Explore our extensive resource database, featuring curriculum, professional development, and research at the intersection of STEM, Civic Engagement, and youth empowerment. Educators can discover effective strategies for engaging young people through STEM to foster community-driven change. Resources in this repository can be sorted based on subject matter, keywords, or alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For submissions or inquiries, please contact us.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are a set of 17 interconnected global objectives established in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals aim to address a wide range of global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. This database has taken resources from external organizations and cross-listed them with the UN SDGs as a sortable field.
Learn more4-H Citizenship: Government IS Us! A Civic Engagement Curriculum for Youth Groups
This curriculum is designed to help 4-H'ers and other young people aged 13 to 19 explore citizenship and civic education. Its goal is to help teens develop the attitudes, knowledge and skills they need to be active citizens and practice what they learn in their own communities.
Primary Audience: Adults
Resource Type: Curriculum
Free/Paid Resource: Free
Avoiding Tokenism When Engaging Young People
Youth and young adult engagement benefits youth, adults, programs, and communities. Any program working with youth—whether local or national, clinics or schools, advocacy or direct service—has a responsibility to engage young people in respectful and mutually beneficial ways, providing opportunities for young voices to have a profound impact.
Explore this resource to learn more.
Primary Audience: Adults
Resource Type: ProfessionalDevelopment
Free/Paid Resource: Free
Build a STEM Justice Toolkit: See yourself as part of the STEM justice movement!
Together with like-minded leaders, the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) is working toward a more just future by providing training to reframe STEM learning as a tool for addressing and dismantling systems of oppression and building collective liberation.
It's clear that we need to address the underrepresentation of women and people of color in STEM. This training to cultivate a STEM justice practice supports educators in beginning to see beyond representation, and to instead use STEM learning as a means, not an end, and to begin positioning STEM learning in service of social justice, improving the lives of all people as well as the global health of the planet.
Primary Audience: Adults
Resource Type: ProfessionalDevelopment
Free/Paid Resource: Unknown
Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to centering young people in the fight for sexual health, rights, and justice. We employ a youth-adult partnership (YAP) framework, which integrates young people's expertise with adults' and values contributions from both sides. This framework empowers collaboration in envisioning, developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and policies impacting youth.
Primary Audience: Adults
Resource Type: ProfessionalDevelopment
Free/Paid Resource: Free
Building the Field of Ethical, Authentic, and Youth-Led Advocacy
The Juvenile Law Center's Youth Advocacy Program has developed a comprehensive guide based on continuous input from youth advocates. Crafted by experienced social workers and informed by members and alumni, these components reflect the Law Center's commitment to inclusive curriculum, community engagement, and advocacy. This guide reflects the Law Center's youth-centered approach, adapting to meet the evolving needs and perspectives of our advocates through ongoing collaboration and feedback processes.
Primary Audience: None
Resource Type: None
Free/Paid Resource: Unknown
