Tiered Anti-Oppression Training is a case study that highlights some successes in provides youth with opportunities to develop an anti-oppressive lens. In particular it highlights the following achievements: recognizing and acknowledging anti-oppressive education as a continual process; bringing in outside facilitation help; taking stock of group and context to help decide Read more…
Southern Exposure is a case study that highlights some challenges in planning programs and projects that are accessible to all youth, including lack of clear expectations of youth and organizers; real or perceived racism; lack of support before/during/after an event; language and cultural barriers and lack of translation; and failure to Read more…
Sometimes the medium is not the message is a case study that highlights the challenges involved in using arts-based programming as a method to engage youth. The case study focuses on a situation when the arts-based programming is not accompanied by any issue-based learning. The youth must be connected and engaged Read more…
“We don’t have a choice of whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it.”-Erik Qualman Slacktivism is a case study that highlights the challenges of using social media to engage youth. The following are a few of the challenges of using social media for youth engagement: Read more…
What is Theory of Change? (Center for Theory of Change, 2016) The Community Builder’s Approach to the Theory of Change: A Practical Guide to Theory Development, Andrea A. Anderson, Ph.D., The Aspen Institute, Roundtable on Community ChangeA comprehensive guide to facilitating a process to develop a Theory of Change for community Read more…
A theory of change maps out a pathway of change or a change framework towards a long-term goal. The process of developing a theory of change for an organization can help practitioners identify gaps in the interventions they have planned, and identify when an intervention is unlikely to lead to Read more…
Use an anti-oppressive lens to think about the design and content of your public engagement interventions. Using an anti-oppressive lens means acknowledging differences in power and privilege and working to understand how those differences shape our ideas and relationships. Practitioners might consider gender, race, class, mental and physical ability, sexual Read more…
Many of us are doing public engagement with very limited time and resources. That means we sometimes don’t have enough space as practitioners to think critically about how we do our work, and how we could do it better. Our colleagues who work on development projects overseas often have very Read more…
General questions: Identifying a partner or collaborator: Establishing partnerships and collaborations: Evaluating a partnership or collaboration:
This basic template can help ensure clear communication occurs when embarking on a partnership. The listed sections can be modified to be more specific to your needs. PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT List of partner organizations: Title of activity or program: Purpose of the partnership: Objectives: Activities to accomplish objectives: Responsibilities of all Read more…