Ageism-Challenging Resources: 

Ageism is prejudice multiplied by power used by persons age 18-49 against persons aged 0-17 and 50+ that excludes them from individual, cultural, and systemic resources (Chen-Hayes, Ockerman, & Mason, 2014). To help close achievement (and opportunity and attainment) gaps, I've highlighed in purple below resources (including evidence-based classroom curricula) that every School Counselor can share with K-12 stakeholders via their School Counseling Program Advisory Councils, School Counseling Core Curriculum classroom lessons, planning for every student, group and individual counseling, and School Counseling Program website resource tabs for students, educators, and families:

• #Ageism Hashtag for organizing to affirm persons under the age of 19 and over the age of 50 and those who are challenging age-based oppression
• #EndViolence: UNICEF campaign to end all forms of violence against children and youth (sexual, physical, emotional, bullying, murder www.unicef.org/endviolence
• #UpForSchool Hashtag organizing for universal international schooling as follows: To the Prime Minister of Pakistan, leading donor countries and world leaders: To honour the more than 100 children killed in Peshawar, we, the world's youth, teachers, parents and global citizens appeal to our governments to keep their promise, made at the United Nations in 2000, to ensure all out-of-school children gain their right to education before the end of 2015. We are standing up to bring an end to the barriers preventing girls and boys from going to school, including forced work and early marriage, conflict and attacks on schools, exploitation and discrimination. All children deserve the opportunity to learn and achieve their potential. We are #UpForSchool.
• 1 Blue String: Campaign asking guitarists to use 1 blue string out of their six strings to represent visually 1 in 6 men is sexually abused as a child and help end the violence https://www.1bluestring.org/learn-more/
• 100 National Standards from Mrs. Puglisi: https://www.susanohanian.org/show_sarahsnotes.php?id=29
• Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo: Grandmothers for justice regarding the disappeared children of Argentina (English/Español) https://www.abuelas.org.ar/english/history.htm 
• Advocates for Youth: Rights. Respect. Responsibility. www.advocatesforyouth.org
• Agediscrimination.info www.agediscrimination.info
• Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide https://ubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/YouthGuide/YouthGuideOrderFrom.htm
• Alliance for Retired Americans www.retiredamericans.org
• Alzheimer's Association: 24-hour helpline: 800.272.3900 (الجولة دماغك), 中文, 探索大腦之旅, Vodič kroz Mozak, English, Aivokierros, Exploration du cerveau, Gehirn-Tour, Il viaggio interattivo nel cervello, ブレインツアーは, 뇌 투어, Podróż wgłąb mózgu, A viagem ao cérebro, Посещение головного мозга, Portal Español de la Alzheimer's Association, Tham quan Não) www.alz.org... 
• Black Youth Project: Knowledge, voice, action (blog, research) https://research.blackyouthproject.com/about-us/
• Camp Aranu'tiq: Outdoor summer camp to build leadership skills and support transgender and gender-variant children and youth www.camparanutiq.org
• Campaign for Better Care: Advocating for a health care system that is effective for older adults with multiple health conditions and their families https://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cbc_issues_landing
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood  www.commercialexploitation.com
• Campaign for Youth www.campaignforyouth.org
• Campaign for Youth Justice https://www.campaignforyouthjustice.org/
• Caring across Generations: Building a movement to defend what we have and create what we need for future generations so that we can be a nation that takes care of one another across generations https://caringacrossgenerations.org/
• The Center for Effective Discipline: Educating about better parenting and education that involves ending corporal punishment toward children and using evidence-based, nonviolent, safer alternatives https://www.stophitting.com/
• Center for Young Women's Health www.youngwomenshealth.org 
• Child Abuse Hotline: 800-4-A-CHILD (422.4453) or 800.2.A.CHILD (222.4453, TDD)  
• ChildHelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline  800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453) or 800-2-A-CHILD (800-222-4453, TDD) (multilingual)
• Child Labor Coalition https://clc.designannexe.com 
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) www.colage.org 
• Children of the Night: Rescuing children and adolescents from sex trafficking www.childrenofthe night.org 800-551-1300 (espanol & English)
  
• Children’s Defense Fund www.childrensdefense.org
• Children’s Environmental Health Network www.cehn.org 
• Children's Rights: Reforming failing child welfare systems www.childrensrights.org
• Children’s Rights Information Network www.crin.org
• Citizens' Committee for Children of New York: Advocacy with public policy research, data analysis, and citizen action www.cccnewyork.org
• College Degree Boom Is Leaving Poor Kids Behind (graphic): https://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/23/college_attainment_inequality_higher_education_boom_is_leaving_the_poor.html
• Coming of Age: It's about what people 50+ can do www.comingofage.org...
