Empower Youth Voice. Share the Mic. Shift the Power
In partnership with the Michigan Afterschool Partnership (MASP), we're inviting OST agencies across Michigan who serve older youth to participate in an introductory training in Youth Driven Spaces -- an engaging, interactive professional development experience that reimagines how youth and adults work together across programs and organizations.
Youth Driven Spaces Introductory Training
This free, interactive, and virtual training will explore how to:
Design programs that activates young people's intrinsic motivation and engagement
Create programs and events that foster growth, leadership, and positive identity formation
Build youth–adult partnerships rooted in shared power and decision‑making.
Choose the session that works best for you:
June 3rd, 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
For more information email: training@neutral-zone.org
Youth Driven Spaces equips adults and youth to lead together. Through this innovative approach, young people take genuine roles in shaping programs, participating in governance, and contributing to organizational decisions all while developing agency, a positive sense of identity and belonging, and the capacity to create real change in their communities.
