by Emily Bhargava | Apr 9, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized, youth development
What better way to talk about change than through a story? The narrative arc of a story usually takes us from a problem all the way to a solution. As one way for the young people who are part of the HOPE coalition in Worcester to think about what they care about,...
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 | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Linda Tirado’s account of poverty, called “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts” recently went viral. It’s honest and captivating, and describes some of the instances in which people living in poverty have to choose between two imperfect options. It...