LEARNING FORUMS

JOVENES FRONTERIZOS THEMATIC MEETING

November 16-17, 2007 - Cd. Juarez, Mexico

RESOURCES PAGE

A LISTING OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUTH TO INCREASE YOUTH CIVIC PARTICIPATION

• Alaska Initiative for Community Engagement
  - www.alaskaice.org
  
  
• Asociación Mexicana de Voluntarios, A.C. www.amevac.org.mx
  
  
• Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
  Youth in Philanthropy Program l- www.yipcanada.org
  
  
• Gobierno Federal de México, El portal ciudadano del en www.gob.mx
  
  
• The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development - www.theinnovationcenter.org
  
  
• Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud  www.imjuventud.gob.mx
  
  
• Institute for Community and Adolescent Resilience – www.icar-us.com 
  
  
• Poder Joven   www.imjuventud.gob.mx
  
  
• Red Global de Acción Juvenil  - mexico.youthlink.org/mx
  
  
• Youth Empowerment Project - www.youthempowerment.com
  
  
• Youth Grantmakers - www.youthgrantmakers.org

ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER CAPACITY BUILDING AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WISH TO INCREASE THEIR OUTREACH AND WORK WITH YOUTH POPULATIONS

• Community Foundations of Canada - www.yipcanada.org
  
  
• Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth - www.ccfy.org
  
  
• Youth on Board - www.youthonboard.org

TOOLS, TEMPLATES AND OTHER LEARNING RESOURCES FOR WORKING WITH YOUTH

• Institute for Community and Adolescent Resilience
  Building safety nets and launch pads for yourself and others
  
  
• Community Foundations of Canada: Fund Development Training
  
  
• Getting to Give: Ideas and Resources For Youth Fund Development - Best practice cases from Canada on running youth initiatives
  
  
• Making Room for Young People - A Tool for Helping Organizations Reach out and Better Integrate the Young Volunteer
  www.rabq.ca
  
  
• Unleashing Youth Potential: Understanding and Growing Youth Participation in Philanthropy and Volunteerism www.yipcanada.org
  
  
• Youth and Adult Advisor Peer Learning Groups, Faciliation Guide

RESOURCES FOR CONSIDERING YOUTH REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS

• The Power of An Untapped Resource: Exploring Youth Representation on Your Board or Committee (ensayo sobre como las organizaciones deben impulsar la participación juvenil en los consejos y comités directivos de la fundación/or ganización)

**Please see other resources linked to session description in the thematic meeting agenda