Straight from the Source: Youth Perspectives on Effective Youth-Driven Programming
On November 9-10, 2021, USAID YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation (YP2LE) hosted the Straight from the Source: Perspectives on Effective Youth-Driven Programming Symposium. Taking place over two half days, the Symposium brought together young changemakers, youth-focused practitioners, USAID, and other donors to hear from youth leaders on promising strategies for addressing youth-adult power dynamics, learn about the latest Positive Youth Development tools, and identify outstanding challenges and further efforts needed to effectively engage with youth as equal partners in development.
The Symposium covered an array of topics, focusing on youth engagement and relationship building; increasing representation of youth in development; and skills and training. Below, you will find resources from the Symposium sessions.
Youth Leaders’ Take on Power Differentials within Development Work
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Day 1: November 9, 2021
What Does "Decolonizing Development" Mean for Youth-Focused Research and Learning?
Skill-Building with Young Leaders: Analyzing Results and Lessons Learned from YouthLead
Youth Leading COVID Responses Intro Presentation
Youth-Led Responses to COVID-19: Food Systems
Youth-Led Responses to COVID-19: Health
Youth-Led Responses to COVID-19: Education
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- Higher Education Engagement and Transformation Community of Practice
- Connect Ed
Global LEAD: USAID's Partnership with 1 Million Young Changemakers
- Global LEAD Toolkit
- Adaptable Intervention Model
- Youth as Partners in Development Video
- Global LEAD Interview with Mike McCabe (USAID)
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Day 2: November 10, 2021
Trust, Bias, and the Roots of Inequality: How to Address Diversity in Meaningful Youth Engagement
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- Diversity and Inclusion video from Restless Development featuring Inés Yabar
- Diversity and Inclusion video from Restless Development featuring Primrose Manyalo
- Diversity and Inclusion video from Restless Development featuring Mambepa Nakazwe
Youth and USAID Dialogue: What Are Effective Strategies for Building this Relationship and Working Together?
Youth Excel's Youth-Led Approaches
Youth Can Do It! How USAID Programs Support Youth as Changemakers for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Water
Empowerment of Youth Women: Insights from Rwanda, Namibia, and South Sudan ACHIEVE DREAMS Programs
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- ACHIEVE DREAMS Training on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Namibia video
- Empowerment of Young Women: Insights from South Sudan - ACHIEVE DREAMS Program video
Social Movements and the Opportunity to Increase Youth Participation in Long-Term Collective Action
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- Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action Report
- 10 Questions for Young Changemakers
- Mobilizing Ideas - Informing Activists Video Series
Analyzing Costs in PYD Programs
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- USAID Education Cost Measurement Tools
- Cost Analysis for Positive Youth Development: A Brief Literature Review
Exploring the ICS Framework for Vulnerable and Marginalized Youth Populations
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- Overview of Findings From the Systematic Literature Review of Positive Youth Development Impacts on Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth
Design Thinking Training: Human-Centered Design as a Mindset
Youth Engagement with Systems Actors
How Dare You Tell Me HOPE Is Not an Indicator! Why Investment in Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement is Worth It