The past decade brought forth a wave of excitement and promise for researchers and
practitioners interested in community practice as an approach based on social justice …

Many people want to help bring about changes in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and
communities. Leaders and scholars of change efforts are likewise eager for insights into …

Community organizing—a field of practice in which residents collaboratively investigate and
undertake sustained collective action regarding social issues of mutual concern—has often …

To achieve health equity, there is a need to act on the social determinants of health. This
reality is now understood more widely, and in greater detail, than ever. Amid this movement …

There is now wide recognition that grassroots community organizing is a uniquely necessary
approach for contending with the persistent and escalating socioeconomic inequities that …

This article examines how nonprofit activist youth groups shape the civic and political
trajectories of their adolescent members. Based on analyses of survey and semi-structured …

Amid rising concerns about “fake news,” efforts have emerged to explain the spread and
impact of misinformation on youth civic engagement. These efforts have focused primarily on …

Purpose: Educational leadership traditionally has defined school leadership as an adult-
only space. An emerging group of scholars is expanding the field to challenge who should …

Many urban school districts have been beset by a variety of problems including low
achievement, high dropout, and disciplinary referral rates. Frequently, efforts to improve …

Youth outcomes of positive youth development (PYD) programs have been widely studied.
PYD theory asserts that bi-directional youth-adult relationships contribute to PYD. Empirical …