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Funders requiring orgs to engage youth in their youth-focused work 

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Funders requiring orgs to engage youth in their youth-focused work 

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Pay youth for their time! E.g., youth fellowship/apprenticeship program 

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Pay youth for their time! E.g., youth fellowship/apprenticeship program 

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Ensuring that organizational infrastructure is ready for youth engagement! (i.e., structural pieces need to be in place to receive)

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Ensuring that organizational infrastructure is ready for youth engagement! (i.e., structural pieces need to be in place to receive)

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Storytelling through videos and other media 

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Storytelling through videos and other media 

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Training researchers, policymakers, practitioners, on how to *authentically* engage youth voice 

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Training researchers, policymakers, practitioners, on how to *authentically* engage youth voice 

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Giving space for youth to enter conversations at any time via digital tools (message boards, SM, etc.)

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Giving space for youth to enter conversations at any time via digital tools (message boards, SM, etc.)

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Youth-focused action-oriented research that positions youth as problem solvers (akin to Apple's Challenge Based Curriculum)

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Youth-focused action-oriented research that positions youth as problem solvers (akin to Apple's Challenge Based Curriculum)

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Ask youth--how best do they want to be involved and engaged?

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Ask youth--how best do they want to be involved and engaged?

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encourage journal editors to commit to a "not about us without us approach"

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encourage journal editors to commit to a "not about us without us approach"

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Youth serving on organizational boards (but NOT only checking a box)

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Youth serving on organizational boards (but NOT only checking a box)

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Create stakeholder council to have common conversations about what needs to be done and who should do it

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Create stakeholder council to have common conversations about what needs to be done and who should do it

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Do we want to focus on voices that speak about current circumstances, or focus on solutions

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Do we want to focus on voices that speak about current circumstances, or focus on solutions

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Work with direct service providers (like IEL)

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Youth ambassadors who are on the ground, telling stories and being involved in outreach to students who were lost (volunteer corps)

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Youth ambassadors who are on the ground, telling stories and being involved in outreach to students who were lost (volunteer corps)

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Long term, next 5 years

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Address the impact of COVID on opportunity youth

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Address the impact of COVID on opportunity youth

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build a coalition of nonprofits who are continuing to work with young people who have left school (HS/postsecondary) due to covid and work with them to reframe what the challenges are and how they need to be addressed. 

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build a coalition of nonprofits who are continuing to work with young people who have left school (HS/postsecondary) due to covid and work with them to reframe what the challenges are and how they need to be addressed. 

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Mapping student journeys to policy touchpoints for policymakers

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Mapping student journeys to policy touchpoints for policymakers

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Virtual policy events where youth can speak to policy in a meaningful way

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Virtual policy events where youth can speak to policy in a meaningful way

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Create youth impact assessments where young people were actually grading and scoring (like OMB) how a policy impacts them and if it will address their needs

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Create youth impact assessments where young people were actually grading and scoring (like OMB) how a policy impacts them and if it will address their needs

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having youth engaged in or with a coalition would make it unique compared to many others..

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having youth engaged in or with a coalition would make it unique compared to many others..

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youth voices leading in meetings, op-eds and other vehicles 

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youth voices leading in meetings, op-eds and other vehicles 

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work with young documentary filmmakers about the impact of COVID on opp  youth and how the policy environment has or has not responded 

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work with young documentary filmmakers about the impact of COVID on opp  youth and how the policy environment has or has not responded 

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Youth town hall meeting  with CNN or other network  

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Youth town hall meeting  with CNN or other network  

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create social media platforms for youth to tell their own stories...."let me tell you a story" 

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create social media platforms for youth to tell their own stories...."let me tell you a story" 

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Run our Inclusive Youth Policy Innovation process for researchers, policy makers and Program org leaders/funders 

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Run our Inclusive Youth Policy Innovation process for researchers, policy makers and Program org leaders/funders 

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6-8 word descriptor

Create stakeholder council/coalition of nonprofits to have common conversations about what needs to be done and who should do it

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6-8 word descriptor

Create national youth council that can map student journeys to policy touchpoints for policymakers and convene town hall meetings

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STEP 1 Everyone briefly shares their ideas and fills the Padlet with any other ideas

STEP 2 Theme the ideas - put similar ideas together in groups or categories

STEP 3 Vote on the most energizing ideas

STEP 4 Highlight on your Padlet your top ideas, bonus if you put any visuals on your Padlet.

STEP 5 Decide who and/or how you will present to the main group when you return