International Perspectives on Youth Leadership Development Through Community Organizing

Rashida H Govan; Jesica Siham Fernandez; Deana G Lewis; Ben Kirshner

doi:10.1002/yd.20155

International Perspectives on Youth Leadership Development Through Community Organizing

New Dir Stud Leadersh. 2015 Winter;2015(148):87-99. doi: 10.1002/yd.20155.

Authors

Rashida H Govan¹, Jesica Siham Fernandez^{2

3}, Deana G Lewis⁴, Ben Kirshner^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ University of New Orleans.
² Santa Clara University.
³ Ethnic Studies Department, Mills College.
⁴ University of Illinois, Chicago.
⁵ University of Colorado Boulder.
⁶ Center for Community-Based Learning and Research.

PMID: 26895171
DOI: 10.1002/yd.20155

Abstract

This chapter details the ways youth community organizing strategies can inform leadership educators' approaches to engaging marginalized youth in leadership development for social change.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Development*
Adult
Child
Community-Institutional Relations*
Humans
Leadership*
Social Change*
Young Adult