This resource does an amazing job using widely accepted thought processes and behaviors to identify the key challenges youth organizers encounter working effectively with adult allies. It starts by defining “adultism” and is followed by several role play scenarios youth organizer AND their adult allies can use to practice overcoming these barriers to successful collaboration.
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