Quick Takes Blogs
Published on: May 12, 2025
Storytelling and Humor Help us Connect
Storytelling and humor are powerful tools any youth worker can use. These two skills are essential elements for creating caring connections. They reveal you as someone a young person can...
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Published on: May 6, 2025
Honoring AANHPI Culture Through Youth
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. We recognize the deep beauty, strength, and creativity of these cultures. And the incredible ways young people are...
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Published on: April 15, 2025
Tools for Coping and Resilience
Coping skills and resilience are powerful tools. They help us transform surviving into thriving. And these skills are needed now more than ever. When it feels like the weight of...
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Published on: April 1, 2025
Fostering Emotional Intelligence in Young People
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage emotions in a healthy way. It helps young people build strong relationships, make wise choices, and handle life’s challenges. As a...
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Published on: March 18, 2025
Media Fatigue and Staying Balanced for Yourself and Young People
Media fatigue is becoming common in the youth work field. It’s important to stay informed but constant media exposure can cause burnout. For youth workers, this exhaustion affects both personal...
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Published on: March 4, 2025
Celebrating Women Who Transformed Youth Work
Women have long led the way in youth work, driving advocacy, policy, and community change. Their history shapes our present and guides how we support young people today. In honor...
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Published on: February 18, 2025
Body Image and Identity: Shaping Confidence in Young People
Body image plays a critical role in young people’s mental and emotional well-being. Social media portrayals of unrealistic beauty standards abound. As a result, many young people struggle with self-esteem...
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Published on: February 4, 2025
Black History Month Call to Action
Black History Month 2025 feels especially crucial. It’s a time to reflect on the ongoing struggles for racial justice and equality that continue to shape our societies. This year, however,...
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Published on: January 21, 2025
Kintsugi Mindset to Inspire Your Youth Work
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, turning cracks and imperfections into wonderful masterpieces. This philosophy of bringing beauty out of brokenness holds profound meaning when...
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