Developing Youth Leaders and Equipping them with Skills to Change the World

Josh Prudowsky Mikva Challenge

April 6-8, 2014 San Francisco, CA

Annual Conference on Youth + Tech + Health  

Mikva Challenge

Ac$on    Civics  

Youth    Voice  

Youth    Exper$se  Learn    

by    Doing  

Reflec$on  

Mikva Challenge

Learn    by    

Doing  

Youth    Voice  

Youth    Exper$se  

Reflec$on  

Policymaking  

Classroom  Ac$vism  

Elec$ons  In  Ac$on  

Want to be Twitter Famous?  Below  are  examples  of  different  categories  of  ‘Tweets’  Informative  Ex:  New  Article  on  availability  of  #condoms  in  #Chicago  public  schools.  Spoiler:  only  1  in  20  schools  have  them.  http://bit.ly/example  

Provocative  Ex:  Sometimes  it  seems  like  #CPS  students  might  make  better  leaders  than  our  school  board.      

                                       

   

Open-­‐Ended  Ex:  We’re  building  a  #healthmovement.  #Chicago,  What  do  you  do  to  get  healthy?  

Conversational  Ex:  Hey  @maryschmich,  thanks  for  covering  student  experience  in  Chicago.  Have  you  seen  what  some  youth  at  Fenger  High  School  are  doing  to  make  their  school  healthier?  

                                   

   

TEEN HEALTH COUNCIL

•  Teen Health Council: 20 high school youth from across Chicago

•  Health Activism Projects: 60 projects and schools over the last 3 years –  Topics: Physical Activity, Nutrition, Healthy Relationships,

Sexual and Mental Health –  Youth Health Summit: Teen Health Council train Health

Activists at Summit

Teen Health Council and Health Activism Projects

Health Activism Projects

130 Chicago youth explore activism strategies and digital tools to: •  Increase awareness and understanding

of critical issues •  Develop digital and media creation

skills •  Build youth-inspired policy solutions •  Develop advocacy campaigns

Youth Change-Maker Summers

•  7 weeks •  Research Question •  Each week different health topic •  Research Action Groups: Synthesize what they have

learned: 1.  Root Causes 2.  Public Health Data 3.  Tell a story 4.  School-Based Health Solutions 5.  Choose health apps and websites

•  End of summer present findings to Commissioner of Public Health

Teen Health Council Process

Links Sexual Health: http://prezi.com/52p4yqcd5mmu/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share Nutrition and Physical Activity: http://prezi.com/52p4yqcd5mmu/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Weekly Group Prezis

Policy  Analysis  

Research

Memes

Examples

•  Apps and websites •  White Papers •  School Health Solution Toolkit •  Expunge.io •  Meetings with Decision Makers

Outcomes of the Summer

BEYOUMEDIA.ORG

EXAMPLE:  hBp://beyoumedia.org/2014/02/18/shhh/  

hBp://www.expunge.io/  

QUESTIONS?

Josh Prudowsky joshua@mikvachallenge.org

@prudowsky OR @healthsavants