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Running Rebels Youth Advisory Council
December 21, 2015
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is made up of eight bright and creative youth leaders from Running Rebels Community Organization in Lindsay Heights. Through a Community-Based Participatory Research partnership between Rebels and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), the YAC is helping to create, analyze and share the findings of a study exploring youths’ environmental health perspectives and priorities. Started in spring 2015 and ongoing through the summer of 2016, the YAC focuses on building youth research and problem-solving capacity through four core modules:
The YAC would like to thank Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service for lending us their wonderful cameras and publishing their mini photovoice project, with a special shout out to Adam Carr for his beautiful compiling of the photo galleries. Stay tuned for news on the YAC’s final presentation, and watch for our monthly updates on the Running Rebels Facebook page!