Organizations Advocating for Youth: The Local Advantage

Autor/inn/en	Deschenes, Sarah; McLaughlin, Milbrey; Newman, Anne
Titel	Organizations Advocating for Youth: The Local Advantage
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2008) 117, S.11-25 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.244
Schlagwörter	Advocacy; Community Organizations; Urban Youth; Public Policy; Local Government; Local Issues; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialanwaltschaft; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Öffentliche Ordnung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Youth occupy a unique place in democratic society. They must primarily rely on others to speak on their behalf as decisions are made about the allocation of resources within and across various youth-serving institutions. Advocacy organizations comprise crucial representational assets for all youth, but America's poorest children and youth especially need an effective voice to speak for and about them. Yet advocates for youth in urban areas face tough challenges since urban voters typically have few positive connections to youth. This article draws on three years of research focused on three organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that have successfully advocated for better policies for youth. The authors explore the strategies that these organizations have employed to overcome the challenges they face, with particular attention to the advantages that follow from advocating at the local, rather than at the state or federal level. (Contains 11 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10