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Youth Action in Rural Areas
The
world is made of a lot of spaces, including places where lots of
people live, and other places where few people live. Rural areas
are spaces of land that do not have the development of urban
areas. Few businesses, few schools and few people make these
difficult places for many urban young people to understand.
However, these young people are taking action and changing the
societies they live in, all around the world.
Resources related to Youth Action
in Rural Areas
Appalachian Media Institute Through AMI young people in
central Appalachia learn how to use video cameras and audio
equipment to document the unique traditions and complex issues of
their mountain communities. AMI is a program of Appalshop, a
community-based arts and education center in the coalfields of
Kentucky. Based in the community media model and the artistic
resources of Appalshop,
AMI offers an intensive summer institute and year-round media
production training with youth, teachers and community groups in
central Appalachia.
Youth at the United Nations The UN
has used its extensive resources to look at the roles of young
people around the world, including rural communities.
This webpage includes notes from an international meeting that
focused in part on youth action in rural areas.
This webpage talks about rural youth using technology to
create social change.
Youth Activists on the Move in Small Town Oregon!
The Rural Organizing Project held a one-day intergenerational
dialogue in rural Oregon and received great response. The webpage
includes direction on how to get a copy of the activity.
Canadian Rural Partnership: Rural Youth Dialogue
A Canadian federal government program committed to engaging
young people across the country in creating change in their
communities.
Rural Youth A feature page on rural youth, issues and actions
that they are leading around the world from TakingITGlobal.
Publications
related to Youth Action in Rural Areas
Larson, R. and Hansen, D. (2005) The
Development of Strategic Thinking: Learning to Impact Human
Systems in a Youth Activism Program. Human Development.
48: pp327-349.
Gray, M. (n.d.)
Synopsis:
Coming of Age in
a Digital Era: Youth Queering Technologies in Small Town, USA.
(2006)
A New Generation of Southerners. Funders Collaborative on
Youth Organizing.
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