North America

In the United States and Canada, our initiatives have empowered young change-makers, supported employee engagement, and boosted youth life skills. The recent (Re)Connecting Youth initiative drew on global lessons and drives support for holistic solutions for the millions of youth in the United States not in school or work. Through YouthActionNet®, young social leaders like Michael continue to gain the support system and funding to make social change. Global initiatives like Make a Connection also have directly impacted youth here. Our partnerships originating with many North American companies such as Hilton are creating shared value around the world.

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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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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“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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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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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…
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