@article{ref1,
title="Children as agents of social and community change: enhancing youth empowerment through participation in a school-based social activism project",
journal="Education, citizenship and social justice",
year="2018",
author="Torres-Harding, Susan and Baber, Ashley and Hilvers, Julie and Hobbs, Nakisha and Maly, Michael",
volume="13",
number="1",
pages="3-18",
abstract="School-based social activism projects have much potential to foster civic engagement, self-efficacy, and positive youth development. Social activism projects may also be a means by which children, a group that is disempowered due to their age and dependence on adults, might seek to positively impact social and community problems. The current study evaluated elementary school age children's (K-7th grade) participation in grassroots campaigns, which are year-long school-based activism projects that are a component of their school's comprehensive social justice curriculum. <br><br>RESULTS found that even young children could successfully and meaningfully participate in these school-based activism projects. Additionally, students' participation in these projects was characterized by a high level of enthusiasm and also facilitated a sense of community and empowerment in these children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1746-1979",
doi="10.1177/1746197916684643",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1746197916684643"
}