development

April 27, 2017

“Be who you needed when you were younger.” This is the quote that I recite daily on my way to work. When people ask what I do for a living, most write it off as just teaching business communications. But Year Up teaches all of the things that I didn’t learn in high school or college: teamwork, life skills, confidence, and surviving in the professional world.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Youth Opportunity Fund

The Key to Success is Community Voice: Community Leader Spotlight with Hilda Ramirez, Latino Education Institute

April 21, 2017

Hilda Ramirez strongly believes that “the answers to the problems that communities face lies within the people who are affected by the challenges.” Ramirez is the assistant director of the Latino Education Institute of Worcester State University, a partnership of community leaders that provides outcome-based development programs in education, literacy, leadership, civic engagement, and health.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Involvement, Hispanic/Latino

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Video: A Probation Officer, a Nonprofit Case Manager, and Family: The Relationships that Supported One Young Person’s Path to Success

April 11, 2017

As a child, Abisai Montes and his parents moved from their home in North Dallas to a rougher part of town, where Montes says he learned to carry a switchblade to feel safe. At 15, when he was on his way to see some friends, a stranger attacked him and Montes pulled out his knife. As a result, Montes spent time in a juvenile detention center.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Involvement

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Youth Opportunity Fund