Youth Summits
Resources and Links
American Bar Association Division for Public
Education. -- This Web site includes information on youth summits and other
law-related education activities, as well as a directory of state and national LRE
programs, which includes an index of common programs through which the visitor can visit
the Web site of every state program that offers youth summits.
The Constitutional Rights
Foundation Chicago: Youth Summits Page -- Includes the Youth Summit Planning Guide in
downloadable format, curricula, student guides, a survey, and
information/graphs/statistics on past summits, as well as useful links to other
law-related education and issues-related Web sites (e.g., guns, date rape, hate crimes).
FindLaw Internet
Legal Resources-Directory of state government resources. This Web site, which offers a
wealth of legal information, from lists of law journals to text of Supreme Court
decisions, in an easy-to-use directory format, is an excellent starting point for finding
information on laws and upcoming legislation in your state.
Minnesota Center for Community
Legal Education -- Information and pictures from past summits, links to the text of
the legislation the summit will explore, and links to summit speakers and sponsors.
National Association for
Community Leadership -- This non-profit organization is dedicated to nurturing
leadership in communities everywhere. They have member organizations throughout the United
States and can assist in locating youth who have received leadership training. For
information on their services, call 317/637-7408
National Issues Forums Institute --
This organization "is dedicated to finding a better way for the public to learn the
people's business," by providing citizens with "a framework to consider a broad
range of choices, weigh the pros and cons of those choices, and meet together in a
deliberative dialogue to identify the concerns they hold in common." The National
Issues Forums Institute offers a series of booklets that outline specific issues (such as
the Internet and individual rights, affirmative action, and civil justice) and several
approaches to public policy addressing those issues, which are reviewed by a panel of
experts to make sure the choices are presented accurately and fairly. Their materials are
useful as a framework for developing youth summits. For more information, write: NIF
Institute; P.O. Box 75306; Washington, D.C. 20013-5306; phone: 800/433-7834.
The Online Junior Summit Website --
Features information about and history of the summit, application materials, and reports
of the summit participants' projects as well as personal homepages.
21st Century Schoolhouse
Biennial Summits -- Includes extensive information on the organization's 1997 summit,
including a detailed agenda, opening remarks, participants' work, and photographs from the
international delegations; as well as information on the 1999 summit; and information
about the organization.
The UNICEF Voices of Youth
Website -- An online forum for children and their teachers to discuss issues affecting
children and children's rights throughout the world. The site offers quizzes on issues
such as child labor, discrimination against girl children, and HIV/AIDS, to stimulate
thinking about such topics.
Youth Summit Compendium. 1997. Composite statistics and state-by-state information on
Youth for Justice youth summits in 1996-1997; a project of Youth for Justice and the
Social Science Education Consortium. Call 303/492-8154 for a copy.
Youth Summit Planning Guide
A 1996 publication of Youth for Justice and the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Chicago.
This is a .pdf file and you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader in order to view it. (Click here to
download your free view (Adobe's site).) You can also call CRFC at 312/663-9057.
This publication was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office
of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention.
>>OJJDP and Youth Summits
>>Lawyers Lead, Participate, and Support
>>Young People Across the U.S. Confront the Problems That
Affect Their Lives
>>Profiles: Addressing Concerns of Young Women; Solving
Problems in the Virtual World
>>Profile: The International Youth
Environmental Summit
>>A Closer Look at Exemplary Youth Summits: Delaware
>>A Closer Look at Exemplary Youth Summits:
Minnesota
>>A Closer Look at Exemplary Youth Summits: Oregon
>>A Closer Look at Exemplary Youth Summits: Illinois
>>Conclusion: The Future of Youth Summits; Best
Practices
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