• Committee for Children: Working globally for children's academic and social success www.cfchildren.org 
• Compassion and Choices: Improving care and expanding choices at the end of life www.compassionandchoices.org...
• Compassionate Friends: Supporting family members after the death of a child or adolescent www.compassionatefriends.org
• Computer Clubhouse: Building after-school technology youth competencies in under-resourced communities in 20 countries www.computerclubhouse.org
• Computers for Youth: CFY's Take IT Home program improves children’s learning environment at home and to strengthen the school-home connection www.cfy.org
• Crisis Intervention Hotline (24/7, children, youth, families)-BoysTown-800-448-3000 or 800-448-1833 (TDD)
• Crisis Intervention Hotline (24/7, children, youth, families)-Covenant House-800-999-9999
• CYFERnet: Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network https://www.cyfernet.org
  
• Developmental Assets: Search Institute’s framework of 40 Developmental Assets has become the most widely used approach to positive child and adolescent development in the United States. The assets are grounded in extensive research in child and adolescent development, resiliency, and prevention. They represent the relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities that young people need to avoid risks and to thrive www.search-institute.org/ 
• Do Something.org: Using the power of online to get teens to do good stuff offline www.dosomething.org
• Elder Abuse Hotline: 800-252-8966
• Elder Maltreatment Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/eldermaltreatment/index.html
• Energy Action Coalition: Youth climate movement www.energyactioncoalition.org
• Every Child Matters Education Fund: Making children a national political priority www.everychildmatters.org
• Family and Community Resources for Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Adolescents with Disabilities (English, Español) https://nichcy.org/families-community
• First Star: Putting children first www.firststar.org
• The FreeChild Project: Advocacy, information, & social change led by/with young people, especially those denied rights to participate.www.freechild.org
• Free the Children www.freethechildren.com
• Futures without Violence: Prevents and ends violence against women and children worldwide www.futureswithoutviolence.org
• Generations United: Improving the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational collaboration www.gu.org
• GirlsInc. www.girlsinc.org
• Global AgeWatch Index www.globalagewatch.org
• Global Fund for Children www.globalfundforchildren.org 
• Global Slavery Index https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/
• Global Youth Action Network www.youthlink.org   
• Global Youth Connect www.globalyouthconnect.org
• Great Websites for Kids (animals, the arts, history & biography, literature & languages, mathematics & computers, reference desk, sciences, social sciences) https://gws.ala.org/
• GuardingKids.com: Responsible use of technology and stopping cyberbullying resources https://www.guardingkids.com
• Homeless/Runaway Youth Helpline/The Nine Line: 1.800.999.9999 www.covenanthouse.org   
• Indykids!: A free paper for free kids (4th-11th grade reporting on social justice issues and media without corporate influence); https://vialogues.com/vialogues/play/12173 ; https://www.indykids.org
• International Day of Older Persons (October 1) https://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/
• International Youth Day (August 12) https://www.un.org/en/events/youthday/
• International Youth Foundation www.iyfnet.org
• Invisible Children: Ending the use of child soldiers www2.invisiblechildren.com...
• It Gets Better Project: Give hope to LBGT youth https://www.itgetsbetter.org/
• Joyful Heart Foundation: Ending sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse www.joyfulheartfoundation.org
• Justice for Children www.jfcadvocacy.org
• Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum: The USA's only anti-bullying, diversity-affirming museum for children and youth (Ewing, NJ) https://kidsbridgemuseum.org
• KidsCamps.com: Free internet search directory for summer camps throughout the USA and in over 100 countries worldwide https://www.kidscamps.com/
• Kids Helping Kids: Help for kids with catastrophic illness/mobility needs www.kidshelping.org
• The Kids Right To Read Project: Challenging censorship and promoting freedom of reading https://www.ncac.org/Kids-Right-to-Read
• Little Miss Geek: Inspiring girls to be tech pioneers www.littlemissgeek.org
• McTucky Fried High School: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) teen/tween web series tackling gender identity, coming out, bullying www.mctuckyfriedhigh.com
• My Child's Future: Parent involvement = future success (career development and educational/college planning suggestions for parents and guardians of elementary, middle, and high school students) https://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/item.htm?id=0
• National Alliance for Grieving Children:  Resources and support for children and adolescents experience loss of a loved one https://childrengrieve.org
• National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities (AACLD): Advocating for African American families with children who learn differently www.aacld.org/
• National Center for Children in Poverty www.nccp.org
• National Center for Youth Law: Using the law to improve the lives of poor children www.youthlaw.org...
