Empowering Teens to?Make?a?Difference?in?Their?At-Risk?Community
- Lisa Rothenburger (Rutgers University)
- Alayne Torretta (Rutgers University)
Abstract
When identifying problems and creating solutions that support the community?culture of health, youths?provide a unique perspective.?This article describes how staff from Somerset County, NJ 4-H?partnered?with staff from Middle Earth, an at-risk youth service provider, to organize a?group of?teens?who identified and implemented projects?that affect the health and wellness of their community of Bound Brook, NJ.? Extension professionals can replicate a sustainable and synergistic youth-adult partnership by creating the opportunities, making the initial connections within the community, and following the 4-H club model to ensure teens experience the essential elements.
Keywords: youth/adult partnership, community development, youth organizing, leadership, Citizenship
How to Cite:
Rothenburger, L. & Torretta, A., (2021) “Empowering Teens to?Make?a?Difference?in?Their?At-Risk?Community”, [TEST] Journal of Extension 59(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.59.02.17
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