What is YPAR?
YPAR is a framework where young people act as researchers to identify, investigate, and address social justice issues impacting their lives.
It shifts power dynamics by partnering youth with adults to create actionable, community-based solutions. Steps include identifying issues, data collection, and taking action.
Key Terms: community-engaged research, critical inquiry, community organizing, youth power
YPAR Central Ideas and Themes:
By. Limarys Caraballo, Brian D. Lozenski, Jamila J. LyisCott & Ernest Morrell.
Designing & Facilitating YPAR:
Leveraging Best Practices to Design Your Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Project;
By: Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, Amia Nash, Heather Kennedy, Michelle Abraczinskas & Emily Ozer
The Power Rainbow: a tool to support 3rd-5th graders in analyzing systems of power;
By: Hania Marien & Anna Kirby.
More resources here: https://www.imaginingmorejustfutures.com/the-power-rainbow
University of Minnesota Extension YPAR Facilitator’s Guide;
By: Jessica Russo, Bri Hall & Samantha Stone
A Comprehensive Library of Community-Engaged Research Resources;
By: Samantha Holquist, Olivia Reyes, Alyssa Scott & Quiana Lewis Wallace
Building YPAR Capacity: Principles and Practices for Youth-Led Change;
By: UC Berkeley, Innovation for Youth, Colorado School of Public Health-Center for Public Health Practice.
By: Angie Malorni, Charles Lea III, Katie Richards-Schuster & Michael Spencer
Launching YPAR In Your Classroom;
From: Civically Engaged Districts Project: Nurturing Youth Civic Voice and Engagement
Local Participatory Research with Black Teachers
From: Y.A.R.N. Members Research for Action
YPAR Reflection and Measurement
YPAR Measurement Repository [Forthcoming]
By: Alyssa A. Nelson, Brandon Louie, Kelley Brian, Nancy Erbstein, Chris Gomez Wong, Rigoberto Ponce, Daisy L. Valdez, Mary Ann Mills & Kamaljeet Singh-Khaira (Oct 2022)