Youth Insight

Youth-led organizing, a burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their communities, is increasingly receiving attention from scholars, activists, and the media. Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples, recognized leaders in social work macro practice and community organization, have produced the first comprehensive study of this dynamic field. Their well-organized book takes an important step toward bridging the gap between academic knowledge and community practice in this growing area. The authors social justice-rooted perspective on the fields conceptual and practical foundations is an effective basis for analyzing youth-led community organizing, but they also offer glimpses of successful groups in action and helpful insight into how fledgling organizations can become stronger. These groups and their young participants represent the politics and activism of the future, and Delgado and Staples have produced a lucid, thoughtful guide to their key aspects and recent developments that students and researchers of community organization, not to mention the organizers and their facilitators themselves, are sure to find both inspiring and useful. » Read more: Youth-Led Community Organizing: Theory and Action

Here are six critical age defying powers that every adult must be aware of and incorporate into daily living to stay as youthful as possible and get the most out life regardless of age.

1) You control the aging process ? You are aware that seventy percent of the aging process is controllable and you refuse to buy into old fashioned models that have people ‘slowing down’ and ‘taking it easy’. You feel it is a shame society encourages people once they get past a certain age to become and remain inactive and sedentary. » Read more: 6 Power Strategies That Must Be Used To Remain Youthful