by Emily Bhargava | Apr 9, 2015 | community art, community health, Uncategorized, youth development
After book making, paper cutting, collages, photovoice and drawing, members of the HOPE coalition pulled their best ideas together into an action plan that will guide the coalition’s work over the coming years. This was no standard action plan, but instead...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 24, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized, youth development
In Worcester, youth members of the HOPE coalition have made tremendous impact on the substance abuse landscape. They’ve impacted local and statewide policy and continue to work on changing social norms. When I met them last week they had just returned from...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 10, 2015 | Uncategorized, youth development
Now, if you’d asked me to list the benefits of youth development and peer leadership I could have rambled on all day. It’s where my career began and I hope I never have to go a year without working in some capacity with teens. They have energy. They...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 28, 2013 | community art, community health, Uncategorized
Just in time to be displayed for alcohol awareness month, the A-B youth coalition has completed a quilt that they hope will inspire younger youth to find their own reasons to stay above the influence. Each piece of the quilt was designed by members of the coalition...
