Participle

Can you picture young people, who, despite disadvantage and overwhelming odds have the capacity to bounce back and are engaged, affective people? How did they do it? Why didn’t disadvantage become their destiny? Professor Michael Resnick asked us last week. As a expert in Adolescent Heath at the University of Minnesota, he had come over to give a lecture about youth development for Participle, our project partners and invited professionals. Michael Resnick talked about resilience and connectedness, about young people as resourceful, lively creatures instead of problems to be solved, and about investing in their development.