Great Web Links
There are a lot of great Positive Youth Development Resources on the web. What is your interest?
Commission on Children, Families & Community
http://www.ourcommission.org/youth/youthindex3.shtm
It's our job to make sure that resources are used in the best way possible to help our community's children and families thrive. We do that by bringing people and organizations together to develop and implement policy and planning frameworks. We also work with community volunteers and partners on projects that focus on Early Childhood, School Partnerships, Youth Development, and Poverty
Get Real Oregon
www.getrealoregon.org
The Oregon Commission on Children and Families and Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development are teaming up to lead a public awareness campaign, "Get Real, Oregon!" The purpose of the campaign is to encourage adults to treat youth as partners — not problems. The campaign's public service announcements are currently airing on Oregon television stations to encourage adults to connect with youth.
Clackamas County Youth Action Committee
www.co.clackamas.or.us/xchange
The Youth Action Committee is meeting twice a month!
The meetings, which run from 6:30 to 9pm, consist of project discussion and development. There are lots of fun projects to get involved with, from organizing events to improving services for youth, YAC is working throughout Clackamas County to get teens involved in the world around them. YAC is accepting new members, so if you're interested in joining the committee or getting involved in one of YAC's projects
Boys & Girls Club of Portland
www.bgclubportland.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Youth Leadership Institute
www.yli.org
Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) works with young people and the adults and systems that impact them to build communities that invest in youth. In the Bay Area, YLI implements Community-Based Programs that provide youth with opportunities for developing leadership skills in the areas of prevention, youth philanthropy, policy and civic engagement.
Camp Fire USA
www.campfire.org/start.asp
Camp Fire USA is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit youth development organizations, currently serving 735,000 children and youth annually. Camp Fire USA, with national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States. Founded in 1910, Camp Fire USA's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care.
4-H
www.4-h.org
4-H is the youth education branch of the Cooperative Extension Service, a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Each state and county has access to a County Extension office for both youth and adult programs.) Stressing experiential projects, service, and volunteerism, 4-H helps young people reach their fullest potential by developing life skills, learning by doing, and using the knowledge of the land-grant university system. The 4-H website offers opportunities for youth to express themselves through listservs, chat rooms, and the posting of personal writings. It also provides news and information about events, awards, and contests. The site hosts extensive links to other youth development organizations and to over 150 curriculum samples and project ideas for experiential learning in various areas (such as Citizenship and Civic Education, Environmental Education and Earth Science, Personal Development and Leadership).
www.youthempowerment.org
To foster, develop and support youth initiative, and a strong representational youth voice in the service and decision-making life of our community, and to engage youth as resources on a county, state-wide, national and international basis.
Youth at the United Nations
www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/index.html
The United Nations aims to enhance awareness of the global situation of youth and of the rights and aspirations of young people. It works towards greater participation of youth in the social and economic life of their societies.
Taking It Global
www.takingitglobal.org/home.html?width=102
TakingITGlobal.org is a global online community, providing youth with inspiration to make a difference, a source of information on issues, opportunities to take action, and a bridge to getting involved locally, nationally and internationally based on areas of interest. Membership is free of charge and provides people with the ability to interact with various aspects of the website, allowing you to contribute your ideas, experiences, and actions.
National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC)
www.nydic.org
NYDIC is a project of the National Collaboration for Youth, 33 of the country's leading national youth development organizations that work together to advocate for improved conditions and opportunities for the positive development of youth. As well as links to the 33 Collaboration members, the NYDIC website contains information about virtually every facet of youth development: definitions of youth development terms and descriptions of projects, programs, and coalitions; research findings and information about how to evaluate youth development programs; briefings on federal and state youth policy issues; youth-related statistics and data collections; directories of youth organizations; funding, job, internship, and training opportunities; and various other publications.