Category: youth service

• Equality, Self-Led, or Equity? The 6-7-8 Debate

  Somewhere in the realm of youth participation there’s a geeky, but important, argument that’s been raging for almost 20 years. Its the 6, 7, 8 Debate, and following is my response. Roger Hart, then a research sociologist with UNESCO, studied several hundred organizations that involved children in decision-making in the early 1990s. In his 1994 […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 19, 2012

  children, student engagement, youth activism, youth empowerment, youth engagement, Youth involvement, youth leadership, youth policy, youth service, Youth Voice

• Service Learning versus “Activist Learning”

  From the late 90s through the 2000s, I participated in a number of service learning programs across the U.S. Some were hyper-local, such as the program in Taos, New Mexico, focused on building cultural and social connections between the Taos Pueblo and youth in the neighboring town. I worked at the state level in Washington, […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 5, 2012

  activities, education, school improvement, Schools, service learning, student engagement, youth activism, youth service

• Youth Can Do ANYTHING

  This is an article called “Youth Can Do ANYTHING” by Adam F.C. Fletcher.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  June 19, 2011

  Adam Fletcher, civic engagement, community engagement, community service, engagement, Reflection, society, strategic thinking, Theory, youth, youth development, youth engagement, youth service, Youth Voice