How to Help Teens Design Community Projects That Aren’t Adult-Run
Plan youth led community projects with teens in charge of meaningful choices. Learn how to set boundaries, consult partners, and support reflection.
Hispanic Heritage Month: Youth-Led Projects That Celebrate Culture and Community
Explore Hispanic Heritage Month projects teens can lead. Plan respectful cultural learning, invite community input, and keep youth choices central.
Why Teamwork Is a Life Skill: Lessons Mentors Can Bring From Athletics
Build teamwork life skills through youth mentoring. Use sports-inspired ideas to practice listening, shared roles, respectful disagreement, and reflection.
First Home Game Energy: How Coug Fans Can Back Youth Leadership
Support youth leadership with practical action. Learn how Coug fans, alumni, families, and businesses can listen, contribute, and keep teens in charge.
Team-Building Activities That Help Teens Practice Leadership
Practical team-building activities mentors can use with teens to build leadership, belonging, communication, and youth-led service skills.
Back-to-School Confidence: A Mentor’s Checklist for Teens Ages 13-18
A practical mentor checklist for teens ages 13-18 to build back-to-school confidence through belonging, planning, encouragement, and youth-led next steps.
Service as Citizenship: How Youth-Led Projects Build Confident Community Leaders
Youth-led service projects help young people practice leadership, belonging, planning, and community responsibility with mentors beside them.
Juneteenth and Youth Leadership: Service Projects That Honor Community Strength
Use these Juneteenth youth leadership service project ideas to help students learn history, listen locally, and serve in ways that honor community strength.
What a Cougs 4 Kids Leadership Workshop Looks Like
See what a Cougs 4 Kids youth leadership workshop can look like, from belonging and icebreakers to mentor-led reflection and service planning.
Pride Month Mentorship: Creating Belonging for LGBTQ+ Youth in Leadership Programs
A Pride Month guide for WSU mentors on creating belonging for LGBTQ+ youth through safe, respectful, youth-centered leadership programs.