Youth Voice

Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, involvement, and initiatives leadership of young people. In the context of service-learning, youth voice refers to the input young people provide in developing and implementing projects, plans, and policies to guide service-learning. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

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Inspired to Serve: An Online Toolkit for Youth-Led Interfaith Action (2009), Learn and Serve America, Search Institute, and Interfaith Youth Core (HTML)
Youth Voice (2008), Shelley H. Billig, Stephany Brown, and Jennifer Turnbull (PDF)
Washington Youth Voice Handbook: The What, Who, Why, Where, When, and How Youth Voice Happens (2007), Adam Fletcher (PDF)
Guide to Social Change Led By and With Young People (2006), Adam Fletcher and Joseph Vavrus (PDF)
Youth on Board: 15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making (2006) Karen S. Young and Jenny Sazama
Kids As Planners: A Guide to Strengthening Students, Schools, and Communities Through Service-Learning (2005), KIDS Consortium
Making Youth Voice a Community Principle (2004), Andrea Felix (PDF)
Speaking Out: Empowering the Youth Voice (2003), Steven J. Madden and Kelli L. Fellows
Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs (2001), Cynthia Scherer and Jonna Justinianno (PDF)
Integrating Youth Voice in Service Learning (2001), Eve Kaplan, Linda Fredericks, and Jennifer Zeisler (HTML)

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