Youth-Led Advocacy Guide
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A guide for youth and youth-serving professionals on how to establish and support youth-led advocacy initiatives.
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A guide for youth and youth-serving professionals on how to establish and support youth-led advocacy initiatives.
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View GuideDescription of Resource: The Youth-Led Advocacy Guide is a practical tool for both youth and youth-serving organizations to establish and expand youth-led advocacy initiatives. Created by youth advocates, committee members, and staff at MENTOR Affiliates (non-partisan, nonprofit organizations that galvanize local or statewide mentoring efforts) and MENTOR National, this guide includes: recommended practices, tools, and insights to support youth advocacy; tips to amplify the voices of youth activists and equip programs with skills to implement authentic youth-led organizing activities and; examples of local and national stories about youth advocacy in action. This resource will guide youth and adults through a variety of reflection exercises and provides recommendations for activities to do together.
Goals: To help youth-serving programs and young people understand and unpack the concept of “power” and support efforts to advance youth-led advocacy.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring programs of all types.
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:
- Training
- Supporting Mentoring Relationships (formerly “Monitoring and Support”)
- Program Planning and Management
Key Personnel: N/A
Additional Information: Other related resources related to youth advocacy include GenerationOn Gamechangers: Establishing a Youth Advisory Council Toolkit and the Critical Mentoring Supplement to Elements of Effective Practice. For more information on growth mindset see the Growth Mindset Toolkit and Implementation Guide.
Publisher/Source: MENTOR
Author: MENTOR
Date of Publication: 2023
Resource Type: Program Activities/Match Activities
Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
This free guide is available on the MENTOR website at: https://www.mentoring.org/resource/youth-led-advocacy-guide/.
Evidence Base: None.
Additional References: None.
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Overview Description of Resource: The Youth-Led Advocacy Guide is a practical tool for both youth and youth-serving organizations to establish and expand youth-led advocacy initiatives. Created by youth advocates, committee members, and staff at MENTOR Affiliates (non-partisan, nonprofit organizations that galvanize local or statewide mentoring efforts) and MENTOR National, this guide includes: recommended practices, tools, and insights to support youth advocacy; tips to amplify the voices of youth activists and equip programs with skills to implement authentic youth-led organizing activities and; examples of local and national stories about youth advocacy in action. This resource will guide youth and adults through a variety of reflection exercises and provides recommendations for activities to do together.
Goals: To help youth-serving programs and young people understand and unpack the concept of “power” and support efforts to advance youth-led advocacy.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring programs of all types.
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:
- Training
- Supporting Mentoring Relationships (formerly “Monitoring and Support”)
- Program Planning and Management
Key Personnel: N/A
Additional Information: Other related resources related to youth advocacy include GenerationOn Gamechangers: Establishing a Youth Advisory Council Toolkit and the Critical Mentoring Supplement to Elements of Effective Practice. For more information on growth mindset see the Growth Mindset Toolkit and Implementation Guide.
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Profile Publisher/Source: MENTOR
Author: MENTOR
Date of Publication: 2023
Resource Type: Program Activities/Match Activities
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Evaluation and Evidence Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness
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Access and Usage This free guide is available on the MENTOR website at: https://www.mentoring.org/resource/youth-led-advocacy-guide/.
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References Evidence Base: None.
Additional References: None.