Chicago Ideas Youth Resources
As we activate Chicago youth, we are committed to creating resources that make those activation models replicable and available to educators, youth partners, and individuals across the non-profit sector. Explore and download our reports, curriculum, and facilitator guides below.
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Want to educate your peers about healthy online life? Use these resources to inform and empower your community.

Digital Rights and Responsibilities: Report
These four resources encourage young people to think critically about online environments and to elevate the youth voice on the topic of Digital Rights and Responsibilities.
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Digital Rights and Responsibilities: Resource Packet
How do youth view their digital rights and responsibilities? This report lays out findings from Chicago Ideas Youth Kick Off, where 250 young people discussed this emerging issue.
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Digital Accountability: Resource Packet
These three sessions help young people learn more about how digital spaces are created—and how they can change those spaces for the better.
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Digital Ethics and Practices: Resource Packet
These three resources support youth in pinpointing the biggest challenges they see in digital life—and developing an actionable set of guidelines to address them.
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Principles of Digital Community: Infographic
This one page guide offers a set of principles that promote more positive online experiences.
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#DearSocialMedia Video
Attn: came to interview some of our Youth Ambassadors about their perspectives on digital ethics and to find out what they think can be done to make digital spaces safer for us all.
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