Persistence of a youth organizing initiative: Cultivating and sustaining a leadership development ecosystem

Interweaving Youth Development, Community Development, and Social Change Through Youth Organizing

Youth & Society ◽

10.1177/0044118x10383647 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 528-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 89

Author(s):

Brian D. Christens ◽

Tom Dolan

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Leadership Development ◽

Community Development ◽

Youth Development ◽

Program Implementation ◽

Community Organizing ◽

Institution Building ◽

Social Changes ◽

Youth Organizing ◽

Implementation Policy

Community organizing groups that have built coalitions for local change over the past few decades are now involving young people as leaders in efforts to improve quality of life. The current study explores a particularly effective youth organizing initiative through review of organizational documents and collection and analysis of qualitative data. The study finds that this model for youth organizing is effective at producing impacts at multiple levels because it weaves together youth development, community development, and social change into a unified organizing cycle. The initiative encourages participants by promoting psychological empowerment, leadership development, and sociopolitical development. Simultaneously, youth organizing produces community-level impacts, including new program implementation, policy change, and institution building. Social changes include intergenerational and multicultural collaboration in the exercise of power. This interplay between youth development, community development, and social change is discussed in relation to the growing field of youth organizing and other efforts to engage youth in civil society.

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Benefits and Characteristics of Mentoring Students and Young Professionals

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas18.2.67 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 67-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kristal Mills

Keyword(s):

Leadership Development ◽

Clinical Supervision ◽

Effective Means ◽

Academic Research ◽

Mentoring Programs ◽

Teaching Skills ◽

Online Mentoring ◽

Young Professionals ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

Workplace Retention

Abstract Mentoring has long been believed to be an effective means of developing students' clinical, research, and teaching skills to become competent professionals. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has developed two online mentoring programs, Student to Empowered Professional (S.T.E.P. 1:1) and Mentoring Academic Research Careers (MARC), to aid in the development of students. This paper provides a review of the literature on mentoring and compares and contrasts mentoring/mentors with clinical supervision/preceptors. Characteristics of effective mentors and mentees are offered. Additionally, the benefits of clinical mentoring such as, teambuilding in the workplace, retention of new staff, leadership development, and improved job satisfaction are discussed.

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