| Arts Education:
Arts Edge - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts
Washington, DC
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
E-mail: mailto:%20curric@artsedge.kennedy-center.org
National Art Education Association
Reston, VA
naea@dgs.dgsys.com
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Washington, DC
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/
E-mail: nasaa@nasaa-arts.org
President's Committee on the The Arts and the Humanities
http://www.pcah.gov/
E-mail: pcah@neh.gov
Arts Education Partnership
http://www.aep-arts.org/
E-mail: aep@ccsso.org
Americans for the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org/
National Endowment for the Arts
arts.endow.gov
Careers:
CollegeGrad.com
The "#1 Entry Level" job
site.
Kaplan’s Careers
Help on career selection, resumes,
cover letters, interviews, plus hidden jobs, classifieds, and tips for
success.
Career
Magazine
Articles and advice on breaking into the job market and
surviving in the workplace.
CareerBabe
A healthy dose of advice on job-related
issues.
The
CareerBuilder Network
Resources, advice, and an array of searchable
employment opportunity postings.
Net Temps
Where you
can create a personalized desktop for your job hunt.
Chronic Illness:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/
(800) 955-4572
NYU Medical Center
Hassenfeld Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood
Disorders
www.med.nyu.edu/Peds/wwwroot/hassenfeld
(212)
263-8406
National Cancer Institute
http://www.nci.nih.gov/
(800) 4-CANCER
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
http://www.aafa.org/
(202) 466-7443
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
http://www.jdrf.org/
(800) 533-CURE (2873)
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
http://www.ccf.org/
(216)
229-8600
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
(800) 421-8453
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
http://www.ccfa.org/
(212) 685-3440
Day By Day
Children who have a seriously ill brother or sister are very unique. They share a large part of themselves, each day, with someone who needs more care than they do. Often considered ?the forgotten ones,? the book, DAY BY DAY, depicts how siblings of seriously ill or challenged children, through their experience, can learn to embrace the challenges of their exceptional situation, ultimately allowing them to transform into strong, spiritual, and caring people. They have a very poignant message?if we listen. "Day By Day" can be purchased through Amazon.com, with all proceeds go to the RICHARD D. FRISBEE, III FOUNDATION (www.frisbeefoundation.org).
Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Support:
Covenant
House
Phone: (800) 999-9999
Growth
House
Phone: (415) 255-9045
Compassionate
Friends
Phone: (877) 969-0010
GriefNet
Death-Dying.com
The American Hospice
Foundation
Counseling for Loss and Life Changes
AllKidsGrieve.org
A Practical Guide to
the Dying Process
The End of Life: Exploring Death In America (NPR
Series)
The Global Action Project
JournalKeepers
Depression, Mental Health and Suicide:
The National Mental Health
Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
Phone: (703)
684-7722
Fax: (703) 684-5968
Mental Health Information Center: (800)
969-NMHA
TTY Line: (800) 433-5959
Crisislink
Hotline:
1-800-SUICIDE
The
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH Public Inquiries
6001
Executive Boulevard, Rm. 8184 MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD
20892-9663
Phone: (301) 443-4513
E-mail: nimhinfo@nih.gov
The National Foundation for
Depressive Illness
P.O. Box 2257
New York, NY 10116
Phone: (800)
239-1265
American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York
10005
Phone: (212) 363-3500
Fax: (212) 363-6237
Toll-Free: (888)
333-AFSP
The National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill
200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015
Arlington, Virginia
22203-3754
Toll Free Helpline: (800) 950-NAMI (6264)
Knowledge Exchange
Network
A
government service of the Center for Mental Health Services. Includes
latest mental health news from various media sources, a kids area,
Spanish-language publications and links, a calendar of mental
health-related events, and online ordering of free government
publications.
Suicide
Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN)
5034 Odin’s
Way
Marietta, GA 30068
Phone: (888) 649-1366
Fax: (770)
642-1419
American
Psychoanalytic Foundation
1636 Connecticut Avenue,
N.W. 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 667-6363
Fax:
(202) 667-4477
Light for
Life Foundation (Yellow Ribbon Program)
P.O. Box 644 Westminster,
CO 80030-0644 USA
Phone: (303) 429-3530
Fax: (303)
426-4496
E-mail: ask4help@yellowribbon.org
Contra Costa Crisis
Center
P.O.
