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When young people engage with democracy
In the series’ final episode, Host Ericka Burroughs-Girardi talks with a young changemaker who offers insights on motivating other young people to get involved. Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina freshman Olivia Cody shares her experience encouraging fellow students to vote, volunteer and make a difference in their communities. She also discusses the obstacles they face.
WIC & Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs
Support Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs, which provide WIC and Senior Nutrition Program participants with vouchers for fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables
Workplace supports for breastfeeding
Support breastfeeding via private, well-equipped lactation spaces in workplaces, along with breastfeeding breaks, flexible schedules, professional lactation support, etc.
Youth apprenticeship initiatives
Provide participating high school students with professional opportunities that combine academic and on-the-job training or mentorship
Youth civics education
Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy
Youth football full contact rules
Restrict full contact between youth football players via limits to the number of contact practices, head hits per player, delay tackling until a certain age, etc.
Youth leadership programs
Provide youth with leadership building opportunities, often through social activities such as advocacy groups, peer education, youth-led participatory research, and local government youth advisory councils and boards
Youth transfer to the adult criminal justice system
Transfer youth who are arrested from the juvenile justice system to the adult criminal justice system by discretionary transfer decisions or transfer qualifying criteria
Zoning regulation and land use policy reforms
Reform zoning regulations to remove exclusionary zoning codes, address physical environment aesthetics and safety, street continuity and connectivity, residential density, and mixed-use development, etc.
Zoning regulations for chickens and bees
Allow residents to keep chickens and bees within city or municipality limits