Youth Advocacy
Youth Advocacy
Year 3, Week 37 (175 total reports)
06.09.2023-12.09.2023
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Advocating for young people and increasing their mental well-being during Suicide Prevention Week.
Best Links of The Week
12.09.2023
Pity the Children of Oklahoma and Florida Who Are Being Pumped Full of PragerU Nonsense
If the right wing GOP and Christian Evangelicals have their way—which they do in some states like Florida, Texas and Oklahoma—children will not grow up to have an education, but an indoctrination. If you have not read any of PragerU’s babble that they’re passing off as curricula, then take a moment to review this article. The content they are including is racist and demeaning to all people except White Christians Nationalists. Raising closed-minded simpletons indoctrinated into white nationalism is apparently a goal of the GOP in an attempt to ensure voter participation in the future. It also reveals the true hidden agenda of the far right, which Trump’s Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, clearly promoted; the dismantling of Public Education in the US.
11.09.2023
World Suicide Prevention Day: LGBTQ+ Groups Raise Awareness
https://www.advocate.com/health/world-suicide-prevention-day-2023
This is Suicide Prevention Week, an effort largely championed congressionally by Senator Harry Reid to support mental health awareness. A tragic perfect storm is forming with increased stress among pre-teens and teens, low post-COVID education participation and GOP attacks on the gender-exploration of young people. Add mass shootings and climate change to the mix and it is not hard to see why this week of awareness needs more attention than ever. Please find out what events are occurring in your community or—if you work with young people—access the wealth of material that is available on this web site. Youth mental health is especially fragile at this time and your support is needed.
10.09.2023
World’s Top School Systems Try to Ease Pressure on Students
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/worlds-top-school-systems-try-to-ease-pressure-on-students-a6154973
The top school systems of the world (US not included) are beginning to recognize the unprecedented amount of stress students are facing globally. This article identifies those pressures and steps some countries are taking to alleviate it. Is your community aware of these efforts? What are they doing to help with youth mental health?
09.09.2023
Why a Religious Scholar Is Focused on America’s White Supremacy
https://apple.news/ARdrwoUV2QkaZj5NE9jlNjQ
This is one of the best articles I’ve read on White Supremacy, tracing it back to the Discovery Doctrine written by Pope Alexander VI in 1493. This doctrine basically gave permission—even the holy vocation—to subjugate non-Christian, non-Anglo persons wherever they were found in the world.
08.09.2023
5 Big Challenges Facing K-12 Education Today—And Ideas for Tackling Them
This article largely focuses on the challenges faced in education in the US and possibly Canada. Still, it is worth reviewing for both understanding the challenges education faces from a solutions-based approach.
07.09.2023
Inside the Enormous Costs of Prison Phone Calls
https://apple.news/AZ8m2aDujRou2otxnJoAxhw
The primary means of lowering recidivism is helping inmates create healthy adult communities while they are still IN prison. This should be the focus of all corrections, it is plain that using prison for punishment is both counterproductive and expensive. Community connections are impeded by the prices for-profit providers have instituted for all aspects of fostering relationships with inmates. Visitations, e-mails, and telephone calls have all become profit centers for unscrupulous government contractors in multiple states. Kudos to states like Connecticut that are targeting these costs and increasing access to communication between our communities and our incarcerated people. It is important to remember that 95% of inmates will return to their community and be our neighbors. What kind of neighbor do you want?
06.09.2023
You’ve Probably Heard of Montessori Schools, But What Are They, Exactly?
https://parade.com/living/what-is-a-montessori-school
I’m a firm believer in Montessori schools and their practices. If you’ve not heard of them, read this article to understand why they are so effective and needed. Montessori practices have been taught and applied in many of the highest functioning schools of the world.
This Week’s Links
12.09.2023
Pity the Children of Oklahoma and Florida Who Are Being Pumped Full of PragerU Nonsense
Where Our Negative Thoughts Come From
11.09.2023
World Suicide Prevention Day: LGBTQ+ Groups Raise Awareness
https://www.advocate.com/health/world-suicide-prevention-day-2023
Coco Gauff's message to young girls: 'Never give up on your dreams'
https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/coco-gauffs-message-young-girls-give-dreams-103076631
Medical debt nearly pushed this family into homelessness. Millions more are at risk
Survival of the friendliest: Why kindness, not aggression, helped humans thrive
The Power of Not Reacting: Buddha's Approach to Peaceful Living
https://yourstory.com/2023/09/buddhas-guide-mastering-emotions
Why All the Recent Talk About Childhood Trauma?
