Category: adultism
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Adultism is a Tool
In an article for Suite101, D.C.-area consultant Khadijah Ali-Coleman proposes that “We can begin to stop adultism by listening and actually hearing. Stop belittling. Speak respectfully.” However, that’s just not enough. Too often practitioners in the fields of youth development, community youth organizing and service learning rely on simplistic mantras to help themselves feel better […]
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So-Called Juvenile Terrorism
We live in a time when being labeled a terrorist can lead a person to be indefinitely locked up in prison as a preventative measure designed to keep terrorists off the street. That’s what Guantanamo is for, and that’s what Mahar Arar suffered. Mother Jones magazine has followed the long-standing diligence of the National Youth […]