Box 3364
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Disabled Youth:
Disability
Central
An online gathering place for the disability
community.
Disabled
Sports USA
DS/USA offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs
to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter
skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special
sports events. Participants include those with visual impairments,
amputations, spinal cord injury, dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, head
injury, cerebral palsy, and other neuromuscular and orthopedic
conditions.
451 Hungerford Drive Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20850
Voice: 301-217-0960
Fax: 301-217-0968
TDD: 301-217-0963
Above
Knee Amputee
A site for Above Knee Amputees that want to not only
walk, but to walk well, and to be comfortable! Includes information about
above knee prosthetics or other issues relating to above knee amputees.
New
Mobility
The online home of New Mobility Magazine and a leading
online resource for Disability Culture and Lifestyle.
Learning Disability
Basics
From the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
381
Park Avenue South Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212)
545-7510
Fax: (212) 545-9665
Toll-free: (888) 575-7373
Living With
LD
From the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
DeafZone
A
culmination of deaf resources.
National Association of the Deaf
The National
Association of the Deaf (NAD), established in 1880, is the oldest and
largest constituency organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil
rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education,
employment, health care, and telecommunications.
National
Association of the Deaf
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD
20910-4500
301-587-1788 Voice
301-587-1789 TTY
301-587-1791
FAX
Gun Violence and Gang
Intervention:
Report-It.com
A safe and secure, on-line anonymous
and confidential reporting service. It provides students an alternate
method of reporting acts of violence, weapons, drugs and other criminal
acts to the proper school authority.
Join Together
Online
441 Stuart Street
7th Floor
Boston, MA.
02116
Phone: (617) 437-1500
Fax: (617) 437-9394
E-mail: info@jointogether.org
A
national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse
and gun violence.
National Youth Gang Center
Institute for
Intergovernmental Research
Post Office Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL
32317
Phone: (800) 446-0912
Fax: (850) 386-5356
E-Mail: nygc@iir.com
Common Sense About Kids
And Guns
This organization functions as a clearinghouse of
information on topics relevant to the issue of children's access to
firearms.
National Crime Prevention Council
Phone: (800) WE
PREVENT
Center To Prevent Handgun Violence
Straight Talk
About Risks (STAR)
Phone: (202) 289-7319
The Educational Fund To End
Gun Violence
Phone: (202) 530-0340
Child Welfare League of
America
440 First Street, NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC
20001-2085
Phone: (202) 638-2952
Fax: (202) 638-4004
Crime and Violence
Prevention Center
California Attorney General's Office
Crime and
Violence Prevention Center
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA
94244-2550
Phone: (916) 324-7863
Choices For
Youth
Choices for Youth is a public education campaign funded by a
grant to i.e. communications, LLC from The California Wellness Foundation.
The goal of the campaign is to increase support for effective programs to
prevent violence by and against youth.
Taking the Bully by the Horns
Advice, info, and
articles for teachers, parents, and kids on learning the skills needed to
handle bullies and maintain a healthy self-esteem.
Student Pledge Against Gun
Violence
The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence will be observed
in schools throughout
the country on October 21st 1999, a Day of
National Concern about Young People
and Gun Violence.
112 Nevada
Street
Northfield, MN 55057
U.S. Department of
Justice for Kids and Youth
Self-Image and Eating
Disorders:
Eating Disorder
Referral and Information Center
Information and treatment resources
for all forms of eating disorders.
Planned Parenthood’s Teen
Wire
Phone: (800) 230-PLAN
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
603 Stewart
St., Suite 803
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 382-3587
Helpline:
(800) 931-2237
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders
Box 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone: (708)
831-3438
American Anorexia and Bulimia Association
165 West 46th
Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 575-6200
SAMHSA's National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information/PREVLINE
Girl Power!
Phone: (800) 729-6686
Ms. Foundation For Women
120 Wall Street, 33rd
floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 742-2300
Fax: (212)
742-1653
E-mail: info@ms.foundation.org
Center For Science in the
Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite
300
Washington, DC 20009
Phone (202) 332-9110
Fax (202)
265-4954
E-mail: cspi@cspinet.org
Size
Wise
Size-Acceptance information and support
National Women's Health
Information Center (NWHIC)
A "women's health central" that links to
thousands of fact sheets, brochures, reports, and other important health
information.
