Youth Advocacy, Development & Leadership

An asset based approach to creating positive change in your community! This handbook is filled with information, instructions, examples and case studies. The topics enable communities to include youth as partners, identify assets, create a vision, and devise a plan to carry out their goals.

Leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday things, too. Written and experiential activities help teens discover their own leadership potential and develop skills that guide them to act responsibly and make a difference in the world around them.

Leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday things, too. Written and experiential activities help teens discover their own leadership potential and develop skills that guide them to act responsibly and make a difference in the world around them.

Arose as a result of an ongoing effort to prepare adults who work with youth leaders. It is set up as a “guidebook” to be used with staff or other groups as a program evaluates or establishes its youth leadership program.

This book offers a comprehensive approach to mentoring by addressing the needs of the entire mentoring team. Mentoring programs can be rich, meaningful environments in which all young people, and the adults that support them, learn, grow, and thrive.

This practical, easy-to-follow tool kit is designed for adults and youth at youth development and youth civic engagement organizations. It guides readers as they assess their organizational needs for evaluations and how to use evaluation data.

Many young people want to contribute, but don’t know how to begin. This jump-in and let’s get going workbook features sections like People Who Can Help, People Who Get in Your Way, Putting Together a Plan and Getting the Resources You Need.

For ages 10 & up, this guide has something for everyone, from simple projects to large-scale commitments. Kids can choose from a variety of topics with a special section that gives step-by-step instructions for creating fliers, petitions, press releases and more.