Fostering Youth Development

The Action Alliance engages youth to inform our work in a variety of ways, including focus groups, the DO YOU campaign, and retreats.

What is DO YOU?

  • DO YOU: Building Youth Resilience Through Creative Expression is a multifaceted, primary prevention campaign created by the Action Alliance.
  • The DO YOU campaign addresses youth violence, dating and sexual violence, sexual harassment, and bullying by confronting its root causes and enhancing protective factors (also referred to as building resilience) to promote positive development and healthy relationships for age 13-16 years old. The campaign was developed to be consistent with best practices in primary prevention and creative expression in order to prevent violence before it starts.
  • The campaign consists of two components: (1) DO YOU is a 10-session curriculum that combines group discussions and activities with arts-based expression through their own zine. (2) DO SOMETHING is the next phase of the project, where young people design and execute a community-based project for wider impact of the program.

Get Campaign Materials

  • It’s important to us that facilitators have robust training and on-going support from the Action Alliance, therefore it is required to become DO YOU certified before receiving the materials.
  • Once trained, you will receive the Facilitator’s Guide (which contains the 10-session UnCurriculum and facilitator resources), 20 blank zines, DO YOU evaluation tools, and several additional online tools and resources.
  • At this 2-day training, Action Alliance staff and/or training faculty will introduce the theory and roots of the program, practice several of the activities, and let participants begin work on their own zine!

Supporting Materials and Resources

A hand drawn image that looks like bricks of a wall with words that are part of the "Do You" training.

 

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