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empowering way that promotes real change and ownership in communities. 4. Change agents applied to serve to transform ideas into capital projects based on community need, project feasibility and project impact in the community
Change agents worked with city departments to examine the ideas and approve proposals. Throughout this â–Ą These young people take part in the Youth Lead the Change: Participatory program
process, the young change agents had an opportunity to collaborate and learn with adults in city leadership.
by the adults who allow the youth to have development space and establish
5. Once projects proceeded to
the intentional relationship with the
the ballot process, only young
adults. This cohort of young people and
people could decide how funds
supporting adults created the rules that
would be spent
would govern the process with a focus on the voices of young people.
14 projects made it to be the ballot project in the first year and 7 projects were selected by young people
3. Once the rules were written,
as winners. Those projects would be
the steering committee members
implemented. This sort of real and
began the promotion affiairs and
tangible process empowered youth to get
facilitated idea collection through
engaged in their communities, indicating
the assembly
that they can affect real change in their
Locations for idea collection
communities. The goal is that this
assemblies had a focus on traditionally
initiative promotes civic engagement,
underserved neighborhoods. As ideas
changes social behaviors, increases trust
were collected in person and through
and communication between youth and
an online platform, young people and
local government and promotes education
residents had the opportunity to interact
about budgetary and democratic
with local government in a positive and
processes.