Resources

Assessment of Youth/Young Adult Voice on Committees and Councils (Y-VOC)

The Assessment of Youth/Young Adult Voice on Committees and Councils (Y-VOC) is a validated tool intended to measure support for the participation of youth and young adults as full and active members of advisory/governance committees and councils.

Build Your Creative Confidence – Empathy Maps

This guide serves as a tool to understand other’s behaviors and attitudes through a creative process.

Building Effective Youth Adult Partnerships

This resource outlines what youth adult partnerships are, why they are important, who benefits from them, important elements of a youth adult partnership, and what does not constitute a youth adult partnership.

Colaboración en equipos

Este recurso describe cinco principios diferentes de colaboración y proporciona preguntas de reflexión para que los jóvenes piensen y debatan juntos.

Collaborating in Teams

This resource describes five different principles of collaboration and provides reflection questions for youth to think about and discuss together.

Community Assets

Instead of fixating on a problem, consider your community’s assets and how you can build off of them to find a solution. This Community Assets diagram covers the many different types of assets that are available within a community.

Convertir el conflicto en conexión

Seminario web impartido a los sitios piloto de CONNECTED sobre cómo facilitar conversaciones difíciles o tensas mediante el modelo de conversaciones cruciales.

Crafting Your Advocacy Message

This resource outlines the steps to creating your advocacy message:Pick a vehicle.Engage the heart and the head.Include the key ingredients.Create your elevator pitch.Strategic sharing: knowing your story.

Creating SMARTIE Goals & Objectives Worksheet

This worksheet helps groups define their goals clearly by writing them down, telling others about them, repeating them often, and using the S.M.A.R.T.I.E. acronym as a group.

Creating Your Vision for Change

A good vision is the key to creating impactful community change, but what is the difference between a vision and a goal? Our Creating Your Vision for Change handout answers that very question.