Youth empowerment: language, barriers, and opportunities

The services have expanded from jobs to other services such as parent groups, after-school educational programs, and Youth development. cYc "envisions empowering [Y]outh to reach their highest potential as individuals and to develop a positive self/cultural identity." through the program A...

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Published in:Chinese America, history and perspectives history and perspectives, 2007-01, p.255
Main Authors: Huang, Lucinda, Liu, Jiyang, Ruan, Calvin Jia Xing, Tam, Wai Kit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian American youth
Asian Americans
Bilingual education
Children & youth
Cultural differences
Cultural identity
English language
Evaluation
Leadership
Nonprofit organizations
School districts
Secondary schools
Services
Social activism
Social aspects
Societies, clubs, etc
Society
Youth
Youth services
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Summary:The services have expanded from jobs to other services such as parent groups, after-school educational programs, and Youth development. cYc "envisions empowering [Y]outh to reach their highest potential as individuals and to develop a positive self/cultural identity." through the program APIYLdP, cYc helps Youth develop skills to become not just navigators of systems3 in society such as government and institutions, but to become leaders who will reform and build new systems to address the needs and concerns of all Youth. APIYLdP provides opportunities for young people to learn about needs assessment, community development, advocacy, and organizing, and to develop leadership skills to address issues of racial and social justice. The issue of language has serious implications in our lives. one only needs to sample the events in literature from Leland Saito, John Horton, and timothy Fong, who covers the English- only Movement in Monterey Park.4 Another incident is the fight over bilingual education in 1998 over Proposition 227 titled English Language in Public Schools.5 Both incidents show that language is an important issue in the lives of the chinese in America.
ISSN:1051-7642