Raising Awareness allows youth to think about how they want to communicate their goals, gather community feedback, and discover how their community partners can support them. While this step is sometimes overlooked, raising awareness is an important opportunity for youth to gain perspective on the need and refine their ideas. It is great practice for the youth to learn how to talk about their project and what they want to accomplish. It is a chance for youth to shine, as they may choose to use face-to-face and/or technological communication strategies.

 Raise Awareness Overview from the Guidebook

Facilitators working with youth advocates will find:

• A list of the crucial questions youth will need answers to before they are finished raising awareness
• Real examples of strategies other youth projects have used to raise awareness
• A process for youth to deepen their understanding of the community partners and stakeholders they identified earlier
• An early strategy for gathering constructive feedback about ideas, before the youth have invested too much time and energy
• And an evaluation checkpoint, which allows youth to be sure they are ready to move on and reminds them to reflect and celebrate their accomplishments

Supplemental Raise Awareness Resources

Handouts

Videos