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10 Reasons Why You Should Apply For a Youth Leadership Role at America's Promise Alliance

June 01, 2017

Get the run down on why youth leaders should apply for youth leadership opportunities at America's Promise.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Youth Voice

promises: Opportunities to Help Others

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

At STRIVE International, Harlem Youth Get the Skills and Support they Need to Land a Job—and Keep It

May 19, 2017

STRIVE’s newest venture, Serve UP Harlem, prepares youth for careers in hospitality. This story is part of a series on the innovative ways that 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund community partners, supported by America’s Promise Alliance and the Citi Foundation, are placing low-income young adults on a path toward career success.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Youth Opportunity Fund, GradNation Campaign

24/7/365: Community Leader Spotlight with Victor Nellum of Colorado Uplift

May 18, 2017

Caring adults are the core of Colorado Uplift’s work, which serves Denver’s at-risk and disconnected youth by connecting them with long-term and life-changing mentors. What makes these mentors special? They are employed as full-time staff members and available to help 24/7/365.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

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

To Fight Climate Change, 4-H Conference Empowers Teens to Lead the Charge

May 08, 2017

Young people are not educated enough about climate change, and neither are adults. This was the conclusion that a group of high schoolers from across the country (and one from Canada) presented during a 4-H briefing held at the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA/USDA) on March 28.

Type: News

TAG: Youth Voice

promises: Opportunities to Help Others

What’s Working: Minnesota’s Commitment to Empowering Civically Engaged Youth

April 27, 2017

This article is part of the “What’s Working” series, which highlights promising practices for helping to close the graduation gap in communities and states across the country.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation

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

When it Comes to Adversity, New Study Finds that Some Experiences Carry More Weight than Others

April 26, 2017

How much adversity is too much? Are some worse then others? How does the amount and type of adversity affect young people’s lives? These are the questions explored in a recent report from the Center for Promise, Barriers to Success: Moving Toward a Deeper Understanding of Adversity’s Effects on Adolescents. Analyzing three existing data sets, researchers assessed a select group of Adverse Life Experiences (ALEs) and the role they play in youth outcomes.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, GradNation State Activation, Center for Promise

Action Platform: Greater Stark County Urban League