Helpline: (800) 994-WOMAN (9662)
Dating Violence:
http://www.911rape.org/
Includes information on: what
to do if you are raped, making a police report, obtaining medical care,
the impact of rape, and acquaintance rape. Offers referrals and other
resources for help.
National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
P. O. Box 18749
Denver, CO
80218-0749
Phone: (303) 839-1852
Fax: (303) 831-9251
Department of Justice
Violence Against Women Office
Director: Bonnie J. Campbell
810
7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone: (202) 616-8894
Fax:
(202) 307-3911
Feminist Majority
Foundation
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, VA
22209
Phone: (703) 522-2214
Fax: (703) 522-2219
E-mail: femmaj@feminist.org
Relationship Violence Warning Signs
From the State
University of New York at Buffalo
RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
635-B
Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (800)
656-HOPE
Fax: (202) 544-3556
E-mail: mailto:%20rainnmail@aol.com
Faces
902
48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219
Phone: (718) 283-7861
Teen theater
group featured in this program which deals with many issues including
dating violence.
National Women's Health Information Center
NWHIC is a
service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and
Human Services.
School Violence and Conflict
Resolution:
Report-It.com
A safe and secure, on-line anonymous
and confidential reporting service. It provides students an alternate
method of reporting acts of violence, weapons, drugs and other criminal
acts to the proper school authority.
Choices For
Youth
Choices for Youth is a public education campaign funded by a
grant to i.e. communications, LLC from The California Wellness Foundation.
The goal of the campaign is to increase support for effective programs to
prevent violence by and against youth.
Center for the
Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral
Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 442
Boulder,
CO 80309-0442
Phone: (303) 492-8465
Fax: (303) 443-3297
E-Mail:cspv@colorado.edu
North Carolina Center
for the Prevention of School Violence
3824 Barrett Drive, Suite
303
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: (800) 299-6054
National Association for Mediation in Education
205 Hampshire
House
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-3635
Phone:
(413) 545-2462
National Crime
Prevention Council
1700 K Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC
20006
Phone: (800) WE-PREVENT
Fax: (202) 785-0698
National Urban League
Stop the Violence Clearinghouse
500 East 62nd Street
New
York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 558-5300
Center to
Prevent Handgun Violence
Straight Talk About Risks (STAR)
1225
Eye Street, NW, Suite 1150
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202)
289-7319
Bullying.org
A
project for kids by kids. Youth can contribute their personal reflections,
poems, music, drawings, photographs, can even films.
Taking the
Bully by the Horns
Advice, info, and articles for teachers,
parents, and kids on learning the skills needed to handle bullies and
maintain a healthy self-esteem.
Alaska Comprehensive
Regional Assistance Center
Assistance in reforming and improving
America's schools. Contains hundreds of useful links, resources, and
current information for educators nationwide.
210 Ferry Way, Suite
200
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Phone: (907) 586-6806 or (888)
43-AKRAC
Fax: (907) 463-3811
Smoking Prevention:
Prevention
Online
American Cancer Society - Smokeout
National Cancer
Institute
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Phone: (202)
296-5469
E-mail: info@tobaccofreekids.org
American Nonsmokers' Rights
Foundation
Works to protect nonsmokers from the dangers of
secondhand smoke
2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J
Berkeley, California
94702
Phone: (510) 841-3032
E-mail: anr@no-smoke.org
Get Outraged
Facts
and news about tobacco issues.
National Association of County and City Health Officials
(NACCHO)
1100 17th Street, Second Floor
Washington, DC
20036
Phone: (202) 783-5550
Fax (202) 783-1583
A non-profit
association serving 3,000 local health departments. Contains information
and resources for those interested in public health and the work of local
health agencies.
California Departnment of Justice and the California
Narcotic Officers' Association
Florida Pilot Program on
Tobacco Control
Features playable video of PSA airing statewide
Drug and Alcohol Abuse:
National Institute on
Drug Abuse
Phone: (888) 644-6432
Infofax: (888)
NIH-NIDA
ClubDrugs.org
Information from the National Institute
on Drug Abuse about drugs such as Ecstacy, GHB, and Rohypnol, whose use is
especially popular at raves and dance clubs.
