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Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1]
The NAACP Youth Council is a branch of the NAACP in which youth are actively involved. In past years, council participants organized under the council's name to make major strides in the Civil Rights Movement. Started in 1935 by Juanita E. Jackson, special assistant to Walter White and the first NAACP Youth secretary, [1] the NAACP National ...
The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors . [1] [2] In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise.
Y. Young Men's Christian Association. Young Muslim Advisory Group. Young Religious Unitarian Universalists. Young Yatri Organization. Youth Activism Project. Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor. Youth on Board. Youth Service America.
Africa. The National Youth Council of Nigeria was formed in 1964. [circular reference]Asia. In India, the Youth Parliament Program is an integral part of the Swatantrata Center and Foundation for Democratic Reforms under the leadership of Raghavendar Askani, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, where youth can come together, think, discuss and debate on various issues such as Education and Health ...
The European Youth Forum (YFJ, from Youth Forum Jeunesse) is the platform of the National Youth Council and International Non-Governmental Youth Organisations in Europe. It strives for youth rights in International Institutions such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
The World Assembly of Youth ( WAY; French: Assemblée Mondiale de la Jeunesse, Spanish: Asamblea Mundial de la Juventud) is the international coordinating body of national youth councils and national youth organisations. The full members of WAY are national youth councils. WAY currently has 140 member organisations from all continents.
The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) was established in 1961 by young American Indians who were either in college or had recently graduated. [5] The NIYC is a result of youths dissenting from tribal leaders, which began during the American Indian Chicago Conference in 1961, where several young American Indians, a handful of who had become ...