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We
found out that the young people who had a substantial number of lessons in the
Resolving Conflict Creatively Curriculum ... not only did better in terms of people
skills, that they managed their emotions, they were less violent and more caring,
but they actually did better on their academic achievement tests.
~ Linda
Lantieri |
Emotional
intelligence in the work that we do, in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program,
is about equipping young people with the kinds of skills they need to both identify
and manage their emotions, to communicate those emotions effectively, and to resolve
conflict nonviolently. So it's a whole set of skills and competencies that, for
us, fall under the umbrella of emotional intelligence.
~ Linda
Lantieri
"Regardless
of what the law or your teachers have to say about this, you are as human as anyone
over the age of 18 or 21, yet, 'minors' are one of the most oppressed groups of
people in the world, and certainly the most discriminated against legally."
-- Grace Llewellyn "The Teenage Liberation Handbook"
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I
don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have
respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war.
-- Avril
Lavigne |
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"The
young generation can influence their elders and can make them understand the environmental
problems that are faced by us today. The youth can make them see that our environment
is deteriorating day by day."
~ Chief
Oren Lyons |
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Preventing
the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.
-- Graça
Machel-Mandela |
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Each
generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying
them on, at the expense of other generations.
-- James
Madison |  |
The attack on
youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure
of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments. No rescue by
the monied, governing, institutional, or otherwise privileged is in sight. It's
up to the energy and inventiveness of the younger generation to pull the gated
minds of millennium America toward acceptance of diversity, community, and fairness,
and I hope they have as much fun as I did in my adolescences achieving what we
Sixties kids only imagined.
-- Mike Males
Every
youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the
stuff that is in him...
Orison Swett Marden
“The
more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the
better we serve them. … And the more comprehensively we work with them as service
partners, the more we increase our public value to the entire community.”
--
Carmen Martinez
"If
it is clear youth will be encouraged and listened to, and preparations are well
thought out, you are set up for success... Having youth on boards and commissions
has been a rewarding experience for everyone involved. Youth feel their voice
is valued and that they have an impact on city decisions. Adult members benefit
from the fresh perspective, optimism, and enthusiasm youth bring to the table."
-- Matt McCarte
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I'm
fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
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'UNICEF
is successfully giving children and young people all over the world opportunities
and hope. Just like the ones we met on the Long Way Down - protecting them from
exploitation and giving them chances in life.'
-- Ewan
McGregor |
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"The
young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction
of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would
never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders
will be permitted to work with them on the answers."
-- Margaret
Mead |
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One
world, one people, living together as a global family! Young people will cross
religious, ethnic and cultural divides to recognize the universal human as family.
WE ARE ONE and the elders of tomorrow will carry this torch.
-- Nina
Meyerhof |