Grant-Winning Nonprofit Sees Volunteer Tutors as Key to Closing Math Learning Gap
10.09.2023
World’s Top School Systems Try to Ease Pressure on Students
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/worlds-top-school-systems-try-to-ease-pressure-on-students-a6154973
The search for a church that isn't a church
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1198509609/the-search-for-a-church-that-isnt-a-church
What to know about Florida's 'classic' alternative to the SAT
4 Ways To Stop Minimizing Yourself In Your Own Life
https://www.yourtango.com/self/how-to-stop-minimizing-yourself
Unmasked: The Oil Industry Campaign to Undermine California's Clean Energy Future
The forward-looking Mexico that Republicans dare not talk about
Red States Are Rolling Back the Rights Revolution
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/supreme-court-republican-civil-rights/675265/
When It Comes to Emotional Energy, Are You ‘Waxed Paper’ or ‘Velcro’? Here’s How to Find Out
https://www.wellandgood.com/emotional-energy-type/
Fridays for Future: Greta’s school strikes led a third of Swiss citizens to change their habits
Groundbreaking brain study identifies four different types of Autism
09.09.2023
Why a Religious Scholar Is Focused on America’s White Supremacy
https://apple.news/ARdrwoUV2QkaZj5NE9jlNjQ
Advice | How parents can help their children cultivate healthy friendships
https://apple.news/AyFHpwoZATdybhudrTt0ynQ
In 2011, San Francisco opened savings accounts for kindergartners — now they're going to be college freshmen
Unlock success by taking control of “disempowering narratives”
https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/unlock-success-by-taking-control-of-disempowering-narratives/
08.09.2023
5 Big Challenges Facing K-12 Education Today—And Ideas for Tackling Them
Why are Texas teachers quitting the profession in record numbers? Here's what they told us.
An alleged teacher shortage in the Sunshine State
https://theweek.com/education/1026335/teacher-shortage-florida
Peaceful Parenting Is The Hardest, But Most Rewarding, Parenting Style
https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/peaceful-parenting
The 1 Thing That Child Therapists Say Harms Kids' Happiness The Most
https://apple.news/An9ve0BoMSQm5eBu-0sNChA
30 Journal Prompts That Boost Bliss, Slash Stress and Ease Anxiety in Minutes
https://www.firstforwomen.com/posts/emotional-health/journal-prompts-for-mental-health
Why Humming Could Be Your Ticket to Near-Instant Calm
https://www.wellandgood.com/benefits-of-humming/
'The Great Dechurching' explores America's religious exodus
https://religionnews.com/2023/09/07/the-great-dechurching-explores-americas-religious-exodus/
Feeling Adrift? Rediscover Purpose and Meaning with These 9 Books
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/feeling-adrift-rediscover-purpose-meaning-9-books/44704/
07.09.2023
Inside the Enormous Costs of Prison Phone Calls
https://apple.news/AZ8m2aDujRou2otxnJoAxhw
The right is making public education intolerable. That's not an accident.
https://apple.news/A0cgnEMGGTp-WdFtyoBjzjg
American Democracy Perseveres—For Now
https://apple.news/ANAFvh2w2Q-GF41os_c3JsQ
DeSantis's Campaign Slogan Amounts to 'LGBTQ+ People Are the Enemy'
https://apple.news/AWWpYstJDRsm3XS9amrJ1hg
How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships are Built, Broken and Repaired
Abortions surged in states near those with new bans: study
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/07/abortions-surged-state-bans
06.09.2023
You’ve Probably Heard of Montessori Schools, But What Are They, Exactly?
https://parade.com/living/what-is-a-montessori-school
Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
Philosophy 101: The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy Explained
https://www.thecollector.com/what-are-the-branches-of-philosophy/
Are you addicted to anxiety? Ask yourself these 6 questions