Category: advocacy

• Are All Adults Adultist?

  I believe all adults are adultist. Adultism is bias towards adults – any kind of bias. If an adult wants to hang out with their friends at a bar on Saturday night, they’re being adultist. If an adult lives in a house with children and buys dining room table chairs and a table made for […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 21, 2015

  adult allies, adultism, adults, advocacy

  youth, youth discrimination

• Leelah’s Murder Is OUR Fault

  Leelah Alcorn’s death was practically a murder. It shows how America’s legal system, which enshrines parental rights above children’s rights, has killed another young person. More importantly though, we need to see that Leelah’s murder is our fault. We have not done enough, taught enough, said enough, or worked hard enough to stop this horror from happening. […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 9, 2015

  Adam Fletcher, adult allies, adultism, advocacy, bullying, children’s rights, ephebiphobia, government, law, pedophobia, perceptions, policy, troubled youth, youth empowerment, youth policy, Youth Rights

  adultism, adults, children, social change, youth, youth discrimination

• I Will See YOU in São Paulo!

  

  On Monday I am flying to São Paulo, Brazil, to talk about my philosophy and practice through CommonAction, including SoundOut and The Freechild Project. It all began a few years ago, when Lilian Kelian contacted me. Working with a program called Jovens Urbanos (Urban Youth), Lilian asked if they could translate some of my publications and use them […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 9, 2014

  activities, Adam Fletcher, adults, advocacy, announcement, workshop, youth empowerment, youth engagement, Youth involvement, Youth Voice, Youth Work

  Adam Fletcher, social change, youth