How to Host an Authentic Youth Listening Session
A Listening Session is a facilitated discussion with a particular group of people, intending to empower the members of the Listening Session to share their experiences to help shape research, policy, or procedure.
This toolkit aims to provide resources and guidance for both service providers who wish to hold a Listening Session and for the youth and young adults (YYAs) who will be participating in the Listening Session. Listening Sessions can be hosted to help Service Providers make decisions that are informed by YYAs and allow YYAs the space to engage in effective change within their communities.
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Acknowledgements
A special thank you to the Youth and Young Adults who contributed their expertise to the creation of this product: Rachel Litchman and EJ. Martine Jones and Regina Dix also contributed to this toolkit. Edited by Kendel Arthur.
This project was supported by Grant # 15JDP-22-GK-04981 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.
