Solutions in Sight: Me, Myself & I
Here are stories about young people who looked around and saw a problem that needed a serious fix. They believed they could make a difference, and, in spite of lots of opposition, they actually went ahead and did it! These stories are about young people making a difference on issues around health, drugs, sex, and more.
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Making
Your Summer count!, Keshia Hall, A
Teen
Editorial Board member. |
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What
Causes Teen Violence?, Russ Hoffman, A
Teen
Editorial Board member. -
"What are the other choices?" |
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What's
for Dinner?, Jennifer Prather, A
Teen
Editorial Board member. |
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Teen
Outreach Volunteer Program (TOVP), Laura
Eubanks, A Teen
Editorial Board member interviews
TOVP members. - "This special interest group
of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. makes a difference
for younger girls, teaches life skills and lets
them know that they matter." |
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blue
jean magazine, Mollie Goldstein -
"There are no other magazines out there that are
either written or produced by girls like us." |
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About-Face,
Kathy Bruin - "...the way women were shown
in advertising...they got thinner and thinner! |
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Girls
Against Body Hatred Club, Caitlin Ryvlin
- "It's so amazing that you're not skinny
and you really like yourself! How did you do
that?" |
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Health
Initiatives for Youth (H.I.F.Y.), Kim
Compoc - STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases):
"Young people said for a long time, 'Stop with
the Just Say No!' programs... There's no finger
pointing, there's no telling people how to live
their lives. It's just 'This is what my life is
like.' So you make your own choices based on what
you hear." |
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Teenage
Pregnancy Parenting Project (T.A.P.P.),
Joan Pezanowski - "We find out where they
are in their lives and what kind of services they
are needing." |
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Teens
Against Tobacco Use
(T.A.T.U.),
Michele Camozi - "They said,
'We're healthy now, we don't do drugs anymore. And
I can quit smoking when I need to, but now it's
something that I like." |
