Finding Relief in Action: The Intersection of Youth-Led Community Organizing and Mental Health in Brooklyn, New York City

Autor/inn/en	Ortega-Williams, Anna; Wernick, Laura J.; DeBower, Jenny; Brathwaite, Brittany
Titel	Finding Relief in Action: The Intersection of Youth-Led Community Organizing and Mental Health in Brooklyn, New York City
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 52 (2020) 4, S.618-638 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X18758542
Schlagwörter	Low Income Groups; Minority Groups; Youth Programs; Stress Variables; Well Being; Leadership Training; Mental Health; Program Effectiveness; Adolescents; Young Adults; Story Telling; Empowerment; Social Justice; Gender Bias; Racial Bias; Social Bias; Self Efficacy; Mentors; Community Programs; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Jugendsofortprogramm; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Führungslehre; Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Geschlechterstereotyp; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	Youth of Color, especially those in households with low income, experience multiple stressors and trauma that affect their well-being. Few studies examine the impact of youth engagement in leadership and organizing to address systemic inequity on their mental health and well-being. In a community-based participatory action research design, three organizations which train youth of Color in organizing in Brooklyn, New York, held four focus groups (n = 43, ages 14-24 years) to examine the impact of organizing on youth mental health and well-being. Key emergent themes of youth organizing include (a) storytelling as therapeutic; (b) group leadership as strengthening personal and collective power, hopefulness, and a sense of protection; and (c) the strain of navigating their hopes and current reality. This study has important implications for actions programs can take who seek to engage youth of Color in organizing in communities and institutions impacted by historical trauma and current day systemic inequity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01