6. How might we center and amplify youth voices in research, policy and practice? by Adair Cates https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc Group 3 en-us 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC 2025-02-24 23:18:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Start Here / Instructions adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870563
  • 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 

    • ]]>     2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870563     TOP IDEA 1 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870567 6-8 word descriptor

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

    ]]>     2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870567     TOP IDEA 2 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870572 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

    ]]>     2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870572     Create a national youth council
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870573 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870573 Run our Inclusive Youth Policy Innovation process for researchers, policy makers and Program org leaders/funders
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870575 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870575 create social media platforms for youth to tell their own stories...."let me tell you a story"
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870580 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870580 Youth town hall meeting with CNN or other network adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870583 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870583 work with young documentary filmmakers about the impact of COVID on opp youth and how the policy environment has or has not responded
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870585 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870585 youth voices leading in meetings, op-eds and other vehicles
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870588 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870588 having youth engaged in or with a coalition would make it unique compared to many others.. adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870590 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870590 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 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870593 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870593 Virtual policy events where youth can speak to policy in a meaningful way adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870595 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870595 Mapping student journeys to policy touchpoints for policymakers adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870597 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870597 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.
 adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870600 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870600 Address the impact of COVID on opportunity youth adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870602 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870602 Youth ambassadors who are on the ground, telling stories and being involved in outreach to students who were lost (volunteer corps) adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870604
    Long term, next 5 years]]>     2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870604     Do we want to focus on voices that speak about current circumstances, or focus on solutions adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870607
    Work with direct service providers (like IEL)]]>     2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870607     Create stakeholder council to have common conversations about what needs to be done and who should do it adair5 https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870609 2020-12-11 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1010870609 Youth serving on organizational boards (but NOT only checking a box) https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011200240 2020-12-11 19:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011200240 encourage journal editors to commit to a "not about us without us approach" https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011202159 2020-12-11 19:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011202159 Ask youth--how best do they want to be involved and engaged? https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011204078 2020-12-11 19:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011204078 Youth-focused action-oriented research that positions youth as problem solvers (akin to Apple's Challenge Based Curriculum) https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011205299 2020-12-11 19:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011205299 Giving space for youth to enter conversations at any time via digital tools (message boards, SM, etc.) https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011208404 2020-12-11 19:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011208404 Training researchers, policymakers, practitioners, on how to *authentically* engage youth voice https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011213069 2020-12-11 19:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011213069 Storytelling through videos and other media https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011218433 2020-12-11 19:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011218433 Ensuring that organizational infrastructure is ready for youth engagement! (i.e., structural pieces need to be in place to receive) https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011225546 2020-12-11 19:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011225546 Pay youth for their time! E.g., youth fellowship/apprenticeship program https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011229905 2020-12-11 20:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011229905 Funders requiring orgs to engage youth in their youth-focused work https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011234698 2020-12-11 20:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/adair5/rxtchg7ey8pzhelc/wish/1011234698