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 INTRODUCTION: Increasingly,
when foundations, government programs, and innovative community
organizations want creative solutions to difficult funding issues,
they turn to young people for solutions. Youth are connected to their
communities in an authentic and unhindered way that can help
grantmakers understand issues better.
Websites
Growing Up in Cities -
Growing Up in Cities enlists the energy, ideas, and hope of young
people to evaluate their own circumstances, define priorities, and
create change. It also enables municipal governments and child
advocates to implement the participation principles of the Habitat
Agenda, Agenda 21, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It
provides models of interdisciplinary, intersectoral collaboration for
listening to the voices of young people and creating more responsive
urban policies and practices.
American Planning Association Resource Zine
- Free lesson plans,
information about APA youth voice programs, links, articles, products,
books, and other information.
Kids and Community - A
website developed by city planners to encourage kids to learn about
cities and get involved in changing them.
Children, Youth, and Environments Center for Research
and Design - CYE is an international,
multidisciplinary network of researchers, policy makers and
practitioners working to improve the living conditions of children and
youth. CYE supports the sharing of knowledge and experience, while
recognizing young people's capacity for meaningful participation in
the processes that shape their lives.
Project for Public Spaces - A
nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people of all ages create
the kinds of places that build communities. We achieve this through
technical assistance, training, research and education - as well as
programs in parks, plazas and central squares; transportation; public
buildings; and architecture and public markets. Website includes
examples, tip sheets, and more.
Resources
KidsPlan.Com - The City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California Planning Division activity guide for classroom teachers to
involve students in community planning activities.
Going Places, Making Choices
- This innovative curriculum developed by the developed by the
National 4-H Council focuses on raising the awareness of high school
age youth about transportation, personal mobility choices now and in
the future, and how those choices impact the environment.
Youth VOICES Hanbook - The
Youth VOICES (Vision, Opinions, Investment, Creativity, Engagement,
Solutions) in Community Design Handbook aims to improve youth
awareness of and involvement in community planning and land-use
decisions.
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