• National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-25-ABUSE
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: Information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth. Easy-to-read information on IDEA, the law authorizing early intervention services and special education with 50 states' resource sheets for resources and disability organizations www.nichcy.org
• National Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116
• National Network for Youth www.nn4youth.org
• National Resource Center for Youth Development: Building capacity to meet adolescent needs in state/tribal child welfare systems www.nrcyd.ou.edu 
• National Resource Center on LGBT Aging www.lgbtagingcenter.org
• National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-Run-Away https://www.1800runaway.org/
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition www.nyac.org
• National Senior Citizens Law Center: Protecting the rights of low-income older adults www.nsclc.org...
• Over 50 and Out of Work: Video advocacy and interview project demonstrating the lasting effects of The Great Recession on older adults and their unemployment and underemployment https://www.overfiftyandoutofwork.com/
• Playgrounds by Leathers (community-built) https://leathersassociates.com/
• ProjectYANO: Project on Youth & Non-Military Opportunities www.projectyano.org
• SafeKids.com: Online safety & civility www.safekids.com... 
• Safe Kids USA: Preventing injuries at home at play and on the way www.safekids.org
• Save the Children: Grounded in our shared vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation, our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives https://www.savethechildren.org
• Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) www.sage.org
• Share Our Strength: No kid hungry www.strength.org
• Skateistan: Skateboarding engages  hard-to-reach young people providing new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment programs. Skateistan started in Afghanistan and expanded to Cambodian youth in Phnom Penh and youth in Johannesburg, South Africa. In Kabul, Afghanistan, participants come from  diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and include 40% female students, hundreds of streetworking children, and youth with disabilities www.skateistan.org
• Stand for Children www.stand.org 
• Stand Up for Kids: Helping homeless & street kids www.standupforkids.org 
• Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships: Evidence-based teen dating violence and abuse prevention for 11-14 year olds in middle school with specific curricula, vidoeos, resources, and successful outcome evidence www.startstrong.futureswithoutviolence.org
• Support Kids Now: Resources for lack of child support payments www.supportkidsnow.org
• Take 25: National child safety campaign of the National Center for Missing Exploited Children encouraging families to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about safety and abduction prevention and heighten awareness about child safety issues, observed each year on May 25, National Missing Children's Day. Free safety tips, conversation starters, and mini-lessons. www.missingkids.com/Take25
• Taking It Global: Inspire, inform, involve--largest youth online community devoted to global issues and positive social change www.tigweb.org... 
• Teen Angels: Teen cybersafety experts www.teenangels.org 
• Teen Voices: Changing the world for girls through media www.teenvoices.com
• Tween Angels: Tween internet safety experts www.tweenangels.org
• UNICEF: Advocating children's rights, meeting basic needs, and expanding their opportunities www.unicef.org
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) www.hrweb.org..
• United We Dream: Network of youth-led immigration organizations in the USA focused on equitable access to higher education for all students without regard to immigration status led by undocumented immigrant youth and allies www.unitedwedream.org
• Voices for America's Children www.voices.org
• What Kids Can Do: Supporting adolescent learning in and out of school. Using digital, print, and broadcast media showing the power of what young people can accomplish when given the opportunities and supports they need and what they can contribute when their voices and ideas are taken seriously especially youth marginalized by poverty, race, and language, ages 12 to 22.  www.whatkidscando.org...
• Women's College Coalition: Transforming the world through the education and success of women and girls www.womenscolleges.org
• Worldwide Orphans Foundation: Transforming the lives of orphaned children www.wwo.org 
• Youth and Gender Media Project: Films and social change for and about gender noncomforming youth www.youthandgendermediaproject.org/
• Youth for Environmental Sanity www.yesworld.org  
• Youth on Board: Pioneering permanent change in how society views young people www.youthonboard.org 
• Youth Service America: Engaging children and youth as volunteers, academic achievers, and community leaders www.ysa.org
• Youth Suicide School-Based Prevention Guide http://theguide.fmhi.usf.edu/pdf/2012PDFs/2012GuideAll.pdf
• Youth Venture  www.genv.net