Category: youth development

• 16 Capacities to Change the World

  After more than a decade of teaching people around the world how to do it, I’ve decided to share this list of key skills, abilities, knowledge, and dispositions. They’re based off my life as I’ve worked for social justice, and they are what I’ve seen consistently in my mentors, heros, and students. These capacities make the difference between people who talk about changing the world and people who actually change the world.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  April 26, 2022

  action, adult allies, assessment, civic engagement, coaching, CommonAction, community engagement, community service, democracy, empowerment, engagement, Freechild, personal development, personal engagement, social change, society, student engagement, student training facilitation, student voice, Students, systems change, technical assistance, Theory, tip sheet, workshop, workshops, youth, youth action, youth development, youth empowerment, youth engagement, Youth involvement, youth leadership, Youth Voice, Youth Work, youth-led

  knowledge, personal capacity, skills, social change

• Why We Need Holistic Youth Development Right Now

  

  The challenge of all schools, afterschool programs, summer camps, and even businesses is to stop parsing out the parts of young people as if they were Legos, and instead to start treating them as whole people who are more capable, more thoughtful, and more caring than we see, say, and treat them.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  March 4, 2022

  adult allies, youth development

• Humility With Young People

  Humility is the honest desire to look for and do what is right for other people, all of the time. When you spend time with children and youth as a teacher, youth worker, parent, or other supportive adult it can be hard to be humble.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 28, 2021

  adult allies, adults, personal development, youth, youth development, youth engagement