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East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Oakland, California, United States. It opened in 1978. EOYDC works to develop the social and leadership capacities of youth and young adults (ages 5 to 24) to prepare them for employment, higher education, and leadership. EOYDC describes itself as a ...
Youth Radio. YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) is an American non-profit youth media organization. It was first established in Berkeley, California, and moved to Oakland in 2007. YR Media was founded by Ellin O'Leary in 1993, who served as its first Executive Director. YR Media advocates for youth participation in media and journalism.
Youth empowerment examines six interdependent dimensions: psychological, community, organizational, economic, social and cultural. [1] [8] Psychological empowerment enhances individual's consciousness, belief in self-efficacy, awareness and knowledge of problems and solutions and of how individuals can address problems that harm their quality of life. [1]
Victor M. Rios is a professor, author, and speaker. [1] His research examines how inequality plays a determining role in the educational and life outcomes of marginalized populations. [2] Rios is of Mexican American origin. [3] He has written several books and is known for developing the theories of the youth control complex, [4] Cultural ...
Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. [8][9][10] The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with ...
Oakland University (OU or Oakland) is a public research university [7] in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. [fn 1] Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson and husband Alfred G. Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland, operating under the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, [9] before gaining institutional independence from the ...
Spouse. Matthew Lesko. Website. www.youthinfusion.org. Wendy Schaetzel Lesko is co-founder of Youth Infusion as well as co-founder of the Youth Activism Project. Lesko is an author of several books on youth-led advocacy, especially in the public policy arena, and recognized nationally as an expert on intergenerational collaboration. [1]
Youth engagement is the sentiment young people feel towards a particular person, activity, place or outcome. It has been a focus of youth development, public policy and social change movements for at least forty years. [1] According to a Cornell University program, "Youth engagement is one of the buzzwords in the youth development field.