Category: Youth involvement

• Bastardizing Youth Voice

  When considering youth as allies to educators, adults may be tempted to act as translators for youth voice. Concerned that youth are not capable of speaking “adult-ese”, well-meaning program staff, nonprofit administrators, researchers, government staff, youth advocates and teachers reword the ideas of youth, interpret them, or otherwise differentiate between what youth actually said and what adults believe they meant. […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  December 3, 2014

  adult allies, adultism, adults, ephebiphobia, youth, youth action, youth engagement, Youth involvement, youth leadership, youth policy, youth service, Youth Voice, Youth Work, youth workers, youth-driven programming, youth-led, youthinvolvement

  adultism, adults, social change, 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

• Youth-Adult Relationship Spectrum

    I have seen three primary ways adults relate to youth, no matter whether the relationship is parenting, teaching, or policing. The first way is over-permissiveness; the second is responsible; and over-restrictive. Before I explain these, its important to remind you that I’m an adult and these are my opinions; a young person and other […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  September 14, 2014

  adult allies, adultism, adults, children, democracy, education, ephebiphobia, family, Freechild, generations, parenting, relationships, school, Schools, social change, society, Students, teaching, youth, youth engagement, Youth involvement, Youth Rights, Youth Work

  adults, children, government, Home, social change, youth