Abby YDEV 352-3

 Youth Work is Care     Before doing the readings for the week as well as watching the video clips that went along with it, I would have said that care in a youth setting would look like providing basic needs such as food, water, shelter, clothing, but also love, attention, and compassion. But upon doing the readings it challenges you to look deeper into the idea of care. Care can be something much deeper than ones basic needs.       In an education setting we often think of equal education opportunities, but when care is added to this it is also making sure that each individual student is getting the support and resources they need to succeed within their education. Educators often times do not have the same expectations for their students on an individual level which isn't intentional, but it brings into the conversation of race.  Care can come in many different ways, but the article Nice is Not Enough made me see that often times we are only th...

  Social Justice Youth Development:       The idea behind social justice is equality in wealth, opportunities, and privilege, but when I think of it with Youth Development, the first thing that comes to mind is equality in education and opportunities. There are so many social justice youth development programs across the country, but when thinking about our little state the first one that came to mind was Youth in Action.       Youth in Action is an organization that allows youth the space and platform to share their stories, lead, and change their communities. For me this was the first organization I thought of because they work with these social justice issues not just outside of the classroom, but they bring this space to the classroom as well with Schools in Action.      This organization does a great job allowing youth to see the problems going on within their own community and then provides them the platform to use in ord...