United States
Working in concert with our five other regions, we’re creating shared value at home and abroad. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we’ve shared innovative global approaches for increasing youth connection and resilience in the United States through the (Re)Connecting Youth initiative. As the result of our partnership with Hilton Worldwide, access to our Passport to Success® e-content has supported their employees in US cities with critical life skills. Through our YouthActionNet® Laureate Global Fellowship, we’ve connected young US leaders with a network of peers and mentors in support of their social entrepreneurship ventures. The United States ranks sixth among the 30 countries included in the inaugural Global Youth Wellbeing Index.
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Read more: LEAPS Learning Event – Opening Remarks
LEAPS Learning Event – Opening Remarks
Susan Reichle, IYF’s President & CEO, highlights accomplishments and lessons learned in her opening remarks at the LEAPS learning event, “Strengthening Youth Opportunity in Rural America,” held on May 20,…
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Read more: Lessons Across Borders: The Promise of Integrated Approaches and Young Protagonists in Fostering Youth Reconnection
Lessons Across Borders: The Promise of Integrated Approaches and Young Protagonists in Fostering Youth Reconnection
Recognizing that solutions to local problems transcend national boundaries, in 2016 the International Youth Foundation launched (Re)Connecting Youth: Exchanging Global Lessons (RCY). Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the…
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Read more: (Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Keynote Speaker
(Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Keynote Speaker
Watch as Kristin Williams, Director of Community Initiatives at The Sherwood Foundation, shares her keynote address at a (Re)Connecting Youth learning event in Omaha, Nebraska. An initiative of IYF, (Re)Connecting…
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Read more: (Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Practitioner Panel
(Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Practitioner Panel
Watch as practitioners from the Asociación Civil Doncel, the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, and other youth-serving organizations share their insights on promoting the development of safe spaces for foster…
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Read more: (Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Youth Panel
(Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Youth Panel
Six former foster youth from the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and the the Asociación Civil Doncel in Argentina share their insights on peer mentoring initiatives for youth in care.…
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Read more: (Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Highlights
(Re)Connecting Youth “Safe Spaces” Learning Event – Highlights
“Trust us… we have so much power and light within us.” Jasmín, a youth advocate with the Asociación Civil Doncel, provides recommendations for practitioners working with foster youth at a…
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Read more: “A Life-Changing Experience:” Reflections from New Orleans
“A Life-Changing Experience:” Reflections from New Orleans
Watch as youth and adult representatives of the Youth Empowerment Project (New Orleans) share their reflections following a (Re)Connecting Youth learning exchange in Brazil. Over five days, the YEP team…
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Read more: The Importance of Whole Person Approaches
The Importance of Whole Person Approaches
“The trip exceeded my wildest expectations,” shares Melissa Sawyer, Executive Director of the Youth Empowerment Project (New Orleans) following a (Re)Connecting Youth learning exchange in Brazil. For Sawyer and her…
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Read more: I’ve Never Experienced a Training Like This
I’ve Never Experienced a Training Like This
Positivity. Empathy. Conscious communication. Watch as Jevon Le Blanc of the Youth Empowerment Project (New Orleans) shares these and other benefits of the holistic, movement-based, employability training model developed by…