title: Building young people's public lives: one foundation's strategy.
abstract: Foundations are awakening to the untapped potential of serious, policy-focused community change efforts led by teenagers and young adults. This chapter lays out background questions, a point of view, and programmatic strategies that one foundation developed for supporting young people who are taking direct action to improve their lives and communities.
authors.affiliation: Surdna Foundation, New York City, USA.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005582:Foundations; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D017150:Public Sector; D014481:United States