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“Project awareness:” Fostering social justice youth development to counter youth experiences of housing instability, trauma and injustice

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  • Aviles, Ann M.
  • Grigalunas, Nicole

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Housing instability poses a challenge for the positive developmental trajectories of youth. Nevertheless, youth possess the knowledge, fortitude and resiliency to meet the needs and challenges of navigating housing instability. Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) methods coupled with Social Justice Youth Development (SJYD) were utilized with 6 youth experiencing housing instability accessing educational, life skill, and developmental services from a drop-in center. Participants were active members of youth-centered research workshops. Findings reveal the need for increased funding that secures community-based, positive youth development services; an open, fluid workshop structure to offer consistency, yet flexibility for highly mobile youth; and safe spaces in which youth can explore and analyze the socio-political contexts shaping their experiences to inform their approaches in navigating various social systems and structures.

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  • Aviles, Ann M. & Grigalunas, Nicole, 2018. "“Project awareness:” Fostering social justice youth development to counter youth experiences of housing instability, trauma and injustice," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 229-238.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:84:y:2018:i:c:p:229-238
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.013
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