FreeVibe
The
White House's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has developed tools
and resources for teens that want to maintain a drug-free lifestyle.
Freevibe.com helps young people understand the dangers of substance abuse
and make responsible decisions with their lives. The site emphasizes that
the majority of kids can't be bothered with drugs.
Leadership To
Keep Children Alcohol Free
A unique coalition of Governors'
spouses, Federal agencies, and public and private organizations, is an
initiative to prevent the use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15.
SAMHSA's National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information/PREVLINE
The
nation's number one resource for substance abuse information. NCADI
distributes the latest studies, helpful guides, videocassettes, and other
substance abuse information and resource materials produced by various
federal agencies.
Phone: (800) 729-6686, Ext. 260
Fax: (301)
468-6433
Mailing address: PO Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847
Street
address:11426 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Office of
National Drug Control Policy
Resources, statistics, prevention
programs, and more.
Society for
Neuroscience
Education Program
Phone: (202) 462-6688
National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
(CASA)
Provides access to CASA publications, current research, and
online resource links.
The American Council for Drug Education
Offers an
extensive library of substance abuse education and prevention information
for kids and adults, as well as a resource list of prevention materials
and videos.
Daytop
Village
Daytop Village, a non-profit organization founded in 1963,
is the oldest and largest drug- free, self-help program with 29 centers
throughout the United States.
HOTLINE -- 1-800-2-DAYTOP
Daytop
Village Inc.
54 West 40th street
New York, N.Y. 10018
Phone:
(212) 354-6000
Join Together Online
441 Stuart
Street
7th Floor
Boston, MA. 02116
Phone: (617)
437-1500
Fax: (617) 437-9394
E-mail: info@jointogether.org
A
national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse
and gun violence.
Partnership For A Drug-Free America
Among other great
resources, here you can search for facts on drugs by name, image, slang
term, or paraphernalia.
Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America (CADCA)
A meeting place for individuals and
organizations looking for information on current substance abuse policy
and public affairs.
Neuroscience for Kids
Answers to commonly-asked
questions about the brain and neuroscience, with information on brain and
spinal cord anatomy and physiology, neurotransmission, and the effects of
specific drugs on the nervous system.
Society for Neuroscience
Brain Briefings
Access to Society for Neuroscience publications
covering topics such as addiction, opiate receptors, and the effects of
various drugs on the brain and behavior.
Media Literacy:
Center for Media
Literacy
4727 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 403
Los Angeles, CA
90010
Phone: (323) 931-4177
Fax (323) 931-4474
The Media Literacy
Clearinghouse
A web page designed for K-12 educators who want to
learn more about media literacy, integrate it into classroom instruction,
and make their students more media aware.
TV Planet/Rocky
Mountain PBS
Media
Literacy Online Project
New Mexico Media Literacy Project
The Project
publishes a free newsletter with a circulation of 9000.
E-mail: mailto:mccannon@aa.edu,lacko@aa.edu
Media Awareness
Network
1500 Merivale Road, Third Floor
Nepean, ON K2E 6Z5
Phone: (613) 224-7721 or (800) 896-3342
Fax: (613) 224-1958
Email: info@media-awareness.ca
National Institute
on Media and the Family
606 24th Avenue South, Suite
606
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Phone: (612) 672-5437 or (888)
672-5437
Just
Think Foundation
80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 1
Sausalito, CA
94965
Phone: (415) 289-0122
Fax: (415) 289-0123
E-mail: think@justthink.org
Media Education
Foundation
26 Center Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone:
(800) 897-0089
Fax (800) 659-6882
Computer Literacy:
Webgrrls
International
50 Broad Street, Suite 1614
New York, NY
10004
Phone: (212) 785-1276, Ext. 504
Fax: 212 785-1383
Email: Webgrrls@cgim.com
College Selection and Financial
Aid:
College Board
Online
Everything you need to prepare and register for the SAT's
(yikes!).
CollegeXpress
Carnegie Communications, Inc.
239 Littleton Road, Suite
8A
Westford, MA 01886
Phone: (978) 692-2313
Fax: (978)
692-4174
E-mail: webmaster@collegexpress.com
Lets you search for a
college, find scholarships and loans, view campus maps, chat with other
applicants, read about athletic programs, and even apply online to certain
schools.
