In brief and still in frustration:
When will adults bent on involving youth in an endeavor figure out that "youth empowerment" doesn't mean designing something and then taking it to youth through traditional, normative structures and systems and expecting youth to engage with it passionately?
Does this ever work?
More pointedly, does it ever work for youth who are already burnt out on...kicked out of...completely unseen within...unengaged by...or unsafe within those traditional, normative structures and systems?
I haven't seen evidence that it does.
Yes, this is a rhetorical question. Yes, I am actively engaged in combating this through advocacy efforts informed by actual youth. Right now, though, this very minute, I just want to be pissed off about it.
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