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Brown, Christopher D.; Albert, Brandee – Rural Educator, 2015
This article describes a study of the Cultural, Economic, Political, and Social Youth Leadership Development Program (CEPS), an identity-building program for disengaged youth, conducted by a community-university alliance in northern Manitoba, Canada. The study was conducted through the lens of transformative learning theory. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Leaders, Leadership Training, Youth Programs
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Wheeler, Wendy; Edlebeck, Carolyn – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development is a Washington, D.C.-based organization engaged in programming, research, and policy development related to youth civic engagement. Its mission is to unleash the potential of youth, adults, organizations, and communities to engage together in creating a just and equitable society. Strong…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Community Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Change Strategies
Askari, Emilia – VocEd, 1978
The article describes eight vocational student organizations and some of their activities in developing leadership and personal relations skills of their members in vocational agriculture, home economics, industrial, distributive, business, office, industrial arts, and health occupations education. Discusses organizations' needs; emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Faculty Advisers, Group Membership
Alvino, James – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
It is perhaps one of the best-kept secrets in educating gifted high school youth, and yet for 45 years, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) has been going strong, "Motivating Tomorrow's Leaders Today." After spending nine inspirational days in 1958 with Albert Schweitzer (Nobel Prize physician and philosopher) at his clinic in the African jungle,…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Gifted, Youth Leaders, Entrepreneurship
Rosen, Matt; Sedonaen, Maureen – 2001
This guide is intended to help stakeholders make decisions about involvement in youth philanthropy (YP). It discusses institutions that encourage youth involvement in philanthropy and shows that most youth philanthropists are drawn from traditional leadership circles, but participation is gradually becoming more diverse. A discussion of geographic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Services, Donors, Elementary Secondary Education
Irby, Merita, Ed. – 2001
The International Learning Group on Youth and Community Development (ILG) was formed to examine the convergence of youth development and community development. In 1999, ILG commissioned a set of papers from young people involved in national efforts to engage youth in the political processes of their countries and brought ILG members together for a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Agents, Childrens Rights, Community Development