Guaranteed
Scholarships
Lists and describes scholarships offered by individual colleges
and universities to all enrolled students meeting specific
criteria.
Get
Recruited
Offers students a chance to be recruited by, and perhaps be
offered scholarships to attend, colleges, universities and graduate
schools throughout the United States.
American
Universities Page
Includes almost all American four-year Universities,
international schools, and some two-year schools.
Petersons Page
202 Carnegie
Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 243-9111
Includes
four-year colleges, trade and vocational schools.
U.S. Department of Education:
Student Guide to Financial Aid
Phone: (800) 4-FED-AID
(800-433-3243)
Provides information on all forms of financial
aid.
The Financial Aid Information
Page
Provides information on financial aid, including legitimate
scholarship sources. Also warns about scholarship scams.
FastWEB
2550 Commonwealth
Avenue
North Chicago, IL 60064
Phone: (847) 785-8000
A free
scholarship search database, used and endorsed by over 500 colleges across
the country, containing over 275,000 scholarships.
United Scholarship
Advisement
Scholarship search and postings.
Sports Participation:
AskCoachMike.com
An online resource for helping young
people succeed on and off the field.
National Youth Sports
Safety Foundation
333 Longwood Avenue, Suite 202
Boston,
Massachusetts 02115
Phone: (617) 277-1171
Fax: (617)
277-2278
E-Mail: NYSSF@aol.com
The Foundation provides
current information on sports injury prevention and can help you learn to
evaluate the quality and safety of youth sports programs; learn about
sports organizations and the services they provide; and be informed about
guidelines in youth sports participation.
American Sport Education
Program
ASEP aims to improve the sport experience of youth through
courses and workshops for parents, coaches and administrators.
ScoreCardUSA.com
A site where
you can create your own personal and permanent online sports journal.
Athletes For A Better
World
ABW exists to change the culture of sport by developing
individual character, teamwork, and civic responsibility through
commitment to the Code for Living.
Activism and Community
Service:
B'nai
B'rith Youth Organization
1640 Rhode Island Avenue,
NW
Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone: (202) 857-6633
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America
230 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:
(215) 567-7000
Fax: (215) 567-0394
Boys and Girls Clubs of
America
1230 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone:
(404) 815-5700
E-mail: lmclemore@bgca.org
Camp Fire Boys and
Girls
4601 Madison Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
64112-1278
Phone: (816) 756-1950
Fax: (816) 756-0258
E-mail: info@campfire.org
Campus Compact
Box
1975
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912-1975
Phone: (401)
863-1119
Fax: (401) 863-3779
E-mail: campus@compact.org
Campus Outreach
Opportunity League (COOL)
1531 P Street NW, Suite LL
Washington,
DC 20005
Phone: (202) 265-1200
Fax: (202) 265-3241
Email: homeoffice@COOL2SERVE.org
Center for Youth as
Resources
1700 K Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, DC
20006-3817
Phone: (202) 261-4131
E-mail: mailto:morizu@ncpc.org?subject=About
CYAR
Do
Something
423 West 55th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY
10019
Phone: (212) 523-1175
Fax: (212) 582-1307
E-Mail:
mail@dosomething.org
Girl Scouts of USA
KaBoom!
Kaboom builds
safe playgrounds and creates healthy play opportunities for kids with the
Support of communities and corporations.
National 4-H
Council
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone:
(800) Four-H-DC
National Urban League
120 Wall Street
New York, NY
10005
Phone: (212) 558-5300
National Youth Leadership Council
1910 West County
Road B
St. Paul, MN 55113
Phone: (651) 631-3672
Fax: (651)
631-2955
E-mail: nylcinfo@nylc.org
United National Indian
Tribal Youth, INC.
P.O. Box 25042
Oklahoma City, OK
73125
Phone: (405) 236-2800
Fax: (405) 971-1071
YMCA of USA
101 North
Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 977-0031
Fax. (312)
977-9063
Youth
Service America
Includes a database to search for volunteer
opportunities by zip code, city, state, interests, availability, and
skills.
