Over the past few years, YWAT has created and developed a number of resources. We will include the ones that do not fall under our youth-led participatory action research projects in this section. In addition, we have partnered with and sponsored several events that have generated other information that we will share here.
YWAT Annual Reports & Newsletters
Reports That Feature YWAT’s Work
At a Crossroads: Youth Organizing in the Midwest by Melissa Spatz
Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence - full report by Ann Russo & Melissa Spatz
Status of Girls in Illinois — Executive Summary
Books that Feature YWAT’s Work
Dolgon, C. & Baker, C. (2010). Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach
Kearl, Holly (2010). Stop Street Harassment:Making Public Places Safe & Welcoming for Women
Ochoa, M. & Ige, B. K. (2008). Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence
Schaffner, Laurie (2006). Girls in Trouble with the Law.
Social Change & Activism Resources Developed by YWAT
A Glossary of the Most Common Forms of Activism
HOW TO START YOUR OWN YOUTH-LED GROUP
Map for Social Transformation — Street Harassment as Case Study
Organizing a Successful Workshop
Techniques for Running an Effective Meeting
Tips for Effective Presentations by Mariame Kaba
YWAT Leadership Development Philosophy
Social Change and Activism Resources Developed by Others that Have Been Really Helpful to YWAT’s Work
Creating Grassroots Movements for Change: A Field Manual by the Alliance of Youth Movements
Freechild Project Youth Engagement Workshop Guide by Adam Fletcher (October 2010)
Staying Power: Sustaining Youth-Led Projects For the Long Haul by the Youth Leadership Institute
YELL Youth-Led Research Curriculum
Using Hip Hop to Empower Girls
We hosted two workshops in 2007 with Dr. Carla Stokes who shared her experience with us about how to use hip hop to empower other young women. We will share some of the resources from those workshops with you below.
YWAT Members with Dr. Stokes (October 27, 2007)
Article by Dr. Stokes about Using Hip Hop with Young Women
Other Resources
We invited Dr. Jody Miller to Chicago in May 2008 to present a workshop based on her book “Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality and Gendered Violence.” We organized this event as a fundraiser for our “sister” organization the Young Women’s Empowerment Project (www.youarepricessless.org).
Below is a powerpoint of Dr. Miller’s excellent presentation.
Getting Played Presentation
