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How the Country Has Changed for Young People

August 09, 2017

In the last 20 years, infant mortality, teen pregnancy, and youth incarceration rates have gone down, while high school graduation rates are up. More young people are pursuing postsecondary education, and teens are also smoking and drinking less.

Type: News

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

campaigns & initiatives: Recommit2Kids

American Dream at Risk? To Invest in Youth, Focus on Their Well-being

June 22, 2017

Is the American Dream at risk? To mark the 20th anniversary of America’s Promise Alliance – and to support our campaign to encourage people, organizations, and communities to #Recommit2Kids – we asked our youth leaders to reflect on this question. This perspective is the third in a special series on the topic. For more perspectives, read Here is Where Hope Lies and When the American Dream Turns Into American Need.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Five Programs that Build Relationships

June 14, 2017

Whether it's a parent, mentor, guidance counselor, coach, or neighbor, a caring adult can serve as the primary line of defense against adversity in the lives of young people. This is why creating relationships and webs of support for youth is one of the three main focus areas in Our Work: A Framework for Accelerating Progress for Children and Youth in America.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

The Paradox of Progress

May 31, 2017

How do we accelerate progress for more young people in America? This is the question I have spent the last year helping America’s Promise Alliance answer.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

In Hip Hop, A Community of Caring Adults

May 16, 2017

“When did you fall in love with hip hop?” I first heard this question in the seventh grade, when I was watching the film “Brown Sugar.” A few months ago, this question came back to me when I attended a gala hosted by America’s Promise in honor of its 20th anniversary. Among many other influential leaders, the rapper Common was honored for his Common Ground Foundation. While his foundation is no doubt having an impact on the lives of youth, I’ll never forget the impact his music has had on my life.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

The Power of Belonging

May 10, 2017

I recently joined former Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas at the America’s Promise Alliance Summit for America’s Future for a discussion about the importance of young people feeling a sense of belonging.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise

America’s Promise Alliance Releases New Collaborative Framework for Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth

April 17, 2017

Our Work: A Framework for Accelerating Progress for Children and Youth in America – is a first-of-its-kind report from America’s Promise that offers a vision for how the people, organizations, and systems that surround young people can incorporate what’s been learned into sustainable, on-the-ground practices that will create greater opportunity to help more young people fulfill their American Dream. 

Type: Press Release

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

OUR WORK: A Framework for Accelerating Progress for Children and Youth in America

April 17, 2017

How can we take what’s been learned and accelerate progress for young people in America, especially for those young people who are most vulnerable? How can we create the conditions for success for more young people, more quickly? To answer these questions, America’s Promise reviewed research about what’s changed in the past 20 years in young people’s lives and in our understanding of youth development. We surveyed our network, spoke with young people, and interviewed more than 200 people representing nonprofits, corporations, foundations, research and policy entities, educational institutions…

Type: Resource

TAG: Early Childhood, Special Populations, Black/African-American, English Learners, Recommit2Kids

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

channels: Family Engagement, Re-engaging Youth, Youth Involvement

SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance

Alma Powell and Gen. Colin Powell Urge Nation to Recommit to Kids in Letter to America

April 13, 2017

Twenty years after the event that launched America's Promise Alliance the nation's largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth is marking the occasion with a letter to America authored by its Chair Alma Powell and Founding Chair Gen. Colin Powell to focus the nation on the needs of young people.

Type: Press Release

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

In Parramore Kidz Zone, a Role Model for Community Collaboration

April 12, 2017

As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, America’s Promise is recognizing an organization that exemplifies how communities can collaborate to improve youth outcomes: The Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ). The organization will receive the Powell Legacy Award—and a $50,000 donation—at the Recommit to Kids Summit on April 18.

Type: News

TAG: Recommit2Kids

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

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise