Liberation Spaces
Youth Leadership and Development
We have deep expertise in developing and supporting authentic youth-centered spaces. We understand young people today are facing a tremendous barrage of traumatizing and disillusioning experiences both locally and nationally. We believe deeply in creating spaces for youth that are rooted in culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogical practices. We are excited to share this set of offerings for ways our team can provide direct support to schools and districts to develop and build youth leadership and civic engagement, while creating spaces for community building and connection for young people. These offerings seek to build a sense of belonging, uplift student voices, center student well-being and wellness, and ultimately lead to more positive student-adult relationships.
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Youth Leadership and Community Building Cohorts (School or District)
We will host a cohort for students within an individual school or district. This 9-session series will help students develop leadership and youth voice, and create opportunities for community building among students. The series begins with a 90-minute listening session with students to help our facilitators build an understanding and context for student experiences with race, equity, and diversity, in the school community. Students will engage in leadership and social justice training, participatory action research, community building and solidarity activities.
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Raising Critical Consciousness and Civic Engagement Cohort (School or District)
We will host a cohort for students within an individual school or district. This 9-session series will support students in building their critical consciousness of their community and contexts. This series will equip participants with the skills to recognize power dynamics, social inequalities, and systemic injustices. Students will engage in community action projects to understand and respond to the historical and communal roots of issues in our local, city, national, and global community. Projects will connect youth with key organizations and organizers in the community and reflect on art, media, and advocacy as tools of change. Students will engage in leadership and social justice training, participatory action research, community building and solidarity activities.
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Youth Restorative Justice Training (School or District)
We will host a restorative justice residency for students within a school or district. This series will support students in building their knowledge, skills, and capacity to support restorative justice practices in their school or district. This series will help students become leaders in RJ implementation, and equip them with the capacity to be ambassadors of RJ practices. The training series includes opportunities for community building opportunities and training, conflict resolution skill development and policy training to support the sustainable implementation of RJ practices. This training series also includes leadership and social justice training, participatory action research, community building and solidarity activities.