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Teaming with Karen Pittman at the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, Merita directed a multi-site study on school collaboration with youth organizations. In 1995, she joined Karen in starting the President’s Crime Prevention Council, chaired by Vice President Al Gore.
Karen Pittman (08:49): I think the essential ideas as I looked around for where they land really are embodied best in what we talk about as the positive youth development approach, which really is the sort of official, more official, more sort of
Karen Pittman, Winsome Waite April 30, 2020 It’s springtime, yet rather than preparing for end-of-year assessments, graduation, prom, and summer school, educators and school personnel, along with community organizations and families, are grappling with the challenges of facilitating learning, keeping young people safe, and supporting their ...
In a @Click2Science blog post, “Planting the Seed that makes ‘STEM’ Grow,” Karen Pittman discusses the importance of PYD in STEM and resources to improve PYD skills. Previous Advancing the Collective Impact Movement
We empower youth development, education, and human service system leaders to adopt, implement, and scale management and staff policies and practices that ensure young people have access to the high quality, coordinated supports they need to succeed.
Pamela Cantor, M.D., Linda Darling-Hammond, Merita Irby, and Karen Pittman. Education has long been central to the promise of the United States of America. But our current education system has never been designed to promote the equitable opportunities or outcomes that our children and families deserve, and that our democracy, society and ...
Not the one in downtown D.C. The one right here at the Forum for Youth Investment. For the last several years, Karen has signaled that the day was coming when she would step out of organizational leadership and “find more time.” More time to reflect. More time to write. More time to amplify powerful ideas.
Last week, the Forum’s CEO and President joined Opportunity Project – a Tulsa nonprofit that acts as a “citywide intermediary for expanded learning [and for] connecting youth to the world of opportunity” – to celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Lights On Afterschool Day.
In October, Karen traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to deliver the keynote address at the 2019 MyCOM OST Professional Development Symposium. On this page you’ll find her presentation, a recording of the talk, a selection of excerpts and visuals, as well as an interactive transcript of her remarks.
Thriving, Robust Equity, and Transformative Learning & Development A More Powerful Conceptualization of the Contributors to Youth Success