Resources

This report explores the growing intersection between STEM and civics and recommendations for authentically cultivating youth leadership and civic learning in afterschool and other out-of-school-time (OST) settings.

“Pre-Community Engagement” provides a framework for how to prepare effectively ahead of community engagement; it proposes a fundamental shift to approaching community engagement in a way that centers community priorities, scheduling, and needs.

Three how-to guides cover organizing, facilitating, and participating in community conversations. Each guide underscores the importance of fostering collective responsibility, strengthening social bonds, and promoting collaborative problem-solving.

This guide from the Seeding Action Initiative provides evidence-based recommendations for communications about planetary health that encourage a shift from a culture of silent fatalism to one of active hope.

Data Walks are a tool to deepen community engagement with research findings. By connecting data to personal experiences, participants offer new perspectives to ongoing research, helping to inform policies and programs that advance community priorities.

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) conducts scientific studies on public opinion and behavior; informs the decision-making of governments, media, companies, and advocates; educates the public about climate change; and helps build public and political will for climate action.