This country doesn’t seem to pay much attention to youth until a troubling incident grabs the headlines. The media often portray youth very negatively. Listen to Bret Ellis in George magazine: Their [teen] predilection for violent crime is at an all-time high, which has inspired a multitude of new laws and regulations that threaten to […]
Every Child Should Have the Chance to Serve
Jack Calhoun is executive director of the National Crime Prevention Council, a non-governmental organization that provides assistance in community crime prevention to national, state and local groups. NCPC’s mission is to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities. To help give youth a positive stake in their communities, Calhoun created the path breaking Youth […]
An Invitation to Adult Citizenship
I sit in my Virginia home two miles from the Potomac River and gaze with a certain envy toward the Maryland shore. The Free State has made an extraordinary statement about its belief in civic health and staked a claim on a healthy civic future. Young people In Maryland are being asked, at some point […]
Youth Service: Pervasive, Local, Empowered, Positively Driven, Personally Invested
The National and Community Service Act was a beacon, challenging us to help youth understand that how our brothers and sisters are faring is a more important question than whether one owns the newest in Guess? jeans. The Act is a thrilling starting point, but we will unleash the transforming potential of service and involve […]
