Special Resources for Young People and Social Change

Special resources are needed in areas where young people and adults do not have enough access to the tools necessary to change the world. The Freechild Project offers collections in the following areas.

• Issue Focus Areas

  • Survey on North American Youth Rights

    • The Rights of Youth Today

    • Defining Youth Rights

    • History of the Youth Rights Movement

    • The Youth Rights Movement

    • Demanding Youth Rights

    • The Center for Youth Rights Research

    • Terms

    • Adultism

    • Ephebiphobia

    • Youth Discrimination in the Workplace

    • Youth Suffrage

    • Youth Liberation

  • Survey on International Youth Involvement

    • Community-Based Organizations

    • Community Planning

    • Funding, Grant-making, and Foundations

    • Global/International Activities

    • Libraries

    • Local Government

    • Media

    • Political Parties

    • Research

    • Rights Advocacy

    • Schools (offsite)

    • Service Learning

    • State/Provincial Government

    • State & National Nonprofit Organizations

    • Washington Youth Voice Directory 

    • Advocates and Movement-Makers

    • Youth Involvement Reading List

    • Top 10 Youth Voice Publications

    • Youth Involvement Trainers, Researchers, and Builders

  • Youth Media Info Center

    • Youth Media Organizations

    • Youth Media Publishers 

    • Youth Media Resources

  • Washington Youth Voice Directory

    • Community Groups

    • Government Programs

    • Publications

    • SIYI

    • Listserve

  • War on Young People Info Center

  • Activist Learning Online

  • SoundOut

• Action Focus Areas

  • Action Resource Center

    • Exploring Your Assumptions

    • Finding the Resources 

    • 7 Steps to Getting the Resources YOU Need 

    • Where Are You Really At?

    • Money for Youth-Led Activism

    • Light YOUR Fire

    • Resources for Young Women to Lead Social Change Action

    • Youth-Led Social Activism and Community Organizing Resources

    • Youth-Led Service Learning Resources

    • Youth-Created Media Outlets

    • Resources for Youth-Created Media

    • You CAN Change Your School (offsite)

    • Fight for YOUth Rights

    • Your Rights Matter in School

    • Read Something

    • Slogans  

    • Quotations 

    • Additional Resources

  • Freechild Reading List: Tools for Action

  • Educator Resource Center

  • FireStarter Youth Empowerment Curriculum

    • Guide for Participants

      • Introduction to FireStarter

        Section 1:  Motivation

      • The Media Distorts Teens

      • I Have A Dream

      • Notes on Motivation

        Section 2: Awareness

      • The Power of One

      • Youth Driven Success Stories

      • Friends for All Street Teens (pt 1)

      • Notes on Awareness

        Section 3: Skill Building

      • Communicating Success

      • Can YOUth Be Teachers?

      • Defining Community Leadership Roles

      • Community Mapping

      • Thoughts from Youth About Involving Peers

      • Simple Strategies for Young People as Leaders

      • Notes on Skill-building

        Section 4: Next Steps

      • Friends for All Street Teens (pt 2)

        Action Planning Guide

      • Notes on Next Steps

        Additional Resources

      • National and International Organizations for YOUth

      • The Charge of The Firestarter

    • Guide for Facilitators

    • Cooperative Games Guide

  • Training and Resource Organizations

  • Resources for Adults

• Knowledge-Base

  • Youth Voice Toolkit

    • Intro
    • Definitions
    • Assumptions
    • Principles
    • Measure
    • Ladder
    • Keys
    • Cycle
    • Guidelines
    • Honoring
    • Relationships
    • Discrimination
    • Myths
    • Assessments
    • Organizations
    • Publications

  • Freechild Reading List

    • Action guides

    • Adult allies

    • Book reviews

    • Education

    • Freechild publications

    • Henry Giroux

    • John Holt

    • Voice & involvement

    • Paulo Freire

    • Social change

    • Young people

    • Youth rights

    • Youth on Board

    • What Kids Can Do

  • Research Sources for Young People and Social Change

  • Freechild Measure of Young People and Social Change

  • Freechild Project Theory of Change

  • Article: Youth Voice Movement

  • Hart's Ladder of Children's Participation

  • Article: Transforming Volunteerism

  • Ladder of Volunteer Participation

  • Quotations for Action

  • Glossary

    • Youth discrimination terms

  • Book Reviews

    • Eliminating Corporal Punishment: The Way Forward to Constructive Child Discipline

    • Bringing It Together

    • Making Space - Making Change

    • The Terror of Neoliberalism: Authoritarianism and the Eclipse of Democracy

    • Proto-Fascism in America: Neoliberalism and the Demise of Democracy

  • Take Back High Education

  • Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution

  • Letters to a Young Activist

  • The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear

  • How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office

  • Social Justice for All

  • Youth Action Slogans

  • The Freechild Library: Free Online Publications

• Freechild Resources

  • Publications by The Freechild Project

  • The Freechild Project Assumptions

  • The Freechild Project Theory of Change

  • The Freechild Project Measure of Social Change

  • Random Resource Links

• Youth Voice Toolbox

  • Introduction to Youth Voice
  • Youth Voice Glossary
  • Assumptions Behind Youth Voice
  • Principles of Authentic Youth Engagement
  • Measure of Social Change Led By and With Young People
  • Ladder of Youth Participation
  • Keys to Youth Voice
  • Cycle of Youth Voice
  • Guidelines for Youth Voice
  • 5 Ways to Honor Youth Voice
  • Youth/Adult Relationships Spectrum
  • Creating Safe and Supportive Environments for Youth Voice
  • Institutionalizing Youth Voice
  • The Diversity of Youth Voice
  • New Roles for Youth Voice
  • The Youth Voice Movement
  • Discrimination Against Youth Voice
  • Myths About Youth Voice
  • Strategies to Sustain Youth Voice
  • Assessing Youth Voice
  • Youth/Adult Partnerships
  • Adult Allies of Young People
  • The End of Youth Voice
  • Youth Voice Tip Sheet
  • Youth Voice Organizations
  • Youth Voice Publications
  • Youth Voice Links

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