Resource Action Centre

Resource Action Centre (RAC) is an archive desgned to give youth access to information related to getting involved in their communities. From Indexes of philanthropic organizations, to alternative media, the RAC is a good place to begin reseraching organizations and finding specialized information about issues important to youth.

The archive can be found in the YAN office. Groups and individuals are welcome to peruse the shelves whether they are researching for projects, or even for a bit of light reading.

A project underway now is getting our archive of alternative and main-stream media on-line and searchable by youth around the world.
 

!NEW! Keep it Real - Media Literacy Manual 

Keep It Real is a manual for teachers and students who want to bring issues of Hip Hop, commodification and gender into the classroom.

It is a program in media literacy that aims to involve students in their own education and in the world in which they are consumers, activists, and artists. It aims to address different aspects of the Hip Hop lifestyle, from clothes to values to music to spoken word to graffiti, from a variety of perspectives. It helps students link visible, everyday aspects of Hip Hop culture to bigger issues in history, health, human rights, language, and sociology. It connects ideas in music videos to current events in the news.
Its activities and suggestions are designed for student-teacher/facilitator partnerships and purposely open-ended to trigger discussion and debate. They can be adapted and integrated into a high school curriculum, training session or workshop.
 
Click here to download the manual in PDF (1.33 MB)

Fire It Up! - A Youth Action Manual

Looking for specific information and advice on getting your group up and going? You can find all the chapters of Fire It Up! Contact us at YAN if you would like to order a copy of Fire It Up! * Note * currently we can only offer the bound manual at cost. (Approx. $5)

Click here to download the full manual in PDF (3.8 MB)
Click here for individual items in manual.

Anti-Oppression Kit

Click here to download the anti-oppression kit.