Karen Pittman's Youth Today Columns
Karen Pittman, Executive Director of the Forum, regularly writes a column for Youth Today, the newspaper on youth work. This archive includes articles from her entire stint writing for Youth Today and covers a variety of topics related to children and youth.
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| Youth Today: Back to School Shopping |
By Karen Pittman, September 2000 |
09/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Private Competition, Public Confusion |
By Karen Pittman, July 2000 The staff at the International Youth Foundation-US (now the Forum for Youth Investment) spend a lot of time in meetings — other people’s meetings. Occasionally, these meetings spark distinct emotions. Last month’s meetings left us humbled, angry and embarrassed.<!--break--> |
07/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Making the Case: Linking Youth Development and Positive Psychology |
By Karen Pittman, June 2000 |
06/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Youth Development’s Imagination Failure |
By Karen Pittman, May 2000 |
05/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Reading Between the Lines |
By Karen Pittman, April 2000 |
04/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: The Importance of Family |
By Karen Pittman, March 2000 My mom died in early February. The death of a parent is cause for much reflection. In my case, this reflection has reaffirmed the importance of family — an institution that we in youth work are often accused of slighting, if not intentionally sidestepping.<!--break--> |
03/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Keeping our Eyes on the Prize |
By Karen Pittman, February 2000 |
02/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Youth Engagement |
By Karen Pittman, November 1999 Youth participation for youth development. Youth participation for community change. Different goals with different strategies, maybe even different proponents and results. This is a critical distinction that I, for one, have been slow to grasp. A data-inspired exercise helped me understand the importance of this distinction.<!--break--> |
11/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Small is Essential |
By Karen Pittman, October 1999 Construction of a new 5,000-student high school in Los Angeles was halted last month because someone discovered that is was being built on a toxic site. Because of land scarcity, it turns out that this is a problem in big cities across the country.<!--break--> |
10/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: The Power of Engagement |
By Karen Pittman, September 1999 “Problem-free isn’t fully prepared.” I coined this phrase more than a decade ago to explain quickly to diverse audiences the fundamental difference between the goals of prevention and preparation, and the practices of working from strengths rather than addressing deficits. It stuck. I have threatened to have bumper stickers made, but haven’t. |
09/01/1999 |