Youth
Volunteer Corps of America
YWCA of USA
Immigration and Race Issues:
American Immigration
Lawyers Association
1400 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington,
DC 20005
Phone: (202) 216-2400
Ellis Island Immigration
Museum
Phone: (212) 363-3200; (212) 363-6307 (library)
Center for Immigration
Studies
1522 K Street N.W., Suite 820
Washington, DC
20005-1202
Phone: (202) 466-8185
Perry High School’s American Dream Project
E-mail:
wardc@perry-lake.k12.oh.us
International Organization for Migration
17 Route des
Morillons
C.P. 71, CH-1211
Geneva 19 * Switzerland
Phone: (41)
22-7179111
Fax: (41) 22-7986150
E-mail: info@iom.int
U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service
CES National Center
for Diversity
Box 196
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
40601
Phone: (502) 227-5904
Fax: (502) 227-5933
E-mail: jbankston@gwmail.kysu.edu
Diversity
Resources for Educators
Cultural
Horizons
Friaborg High School,
Box 174, 272 24
Simrishamn,
SWEDEN
E-mail: cultural_horizons@friaborgsskolan.simrishamn.se
An
international student magazine written by and for youth worldwide.
Science and Health:
Planned Parenthood’s
Teen Wire
Phone: (800) 230-PLAN
Eating Disorders Awareness and
Prevention
603 Stewart St., Suite 803
Seattle, WA
98101
Phone: (206) 382-3587
Helpline: (800) 931-2237
FDA Kids Home
Page
Teens and pre-teens can learn about FDA-related
subjects.
National
Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
A "women's health
central" that links to thousands of fact sheets, brochures, reports, and
other important health information.
Helpline: (800) 994-WOMAN
(9662)
The Yuckiest
Site on the Internet
This site uses the gross-out factor in a
unique way to interest teens in science. Kids (and parents and teachers
too) can learn why one farts, burps, snores and more...with clickable
questions, sound effects, and interactive Q & A.
Money Management and Financial
Literacy:
The Family Saving
Center
Merrill Lynch's award-winning website is a fun place for
kids, parents and teachers to learn more about saving. The website
features activities and games for home and classroom use.
Economic
Education from The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit
KidsandMoney.com
The Stock Market Game
SIFE (Students In Free
Enterprise)
SIFE is a nonprofit organization that gives students
the tools to learn the free enterprise system in a real working situation.
SIFE challenges students on more than 750 college campuses nationwide to
take what they're learning in the classroom and use their knowledge to
better their communities.
Fun Facts About The U.S.
Mint
Channel
One's Teens And Money
YoungMoney.com
MainXChange
The online teen money network.
Department of the
Treasury's Learning Vault
Money Matters For
Kids Teen Pages
USA
Weekend's Teens And Money
TeenBiz.com
The YoungMoney Online Game
Independent Means
A
place for women under twenty to find an income of their own.
Consumer Education For Teens
Investing For Kids
Politics
FactCheck.org
This site aims to reduce
the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by monitoring the
factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the
form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. The
Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy
Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Democracy
Project
Watch debates online, take part in a "cyber-debate", share
opinions, check candidate positions, and more.
The Thirty Second
Candidate
The online companion to the PBS documentary.
Federal Election
Commission
In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC)
to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the
statute that governs the financing of federal elections.
Choose or Lose
Coverage for young people
of the 2004 presidential campaign, including candidates' positions on the
issues.
Election.com
Register to vote or request
an absentee ballot.
Best Practices
Fostering innovative
campaign coverage.
Project Vote
Smart
Get
info, write opinions, test your political knowledge, and rate your
political involvement.
Rock The Vote
A forum for posting your
thoughts on social issues, along with direct access to voter registration
forms and resources for getting involved.
Youth Vote
Coalition
Focusing on voter registration and a petition urging a
youth-focused presidential debate with youth moderators.
Youth-e-Vote
Participate in a "mock"
voting process that will warm you up to the scene if you're not yet of
voting age.
Newseum: Every Four
Years
Examines 20th century U.S. presidential campaigns.
The American
President
The companion to the PBS series profiling all U.S. presidents
features a simulated campaign game.
E-The People
Sign local and national
petitions, write to politicians, take polls, and get election news.
