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	Hot Topics highlight recommended resource items, both online and in the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse library, on important service-learning related subjects. Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, involvement, and initiatives leadership of young people. In the context of service-learning, youth voice refers to the input young people provide in developing and implementing projects, plans, and policies to guide service-learning. September 2004 (Updated June 2007)
	NSLC Site Resources Service-Learning: Youth Speakers Bureau Youth Voice (NSLC Fact Sheet) Democratic Classrooms (NSLC Fact Sheet) Youth Voice: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Relevant Links NSLC Youth Voice Links NSLC Youth Development Links NSLC Career Exploration and Service-Learning Links Freechild Project SoundOut: Promoting Student Voice in Schools CommonAction: Youth Engagement in Schools and Communities Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow) Guide to Social Change Led By and With Young People (2006) Youth on Board: 15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making (2006) Kids As Planners: A Guide to Strengthening Students, Schools, and Communities Through Service-Learning (Second Edition) (2005) Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World (2005) Making Youth Voice a Community Principle (2004) Speaking Out: Empowering the Youth Voice (2003) Meaningful Student Involvement: Guide to Inclusive School Change (968K pdf) (2003) Firestarter Youth Power Curriculum (Version 3) (2002) Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs (182K pdf) (2001) Integrating Youth Voice in Service Learning (2001) Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs (2001) Service Learning for Youth Empowerment and Social Change (1999) A Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning: Student Voices and Reflections (1996) Related Hot Topics Reflection At-Risk Youth and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Juvenile Justice and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Violence Prevention and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)	Featured Book   Washington Youth Voice Handbook: The What, Who, Why, Where, When, and How Youth Voice Happens (2007)   Youth on Board: 15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making (2006)
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