Youth Leaders Participate in Multiple Levels of Engagement

  • Civic and Political Engagement
  • ​Decision-Making and Governance
  • Service Learning Projects
  • ​Social Media
  • Youth Leadership and Development
  • ​Youth Organizing​

Four Recommended Strategies for Building Youth Engagement

  1. Develop young people’s connections to their own identity, culture, and community
  2. Recognize that young people are assets to and experts about their communities
  3. Engage young people as community leaders on issues that matter to them
  4. Bring young people and adults together to collaborate on youth-led initiatives
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​Youth Voice presenting on Impacting Systems Change - Trauma Informed and Resilience Building to Chief Zimmerman, Asst. Chief Jarvis, Lt. Nisleit, Captain Underwood, Lt. McClean, Sgt. Lee, Officer Barajas, Officer Smith of the San Diego Police Department, Asst. Chief LIttlejohn of the County of San Diego Probation Department, Public Defender Genevieve Jones-Wright and the Burn Institute on April 6, 2017.
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​Youth Voice presented on the impact of trauma and building resilience with fifteen leaders from the Near East and North Africa visiting the United States on March 30, 2017.





​Youth Voice engaging with eight women leaders from eight countries from the European Delegation visiting the United States promoting peace and security on December 9, 2016.











​Youth Voice presenting on Community Trauma - Community Healing in Dr. Joey Estrada's class at San Diego State University with psychology undergraduate students on March 24, 2016.


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​Youth Voice presenting on human trafficking before the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention on March 23, 2017.
 






​Youth Voice leaders signed three framed photos of Officer Chris Wilson for his family.  Delivering them to the Southeast Division, they shared their hearts with Officer Wilson's family and expressed their condolences of his tragic passing.   Pictured are Captain McElroy, (then) Captain Lawrence McKinney, and Lt. Debbie Farrar with our Youth Voice leaders
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​ Youth Voice leaders spoke before the San Diego City Council's Youth 
 Commission and shared their perspectives on youth leadership, civic
​ engagement, and youth-adult partnerships.