The Revolutionary Optimists: ​Reflections from Public Health Professionals on Youth Activism

by Brittany Frew | Jul 15, 2021 | Global Health, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement

Bejanchong Foretia, Global Health Committee   This year’s AMCHP 2021 Conference centered on the reality of our global connectedness as we all experience a pandemic that continues to tragically take the lives of thousands and challenge our ideas of “normal”....

AMCHP Invites Youth and Young Adult Leaders to #AMCHP2021

by Brittany Frew | Apr 19, 2021 | AMCHP Conference, Family Engagement, News Releases, Youth Engagement

Dear State Health Agency Leader, On behalf of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and its local, state, and national partners, it is my pleasure to invite youth and young adult leaders (including students), community‐based organizations,...

AMCHP Announces “Youth Voice Amplified” Committee

by Brittany Frew | Dec 22, 2020 | Adolescent Health, News Releases, Youth Engagement

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs has officially approved the foundational components of an association committee dedicated to elevating the voice and contributions of young people to the MCH discipline, particularly state Title V programs. The...

Getting to ‘Y’: An Evidence-Informed Youth Engagement Strategy in Vermont

by Brittany Frew | May 13, 2020 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Youth Engagement

Many thanks to our guest writer, Sharon Koller, who coordinates the UP for Learning’s Getting to ‘Y’ program, which she highlights below.   Although we are experiencing a moment in time that has challenged us to be innovative in the ways we continue...

Fenced Out: Reflections on How Youth Engagement Tipped the Power Balance for LGBT People in New York

by Brittany Frew | Jun 15, 2019 | Adolescent Health, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement

Jennie Blakney Director of Communications STARR (Strategic Trans Alliance for Radical Reform)   Sometimes you sense change when it is happening. You feel a balancing of the power scales in the atmosphere. That balance doesn’t last; it always seems to shift...

Youth and Adults, Better Together

by Brittany Frew | Apr 15, 2019 | Adolescent Health, AMCHP Conference, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement

What young people got and gave by joining AMCHP’s Annual Conference Carol Harvey State Adolescent Health Coordinator Texas Department of State Health Services Dottie Carmichael Principal Investigator Texas A&M University   The Texas Youth Action Network...