Engaging Young Adolescents in Social Action Through Photovoice: The Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Project

The Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project is an afterschool empowerment program and research project for underserved early adolescents. Central to YES! is an empowerment intervention that provides early adolescents with opportunities for civic engagement with other youth around issues of share...

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Published in:The Journal of early adolescence 2007-05, Vol.27 (2), p.241-261
Main Authors: Wilson, Nance, Dasho, Stefan, Martin, Anna C., Wallerstein, Nina, Wang, Caroline C., Minkler, Meredith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
After School Programs
Child development
Citizen Participation
Early Adolescents
Empowerment
Grade 5
High Risk Students
Low Income Groups
Neighborhoods
Photography
School Community Relationship
Social Action
Social Change
Social Problems
Student Participation
Student Projects
Teenagers
Writing Assignments
Youth participation
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Summary:The Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project is an afterschool empowerment program and research project for underserved early adolescents. Central to YES! is an empowerment intervention that provides early adolescents with opportunities for civic engagement with other youth around issues of shared concern in their schools and neighborhoods. This article specifically focuses on the use of Photovoice as a promising way to engage youth in social change as they take photos capturing strengths and issues in their environment and use these as the basis of critical dialogue and collective action plans. Adding to a growing body of information on using Photovoice, this article reports how early adolescents in the YES! afterschool program experienced the Photovoice process, moving from photography and writing to initiate group-designed social action projects. Recommendations are offered for others engaged in empowerment work with early adolescents.
ISSN:0272-4316
1552-5449
DOI:10.1177/0272431606294834