ABSTRACT

Young people (ages 15-25) are globally the largest and fastest growing segment of the population. While youth increase in number, the challenge and opportunity facing communities around the world is to create meaningful avenues for youth participation in civic, economic and academic life. This article presents a research narrative describing a youth participatory action research program implemented in North Philadelphia in 2017. Through this process, youth researchers identified a social justice topic of critical interest to them (community/police violence), collected primary qualitative data and reported their findings. The impact that participation had on the youth researchers, the local community, and local police/community interaction is described. Finally, recommendations are given for increasing the scope/impact of the program and implications for program and policy.

摘要

年轻人（15至25岁）是全球人口中增长最快和增长最快的部分。在青年人数增加的同时，世界各地社区面临的挑战和机遇是为青年参与公民，经济和学术生活创造有意义的途径。本文介绍了一项研究叙述，描述了2017年在北费城实施的一项青年参与行动研究计划。通过这一过程，青年研究人员确定了对他们至关重要的社会正义话题（社区/警察暴力），收集了主要的定性数据并报告了他们的发现。描述了参与对青年研究人员，当地社区以及当地警察/社区互动的影响。最后，