Category: Olympia

• Engaging Youth Locally

  Its important for all of us to balance our talk with our walk. Since I started writing this blog back in 2007, I’ve worked with a lot of different organizations to promote youth engagement. I’ve done it as a consultant, as a nonprofit staff member, as a state government worker, and in a few other […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 21, 2014

  action, Adam Fletcher’s Projects, government, Olympia, youth, youth engagement, Youth involvement, Youth Voice

  social change, youth

• A Youth Rights Group in Olympia Changes the World

  Back in 2000, I was serving a fellowship with a national foundation in Washington, DC. Focusing on youth engagement, I participated in hundreds of hours of train-the-trainer workshops and professional coaching with Drs. Jim and Pam Toole. They helped me and my small cohort prepare for adventures in the ten states where we worked, mine […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  May 16, 2014

  activism, Adam Fletcher, Freechild, Olympia, Youth Rights

• Cultural Appropriation & Youth Voice

  The other day, my 10-year-old daughter and I went out to dinner. We were sitting in a booth at a Mexican restaurant downtown, and out of nowhere she asks what makes it okay for people in the US to make Mexican food. I asked her what she meant, and she asks what makes it okay […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 7, 2014

  Olympia, Reflection, Youth Voice