Placemaking with Children and Youth
Placemaking with Children and Youth

Author: Victoria Derr

Publisher: New Village Press

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1613321023

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An illustrated, essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design From a history of children’s rights to case studies discussing international initiatives that aim to create child-friendly cities, Placemaking with Children and Youth offers comprehensive guidance in how to engage children and youth in the planning and design of local environments. It explains the importance of children’s active participation in their societies and presents ways to bring all generations together to plan cities with a high quality of life for people of all ages. Not only does it delineate best practices in establishing programs and partnerships, it also provides principles for working ethically with children, youth, and families, paying particular attention to the inclusion of marginalized populations. Drawing on case studies from around the world—in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States—Placemaking with Children and Youth showcases children’s global participation in community design and illustrates how a variety of methods can be combined in initiatives to achieve meaningful change. The book features more than 200 visuals and detailed, thoughtful guidelines for facilitating a multiplicity of participatory processes that include drawing, photography, interviews, surveys, discussion groups, role playing, mapping, murals, model making, city tours, and much more. Whether seeking information on individual methods and project planning, interpreting and analyzing results, or establishing and evaluating a sustained program, readers can find practical ideas and inspiration from six continents to connect learning to the realities of students’ lives and to create better cities for all ages.

Reducing Youth Gang Violence
Reducing Youth Gang Violence

Author: Irving A. Spergel

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0759113890

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In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project, revealing the successes and failures of intervention at each level: individual youths, the gang itself, and the community at large. Spergel relates how a coalition of criminal justice, neighborhood, and academic organizations_along with a team of tactical officers, probation officers, former gang leaders, and a neighborhood organization_developed strategies for dealing with hardcore violent male youths from two gangs: the Latin Kings and Two Six. This well-known project has become the model for a series of national initiatives. Policymakers, criminologists, and gang researchers will find this model valuable for assessing gang programs and reducing gang violence.

The Village Chief
The Village Chief

Author: Steve Cleland

Publisher: Advantage Media Group

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781642250718

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE... It takes a village to coach youth sports. If you're the head coach, your role is village chief. You are responsible for bringing out the best in you, the assistant coaches, the parents, and the league, to help teach young people to work together. Coach Steve Cleland has coached youth sports teams for three decades, winning a few trophies and accolades along the way. In this practical and easy-to-apply book, Coach Cleland shows you how to become your village's chief, and why that role leads to the most positive outcomes for all. He covers winning on and off the field, showing you what it takes to make a difference in each team member's life. His guidance is tried-and-true, and he has helped dozens of teams of all ages across North America. Whether you coach five-year-olds on a neighborhood soccer team, an All-Star team of ten-year-olds, or sixteen-year-olds on a travel team, this book has everything you need to become the chief your village needs.

The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales
The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales

Author: Hatton Bessie

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781318007950

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Coming of Age the RITE Way
Coming of Age the RITE Way

Author: David G. Blumenkrantz

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0190297336

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A unique blend of scholarship and practice makes this book a compelling read detailing how rites of passage are used to link all education and youth development approaches. Eloquently crafted narratives integrating fifty years of practice provide readers with a new paradigm for youth and community development that will stimulate their imagination and impact their own practice.

With Charity For All
With Charity For All

Author: Ken Stern

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0307743810

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Each year, the average American household donates almost $2700 to charity. Yet, most donors know little about the American charitable sector and the nonprofit organizations they support. In With Charity For All, former NPR CEO Ken Stern exposes a field that few know: 1.1 million organizations, 10% of the national workforce, and $1.5 trillion in annual revenues. He chronicles the many flaws in the charity system, from tax-exempt charities such as bowl games, roller derby leagues, and beer festivals, to charitable hospitals that pay their executives into the millions, to--worst of all--organizations that raise millions of dollars without ever cracking the problem they have pledged to solve. With Charity For All provides an unflinching look at the philathropic sector but also offers an inspiring prescription for individual giving and widespread reform.

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-02-12

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0309072751

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After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. But what do we know about the role of such programs for today's adolescents? How can we ensure that programs are designed to successfully meet young people's developmental needs and help them become healthy, happy, and productive adults? Community Programs to Promote Youth Development explores these questions, focusing on essential elements of adolescent well-being and healthy development. It offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs. The book also discusses the features of programs that can contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. It examines what we know about the current landscape of youth development programs for America's youth, as well as how these programs are meeting their diverse needs. Recognizing the importance of adolescence as a period of transition to adulthood, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development offers authoritative guidance to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and other key stakeholders on the role of youth development programs to promote the healthy development and well-being of the nation's youth.

Leap of Reason
Leap of Reason

Author: Mario Morino

Publisher: Mario Morino

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 098349200X

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Leap of Reason is the product of decades of hard-won insights from philanthropist Mario Morino, McKinsey & Company, and top social-sector innovators. It is intended to spark the critically important conversations that every nonprofit board and leadership team should have in this new era of austerity. The authors make a convincing case that the nation's growing fiscal crisis will force all of us in the social sector to be clearer about our aspirations, more intentional in defining our approaches, more rigorous in gauging our progress, more willing to admit mistakes, more capable of quickly adapting and improving--all with an unrelenting focus on improving lives.

Village Wisdom For Our Youth
Village Wisdom For Our Youth

Author: Edmund Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-22

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781637901342

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This book serves as a memento to supporters of Parity Inc.'s annual Top 10 African American Male Awards. The community has contributed to this book's wisdom content that ranges from common sense to civic engagement to faith to career guidance to relationships and to personal development. Information on Parity Inc. is also provided. While this book is primarily intended for youth to young adults aged 12 to 30, younger and more mature readers will enjoy.