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Facing History with the YPP Action Frame––Focusing on Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Scared of Your Jails
By Chaebong Nam, Adam Strom, and Danielle Allen
I am pleased and proud to see my colleagues from the YPP Action Frame Project collaborate with Facing History to explore how our ten reflection questions for budding civic agents can support the sorts of...
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The Pitfalls...
By Chaebong Nam We have seen numerous cases of viral messages that move quickly from a digital context into mainstream media headlines, where they draw still more attention from the public. Celebrities or other influencers can contribute to such online...
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What We Value: Equity, Efficacy, and Self-Protection
By Chaebong Nam What do we mean by “successful” civic-political agency? Equitable, efficacious, and self-protective civic-political agency is its core. So, what it would look like in practice? The short answer is political friendship (Allen, 2004). Equity...
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About Student Privacy
The Youth and Media team at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have released curricular materials for the first through third grade level on digital privacy and safe Internet use: The Internet and You: Curricular...
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“When There Is No Center Left, How Can We Rebuild It?”
Danielle S. Allen’s Talk during the 2016 Frontiers of Democracy Conference Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and professor in Harvard’s Department of Government and Graduate School of Education, Danielle S. Allen...
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What Is Participatory Politics?
By Chaebong Nam Digital technology has changed the ways we perceive the world, communicate with others, and engage in all spheres of society at large. The civic-political sphere is among those facing the most revolutionary change. The affordable...
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The YPP Action Frame with Inquiry-Based Learning II: "Small Inquiry" and "Big Inquiry"
By Chaebong Nam Now, how does this inquiry-cycle pertain to operating the YPP Action Frame?(Check a related post, " The YPP Action Frame with Inquiry-Based Learning I" as well.) The Action Frame turns itself into a big inquiry cycle that begins with a...
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The YPP Action Frame with Inquiry-Based Learning I: An Inquiry Cycle
We have ten questions now. What do we do next? How can we help others pick up and bring this Action Frame to life in accordance with their circumstances? Why does it matter to me? How much should I share? How do I make it about more than myself? Where do...
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Danielle Allen's Talk at Tufts University
Danielle Allen gave a talk on the YPP Action Frame at a brown-bag lunch discussion held at Tufts University in November 2015. Her talk tapped into critical issues pertaining to young people’s digital civic-political participation. 1. How do we get youth...
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