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This looks a great training for anyone working with youth! Designed with research and policy advocacy in mind, "Disrupting Adultism: Building Authentic Youth Coalitions" training will delve into the concept of adultism, exploring its implications and how it can inadvertently create barriers in youth engagement. More importantly, we will discuss strategies to disrupt these patterns in order to foster an environment that truly values and incorporates youth perspectives. We will explore strategies to foster genuine partnerships with young people, enabling them to become active participants in decision-making processes. By the end of this training, participants will have an introduction to the knowledge and tools needed to build authentic youth coalitions, ensuring that our future leaders are not just seen, but heard, respected, and actively involved in shaping the world around them.  https://lnkd.in/gTp5Ppmp

For my New England and Upstate NY friends, the Collective Power for Reproductive Justice Conference is in Amherst, MA this year on April 12 and 13! The program states, "This year’s conference theme will explore ways of organizing, connecting, and cultivating practices that center impacted communities, foster collective resistance, and practice community care. How can we exercise creativity and art as tools for resistance? What can we learn from one another in our different movements in the pursuit of our collective liberation? We will explore these questions and more with panel discussions led by advocates, activists, artists, and healers from communities most impacted by reproductive injustice."

❔ Did you know The Scouts has a team of (volunteer) Youth Advocates? They are doing fantastic things: making sure young people’s voices are heard; advocating for positive policy changes; and putting Scouts at the forefront of change-makers’ minds. Find out more from Ryan and Freya, who tell us what it’s like to be Scouts Youth Advocates. 📢

📣 Craft Scotland support children and young people's right to access the arts 📣 As a member of Children’s and Youth Arts Advocacy (CYAA) network, we’re joining a national pledge campaign to ensure every child and young person in Scotland can access inclusive, diverse, and transformative arts experiences. 👉 Join the pledge and learn more about CYAA: https://buff.ly/3XD1sLJ Through our work with partner organisations, educators, makers and curators, we see the enriching power of craft and arts engagement for children and young people. These include improving wellbeing and resilience, building creativity and life skills, communication, problem-solving, and developing capacities to respond to the climate emergency. With funding cuts putting Scotland's arts sector at risk, it’s more important than ever to highlight that access to the arts is not a luxury. It’s a fundamental right that supports mental health, educational outcomes, and the ability to overcome socio-economic challenges. Join the CYAA pledge to help raise awareness of the essential role the arts and craft have to play in the futures of Scotland’s children and young people. 🎨 Children’s and Youth Arts Advocacy (CYAA) is a collective of leading national arts organisations. CYAA seeks to collectively influence and advocate for all children and young people in Scotland to be able to access the arts in alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Images: MAKE with the Knit Shop / Photography by Neil Hanna #CYAA #YouthArtsAdvocacy #TakeThePledge

Today is #WorldChildrensDay, UNICEF’s global day of action for children which helps to mark the adoption of the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: https://lnkd.in/eBSrkCrf Article 12, is one of the 54 rights of the child, the right to be heard (and for these views to be taken seriously and given "due weight" in decisions which affect their lives. To uphold these rights, we need to take children seriously as key stakeholders and involve them in decisions that impact their present and their future. Article 12 is also one of 4 'special' rights, identified as a ‘general principle’, which is one which helps to interpret all other rights and plays a fundamental role in realising all the rights for all children. Article 12 must be understood in the context of other rights of children and is why Mindworks has adopted the Lundy Model of Participation as part of this wider rights-based approach. The Mindworks Participation Strategy is nearing completion, following conversations with young people, parents & carers, and staff, with aims to be launched in the new year. This will help drive our commitment to further centring the voices and participation of young people and their families in Mindworks, Surrey. Watch this space! #ChildrensRights #Participation #Surrey #YouthVoice

🌟 Join the BIPOC AWC Sub-Committees! 🌟 We're excited to invite BIPOC AWC members to our info meeting on Friday 8/30 at 10am - 11am PT / 1pm - 2pm ET. This meeting will introduce our three sub-committees and detail how you can get involved. 🔹 Sub-Committees Overview: Structure, Culture, and Equity - Shape our structure, mission and values (already in progress) Harm Repair, Healing Justice, and Community Care - Develop and implement processes for these Community of Care frameworks Engagement and Outreach - Boost our communications, engagement and outreach efforts 📅 Meeting Details: Date: August 30th Time: 10am - 11am PT / 1pm - 2pm ET Format: Zoom - Register at https://lnkd.in/gsSu65c6 Can’t join live? The meeting will be recorded and shared with Collective members. 💡 Who Should Attend? This meeting is open to Black, Indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC) only. If you do not identify as such, please act as an accomplice and share this with opportunity with BIPOC colleagues. The Collective is committed to setting industry standards for racial equity. Therefore, in an effort to recognize and uplift the expertise and contributions of BIPOC community members, participants will be fairly compensated for their work.

The impact of LIUUF on Sound Justice Initiative is profound. It enables us to initiate new programs, improve services and expand access to educational and vocational training for justice-involved individuals. This effort is crucial for transforming lives – benefiting not only individuals but also their families and communities. https://lnkd.in/eV9YPMDi

▶️ Today is a special day as we recognise World Children’s Day on 20 November, which is UNICEF’s global day for children, by children. It marks the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and serves as a call to action for schools, communities, and institutions to engage with and support children. 🎯 The 2024 theme for World Children’s Day is “Listen to the Future”. We're encouraging the world to actively listen to children’s hopes, dreams, and visions for the future, promoting children’s right to participation. Children should be empowered to voice their opinions about the world they want to live in, and it’s all of our responsibility to listen and support their visions. How to get involved this World Children's Day  Here are some practical ways to engage your children around World Children’s Day: 🫶 Listen: Give your children space to express their ideas, even if they seem too ambitious. Ask questions and engage with what they’re saying. 😍 Reflect: Take time to reflect on what your child is sharing. How can their ideas shape your family, your community, or even the world? 🥰 Support and engage: Help your child pursue their dreams and visions, whether through creative activities and conversations. Let's go! ⭐ The power of parenting ⭐ The importance of listening to children ⭐ How to get involved ⭐ Having conversations about child rights  Read more indepth about World Children's day on the Unicef website here: https://lnkd.in/dSciu5QR. Marina Elena Reyneke National Freedom Network #WorldChildrensDay #ProtectourChildren #ListenToTheFuture

Here is the link to apply if you have a project/initiative in mind: https://lnkd.in/eG9H4xHE Eligible projects must align with one or more of the following goals: ➡ Public outreach, engagement and advocacy ➡ Strengthening BIPOC communities ➡ Strengthening organizational capacity with activities focused on anti-racism

Shame on Cumberland Council! Queer people exist. Same-sex parents exist. Trans, gender diverse and nonbinary people exist. We. Are. Not. An. Issue. The only issue with our existence is that we have to keep defending our rights to exist. Last week, Cumberland Council, passed a motion that continues to set set a precident, and feed and perpetuate the unnecessary fear and ignorant misinformation of the LGBTQ+ community. Further, this action continues to jeopardise the safety of rainbow families and any future coexistence of our public communities. They passed an amendment to the Library Strategy 2024-2027 that bans books featuring same-sex parents from our public libraries. "This crosses a dangerous line. Our area welcomes people of all backgrounds and beliefs, we’re not about banning books just because someone does not like who is in them." Sign the petition here, and please share widely. https://lnkd.in/gwHaWd-X #LGBTQ+ #Sydney #RainbowFamilies #Diversity #Inclusion #Equality #Equity #EqualRights #HumanRights ##Discrimination #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqcommunity Equality Australia Rainbow Families