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Youth Community Futures
Youth-led initiative focussed on promoting connectivity, communication, cultural understanding, and visibility of opportunity for young people in regional South-East Queensland.
Why we exist?
In May 2022, the University of Southern Queensland hosted the UniSQ Youth Research Forum as a means of investigating how to better support young people in regional South-East Queensland.
The representative group of young people in attendance identified the following issues as being influential to their experiences: connectivity, communication, cultural understanding, and visibility of opportunity. From these themes, and with the support of both the University of Southern Queensland, and the Queensland Government, the three projects commenced in July 2022.
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The Elders Network
The Elder’s Network will offer a space for young people to engage with Elders in their area and to understand culture therefore providing a foundation for enhancing community cohesion.
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The Sentiment Log
The Sentiment Log is a web-based project that will provide young people with a ‘voice’ to express viewpoints, and feedback in relation to their experiences in local communities.
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Young People’s Futures
The Young People’s Futures project seeks to define educational, employment, and social opportunities for young people in regional communities with a specific focus on how these opportunities may be promoted or impeded in various contexts.
These projects provide opportunity for young people to be heard, and make meaningful change, at both local and state levels.
In this article by ABC News, YCF Chief Investigator Prof. Andrew Hickey poses that the media's sensationalised coverage of the 'youth crime crisis' is impacting negatively on all young people, regardless of if they are offending or not.
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Sensationalist news about youth crime not backed by evidence, experts say
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Researchers say sensationalist news reports about Queensland's "youth crime wave" are not backed by actual crime data.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Our very own Prof. Andrew Hickey and Dr. Rachael Wallis co-authored this article published in The Conversation Australia + NZ about the media's promotion of the current 'Youth Crime Crisis' and its impact on young people in regional Queensland.
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Why the media aren't helping to solve the 'youth crime crisis' they're reporting
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Media coverage is making young people feel they are all seen as ‘bad’ by a fearful community. Marginalising young people, while ignoring the complexities of their lives, won’t solve these issues...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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