Youth Participation in Neighborhood Planning for Community Health
Youth Participation in Neighborhood Planning for Community Health
Youth Participation in Neighborhood Planning for Community Health
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Influenc<strong>in</strong>g Powerholders<br />
Young people role-played how they would approach a powerful person and enable<br />
them to build support. They thought that any high school or middle school student<br />
could do this and that they know that it would be more powerful com<strong>in</strong>g from them<br />
and not an adult. They said that they were the future of the neighborhood and that<br />
they knew they could make a difference. They also talked about how adults can<br />
<strong>in</strong>timate them and try to discourage them by constantly mak<strong>in</strong>g them feel like where<br />
they live is a place that will never get better.<br />
Mak<strong>in</strong>g a Presentation<br />
A few participants were selected to make their presentations to the entire group with<br />
very little time to prepare <strong>for</strong> them. Each one gave a 3-5 m<strong>in</strong>ute speech to engage<br />
their audience members <strong>in</strong> the hopes of their becom<strong>in</strong>g members of the organization<br />
and their movement towards social justice.<br />
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