Occupation: Activist Birth: March 3, 1975
Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it..
Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism..
Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools..
Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real..
Adultism leads to a phenomenon of little adults, who are young people who are treated as adults-in-the-making. A non-discriminatory perspective would….
The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States..
For every young person living on the streets tonight, there are many at home zoning out inside their homes through video games, and even more who dis….
Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones..
The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupyi….
It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful st….
Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their co….
It's really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual….
Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their….
Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people..