This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has unlocked a groundswell of possibility around youth activism. After nearly a million students walked out of school on March 14…
A persistently large number of children in the U.S. live in poverty, despite sustained economic growth. Growing up in poverty not only harms children in the short run, but by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a small enclave of West Seattle, there are youth who are speaking up. They may not be garnering headlines, but they’re talking about issues that matter and helping to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement announced five years ago that it wanted to see real innovation in child support enforcement, Colorado leaped at the challenge. The Colorado…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As our technologies have rapidly developed and manipulating those technologies has emerged as a key college- and career-ready skill, teaching students how to program, question, and manipulate digital devices has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The #NeverAgain students honor other youth-led movements ranging from Women’s Suffrage, Voting Rights for 18-Year-Olds, Campus Free Speech, Ending the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Movement. In each case, youth…
Growing up I was surrounded by instability, poverty and a family that had significant substance abuse struggles—from this lived experience I knew I wanted to give back and better the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I get asked this question often. How can a small foundation with few staff really catalyze large scale social change? In fact, how can a foundation of any size play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you encourage that kind of curiosity and passion in kids, and the persistence to follow where it leads? Elm City wants to find out. It’s one of three…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are service opportunities for young people in just about every category you could imagine. And thanks to GreatNonprofits, they’re easy to find and sort by your area of interest:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Saturday, March 3, Bloomberg hosted its 5th annual Startup Young Women’s Leadership Summit, convening 500 high school and college-aged girls at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a day of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sharon Reasonover first started volunteering at the age of 16. It was the summer before her junior year of high school, and she hadn’t really understood the meaning behind doing…