School Reform
Youth in
Action
Providence, RI
Karen Feldman,
Director
Phone:
(401) 751-4264
yia@ids.net
Youth Organizing
Communities
Los Angeles, CA
Maria Brenes, Youth
Coordinator
maria@schoolsnotjails.com
http://www.innercitystruggle.org/
Phone: (323)
780-7605
Publicolor
New
York, NY
http://www.publicolor.org/
Phone: (212)
213-6121
Gay Straight Alliance
Network
San Francisco, CA
http://www.gsanetwork.org/
Phone: (415)
552-4229
Campaign for Fiscal
Equity
http://www.cfequity.org/
Phone: (212)
867-8455
Funder's Collaborative
on Youth Organizing
Jewish Fund for Justice
http://www.fcyo.org/
Phone: (212) 213-2113
Grant
making, Capacity building (conferences, self-assessment tools), outreach
and education (promoting Youth Organizations).
What Kids Can Do
http://www.whatkidscando.org/
Phone: (401)
247-7665
For more information on youth organizing groups for school
reform, check this annotated directory: whatkidscando.org/featurestories/YOdirectory.html
Youth Venture
http://www.youthventure.org/
info@youthventure.org
National
Center for Education Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov/
Institute for
Education and Social Policy
Education Advisory Committee, New York
University
http://www.nyu.edu/iesp
Phone: (212)
998-5880
Primary goal is to improve urban education; deals with
research and public policy. Can assist young people and parents (and
others interested) on how to organize and think critically about their
schools, analyze issues and how to approach these issues; can also provide
research and data on schools.
Youth Empowerment
Center
http://www.youthec.org/
Phone: (510) 451-5466
Over
the next several years, YEC will support dozens of existing and emerging
youth projects that take innovative approaches to youth organizing,
leadership development, and cultural production.
LEED - Sacramento
http://www.leed.org/
Phone: (916)
858-0686
Philadelphia Student
Union
http://www.phillystudentunion.org/
Phone: (215)
546-3290
Leadership Development Program: Chapters in 6 publics schools,
meetings once a week, building leaderdership skills ie: public speaking,
social justice awareness, building campaigns; Building A Youth Movement: 2
week summer program (with stipend) facilitated by students with the goal
of encouraging youth involvement.
Boston Youth
Organizing Project
http://www.byop.org/
Phone: (617) 262-1895
BOOKS/REPORTS
Chronicle of
Philanthropy Special Report on Youth Philanthropy
A series of
articles describes the growing trend among foundations both to fund
youth-led programs and to create opportunities for youth as grantmakers.
Sample articles available on: www.whatkidscando.org/whatslearned/youthinvolvement.html
For
order and subscription information, see http://www.philanthropy.com/
Project 540's Civic
Resource Guide
Released in November 2002 by Project 540, the Civic
Resource Guide catalogues for students, educators, and community leaders
more than 100 organizations that engage young people in civic activity.
Visit http://www.project540.org/, then click "Act."
Youth Action: Youth
Contributing to Communities, Communities Supporting Youth
by Merita
Irby, Thaddeus Ferber and Karen Pittman
This monograph analyzes the
potential for youth engagement in community development.
http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/
Sexuality:
HIV - Get Tested!
iwannaknow.org
Answers to your questions
about teen sexual health and STD prevention.
Centers for Disease Control STD
Prevention
CDC National STD Hotline: (800) 227-8922
SEX, ETC.
A website by and for teens.
TeenSexuality.org
TeenPregnancy.org
The web home of the
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
SaferSex.org
Youth.org
The Youth Assistance
Organization, for gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning young people.
DrDrew.com
Everything you want to know
from your favorite "Loveline" doc.
GYN101.com
National Women's Health
Information Center
NWHIC is a service of the Office on Women's Health in the
Department of Health and Human Services.
Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001:
Childhelp USA Hotline:
1-800-4-A-CHILD
Offers assistance to
children, families and individuals who need help coping with the terrorist
attacks.
American Psychological Association
"Managing Traumatic Stress"
Resources and information
on coping with many aspects of the September 11 events.
Sept. 11: A Campus Reflects
www.dukenews.duke.edu/911site
Multimedia resources
for and by youth, from Duke University.
National Institute of Mental Health
"Response to Terrorist Acts Against America"
Useful
fact sheets.
National Mental Health Association
"Mental Health in
Troubled Times"
PBS Online: America Responds
Resources for news and
background information, as well as parent and teacher resources.
