Kid Power (Class Notes)

Ramona Mullahey

December 1998


1-800-KID POWER is a powerful link to current news on youth-led initiatives or youth-adult collaborative projects. This toll-free hotline is a resource offered by the national clearinghouse, the ACTIVISM 2000 PROJECT. Located in Washington, D.C. area, ACTIVISM 2000 PROJECT is a non-partisan organization that encourages young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems that they care about deeply. It conducts workshops and seminars around the country on youth empowerment and adult-youth collaboration, and provides free advice to youth on how to transform their ideas into practical proposals and develop strategies for participating in the decision-making process.