The organizations found below provide action research and participatory evaluation opportunities for youth.  There are many other great organizations doing similar work.  We will be expanding our links and resources section in the future.  

Youth Research and Evaluation Links:

Youth Strategy Project - Data Center
The Youth Strategy Project provides strategic research, consultation, and training for social, economic and environmental justice organizations. It is tailored to build the research and analytical skills of the next generation of movement leaders.

Literacy for Environmental Justice
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is an urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization created specifically to address the unique ecological and social concerns of Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco, and the surrounding communities of Mission, Potrero Hill, Visitacion Valley, and Excelsior.

The Freechild Project
The Freechild Project provides tools and training to young people and adults that engage children and youth in social change. Freechild has been working for almost eight years to promote the idea that when engaged in meaningful ways throughout society, the knowledge, action and wisdom of children and youth can make the world more democratic, more non-violent and more engaging for everyone.

The Youth Action Research Institute (YARI) of the Institute for Community Research
YARI was formed in 1996 based on nearly a decade of work on youth-led action research for development, risk prevention, and social change. YARI promotes the use of action research for personal, group, and community development. Participants include children, preadolescents, and youth of diverse ethnic backgrounds as well as sexual minority youth.

Youth Action Research Group
The Youth Action Research Group (YARG) involves community residents in defining, researching and critically analyzing the challenges facing their neighborhoods. The young people in YARG learn participatory action research methods and ethnographic techniques to better understand their surrounding community for the purpose of addressing pressing social issues.

Evaluation Resources:

Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity
Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity is a project of Center for Assessment and Policy Development. The Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity website is organized around the typical stages that a community group or coalition working on racial justice issues might go through in planning, conducting, and using evaluation.