Youth
The people working with today’s youth really know what’s what. Kids get the short end of the stick more often than not (and girls in particular). This means the people working with today’s youth are often fighting some of the biggest problems, and jumping the biggest hurdles. Youth deal with all the issues that adults do – but magnified.
But they’re also fiesty. Youth see through the bullcrap – and therefore the adults that effectively work with youth are some of the crazy coolest. Get inspired.
By Reid on 25 November 2009
I was talking to a friend the other day about how goofy the standards testing for kids in school is. I’ll try not to beat that horse too much here. I’m all for having formalized evaluation of performance. It’s good to know what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong. BUT it’s how you [...]
By Reid on 14 November 2009
Stoked Mentoring is a non-profit action sports organization for at risk youth with the mission of developing successful teens with opportunity, knowledge, experience, and determination through the use of action sports, mentoring and coaching. Mentees are matched with three different mentors throughout the year who coach them on a seasonal basis as skate mentors, surf mentors [...]
By Reid on 01 November 2009
I discovered the brilliant Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele via the Grants 4 Change from Nau Clothing (both the grant and the clothes are totally worth checking out). Their project is a called Facing Climate Change, and it’s a “long-term” documentary project. They are addressing the climate change issue by – gasp – talking to [...]
By Reid on 01 November 2009
Invisible Children is my favorite kind of organization Created by three filmmakers in 2003, they use film to bring attention to the war in Northern Uganda. Lots of people head to africa and make documentaries. Don’t get me wrong, that’s good work and we want to encourage it. But these guys go a step [...]
By reid on 20 November 2008
Check out this crazy awesome video of some kids doing spoken word. Normally I'm iffy on teen poetry. Ok truth? I'm always iffy on teen poetry - but this stuff is pretty great.
By reid on 20 November 2008
The Lab is fantastic youth arts and empowerment program being run out St. Paul Public Schools. It’s the brainchild of Mary Tinucci, a school social worker that is changing the way that we think about working with youth. The Lab began as The Poetry Lab, a writing program that Tinucci used to encourage students [...]
By reid on 19 November 2008
Avalon School is a charter school located in the heart of St. Paul. They’ve taken a revolutionary new look at how we educate our kids. They focus on project based learning. Students make proposals of things they’d like to examine, and work with teachers and community members to carry out their plans. They’ve got [...]
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