Issues By Young People for Social Change are as broad as the rest of society.

The following resource pages feature examples, websites, and publications from around the world. We welcome your contribution to any area - just write to info at freechild.org

The Freechild Project has identified these categories through "guerrilla" research, meaning that we go into the communities where these activities happen and work with young people and adults to identify what is being addressed. The phrase "young people" is meant to include children and youth, from the time of birth through 8, 12, 14, or 16, through "adulthood," which could mean 18, 21, 25, or 30, depending on who you are and what you're doing. All of these issue categories were chosen because they create "social change"; we don't include activities that are not intended to challenge, examine, create, reflect upon, or otherwise change society. 

Creativity issues

Arts

Censorship

Hip hop

Youth media

Economic issues

Commercialism

Globalization

Illegal child labor

Poverty

Education issues

Homeschooling

School reform

Sex education  

Students rights in schools

Teaching about social change in school

The Ends of Grading

Unschooling

Identity issues

Adults

Gay, bisexual, lesbian, transsexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning youth

Homeless youth

Intergenerational partnerships

Parents

Rural issues

Urban issues

Democracy issues

Community planning involvement

Foster care involvement

Foundation involvement

Government involvement

Nonprofit involvement

Research representation

School involvement

Social issues

Education reform

Funding

Sex education

Anti-war and nonviolence

Education

International youth programs

National service

Politics

Racism

Environment

Sustainable agriculture

Rights issues

Adultism

Ephebiphobia 

Corporal Punishment

Curfews

Defining youth rights

Job discrimination

Juvenile Injustice & Incarceration

Lowering the voting age

Youth liberation

Youth rights

Youth issues

Taking action

Youth activism

Youth involvement

Youth media

Youth rights

Worldwide youth

Youth on boards

National youth-serving programs

Training for youth voice

Youth development


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