This interactive training equips youth development professionals, mentors, and community leaders with strategies to foster and amplify youth voice as a driving force for community change. Participants will explore practical approaches to help young people understand community issues, advocate for solutions, actively participate in civic processes, and plan service projects that promote safer, stronger communities. This training emphasizes prevention, leadership development, and community-driven solutions. Participants will leave with tools to strengthen youth voice, build leadership skills, and create meaningful opportunities for young people to effectively mobilize and contribute to positive change in their communities.
Training Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain civic engagement, community empowerment, and youth voice
- Examine strategies to cultivate and amplify youth voice
- Explore youth-centered facilitation techniques and strategies that build confidence, leadership, collaboration, and meaningful participation
- Engage young people as co-creators in leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, and advocacy to promote individual and community well-being
- Expand your youth group’s service project through intentional actions that support youth voice and empowerment