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January 28, 2008 - "Power of Partnership" Leadership Conference for Youth and Adults at Hampton Roads Convention Center

November-December 2007 - New Space

October 2007 - Adopt a Spot

September 21, 2007 - Model for Youth Development

September 17, 2007 - Hamtpon featured at ICMA

September 17, 2007 - Hampton in Mexico

September 2007 - Youth Involvement

July-August 2007 - Empowering Partnership

July 5, 2007 - Teen Police Academy

June 15, 2007 - Hampton Celebrates Youth in Government

June 11, 2007 - Kecoughtan High School Recognized For Youth Development

June 11, 2007 - Brandon Awards

June 2007 - Youth in Government

June 2007 - Helping Youth

May 23, 2007 - Connect For Kids

May 2007 - Leaders visit Hampton

August 31, 2006 - "A Driving Force": After 15 years of service, Janice "Jay" Johnson recently retired as outreach manager for the Hampton Coalition For Youth. Daily Press Article

July-August 2006 - Summer Jobs

Fall, 2005 - "Youth With Influence": The story of the Youth Planning Initiative in Hampton, Virginia. In the journal of Children, Youth, and Environments. Click Here to view the journal. Scroll down to Youth Involvement in Adult Processes

September-October 2005 - Innovator in American Government

October, 2005 - Hampton's work with youth civic engagement has been recognized as part of a growing movement called Deliberative Democracy. Cindy Carlson, Director of the Coalition for Youth, and Joan Kennedy, Director of Hampton's Neighborhood Office, were invited to contribute to a chapter on Hampton's experiences in civic engagement in the new Deliberative Democracy Handbook published by Jossey-Bass. http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/handbook.

August 19, 2005 - Hampton's Youth Civic Engagement Initiative Wins Award!

August 1, 2005 - Youth Civic Engagement Article - (.pdf)

April, 2005 - The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement - evaluation paper on Hampton's Youth Civic Engagement initiative. Click here to view document.

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