Global Nomads
Group
Global Nomads Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting global education through videoconferencing and interactive
broadcasting.
American Red
Cross
News about relief efforts and assistance opportunities.
Helping.org
Find
a relief organization for donation or ways to help in person.
Educator Resources:
National
PTA
National Headquarters
330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite
2100
Chicago, IL 60611-3690
Phone: (312) 670-6782 or (800) 307-4PTA
(4782)
E-mail: info@pta.org
Librarians Online
Warehouse
Features a product buyers guide and chat room for sharing
tips with colleagues.
E-mail: information@libsonline.com
National Institute for Urban
School Improvement
E-mail: mailto:urban_institute@edc.org
Funded
by the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of
Education, the Institute has been designed to support capacity building in
urban schools and school districts.
International Reading
Association
800 Barksdale Road
PO Box 8139
Newark, DE
19714-8139
Phone: (302) 731-1600
Fax: (302) 731-1057
Includes
info about reading tutorials, upcoming conferences, and links to local
literacy groups.
Alaska Comprehensive Regional Assistance
Center
Assistance in reforming and improving America's schools.
Contains hundreds of useful links, resources, and current information for
educators nationwide.
210 Ferry Way, Suite 200
Juneau, Alaska
99801
Phone: (907) 586-6806 or (888) 43-AKRAC
Fax: (907)
463-3811
Other Teen Sites That Are Worth A
Surf:
React!
The online home of the popular teen magazine.
http://www.react.com/
Teen Wire
A new on-line
magazine for teens from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
which focuses on sexual health and relationship issues that pertain to
teens.
http://www.teenwire.com/
WireTap Magazine
WireTap provides readers with a weekly index of
investigative news articles and provocative personal essays by and about
young people that challenge stereotypes of race, gender, sexuality and
lifestyle.
www.alternet.org/wiretapmag
YELL-Oh! Girls! - Asian American Girls Speak Out!
Asian American
girls speak out about identity, culture, and coming-of-age.
http://www.yellohgirls.com/
Liquid Generation
Games, animation, and links to other online teen
resources on a variety of topics.
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/
The Student Center
Created and run by teens.
http://www.studentcenter.org/
Cyberteens
A place for teen creativity from photo essays to posts of
the week, haiku to music reviews, sonnets to suicide columns.
http://www.cyberteens.com/
Girl Power!
Part of SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information
www.health.org/gpower
Fresh Angles
The electronic voice of teens
http://www.freshangles.com/
Teen Voices
http://www.teenvoices.com/
Children's Express
Young people aged 8-18 research, report, and edit
news for adult print, broadcast, and interactive media. CE stories have
won Peabody and Emmy awards and been nominated for a Pulitzer.
http://www.cenews.org/
UNICEF Voices of Youth
Young people worldwide meet for dialogue and
activism on issues of peace, social justice, and human rights, especially
the rights of children and young people.
www.unicef.org/voy
YouthExpressions.org
YouthExpressions.org is dedicated to
providing a safe forum for young people to explore, define and build
healthy relationships.
http://www.youthexpressions.org/
Youth(Wired)
The Electronic Library for Young Adults
http://www.youthwired.sat.lib.tx.us/
Iwannaknow.org
Sexual health and STD prevention information for
teens, including games, chat, education, and resources.
http://www.iwannaknow.org/
Adolescence Directory Online (ADOL)
education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html
Adolescent Adulthood - Learn all about dating, flirting, and
dumping
http://www.adolescentadulthood.com/
AIDS and Young People
Includes what causes AIDS, ways of becoming
infected, what activities are safe, injecting drugs.
www.avert.org/young.htm
Channel One
http://www.channelone.com/
Amigos
A place for Hispanic teens to share stories, swap
experiences, find information, or ask questions
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/amigos/
FitTeen
Dedicated to inspiring teen fitness, weight training,
aerobics, and nutrition and helping all teens get the most out of
life.
http://www.fitteen.com/
Teen Advice Line
Fill out one simple form and soon you will have at
least a dozen replies from teen operators
http://www.teenadviceonline.org/
TeenCentral.net
Where teens who've been there and done that can
share their troubles and triumphs
http://www.teencentral.net/
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