Tag: social change

• Unpacking #Youthification

  

  There’s a conversation afoot about “youthification,” which means acting younger. Apparently, moms do it, businesses should do it, neighborhoods are doing it, and entire cities want to do it more. After reviewing several articles about this term, I have identified several assumptions in the conversations about “youthification”: All Youth Are the Same: This conversation about youthification generally revolves around the idea that […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 8, 2015

  adultism, adults, critical thinking, generations, Neoliberalism, social change, youth

  adults, consumerism, personal capacity, social change, youth discrimination

• Organizations Seeing Themselves

  

  In organizations and communities, people around the world are wrestling with their observations of the present and their projections for the future. We’re watching media images of terrorism and hatefulness mix with our own memories of what the future was supposed to look like. As we work more and spend more time at school, we’re […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 15, 2015

  activities, Adam Fletcher, coaching, community, organizational development

  culture, org dev, personal capacity, social change

• 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