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Mental Health Affects Everyone—Youth Activists Inc. Mental Health Awareness Campaign

2020

Mental Health affects everyone says Youth Activists.

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Youth Activists on The Importance of Young Voices in Social Justice Movements

Young organizers want more intersectional movements, respect from older generations, and fresh voices in politics.

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Chase DiBenedetto
2020
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Student Voice: How Young People Use Social Media to Engage Civically

While some young people might not be able to vote yet, they are leveraging social media to educate themselves and their peers on social justice topics ranging from gun violence to racial justice to climate change.

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Rainier Harris
2020
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My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of being a young basketball prodigy who gave up an impressive basketball scholarship for family and self-discovery.

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Elena Delle Donne
2019
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The Buddha’s Apprentices: More Voices Of Young Buddhists

Sumi Loundon’s Blue Jean Buddha was hailed by the New York Times Review of Books as “a bellwether anthology”—mapping the spiritual trails followed by a generation of American Buddhist youths.

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Sumi Loundon Kim (editor), Sharon Salzberg (foreword)
2025
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Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists

In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to mind a favorite band, what can Buddhism mean to twenty-somethings? Blue Jean Buddha offers real stories about young Buddhists in their own words...

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Sumi Loundon (editor), Jack Kornfield (foreword)
2025
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We Got Issues! A Young Woman’s Guide to a Bold, Courageous and Empowered Life

In 2005, the “We Got Issues” team—Rha Goddess and JLove Calderón—traveled the country gathering rants from over 1,000 women, from Rikers Island to the Republican National Convention. They held community dialogues, rantfests, and Red Tent gatherings.

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Rha Goddess (editor), JLove Calderón (editor)
2006
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