As part of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA), we have established a YPAR community. Our goal is to learn how to best facilitate YPAR to create meaningful change on young people’s terms. That means engaging with youth and adult practitioners.

Intergenerational. International.

  • USA

    We have youth and adult members in Colorado (Dr. Dane Stickney), Michigan (Dr. Rachel Radina), and Massachusetts (Dr. Rachel Kulick). This image shows middle schoolers in Milahd Makooi’s middle-school Colorado classroom meeting with elected officials to demand safer streets.

  • Greece

    We have youth and adult members in Greece as part of the Erasmus Project. This photo shows Greek students, along with Dr. Kostis Sipitanos, presenting remotely at a conference with American youth

  • United Kingdom

    Our partners in the UK, including Dr. Dave McPartlan, focus on mental health. Here is an image of a “dream school” that British youth devised.

Our core members

Youth from the USA and Greece
Rachel Kulick, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Milahd Makooi, Mapleton (CO) Public Schools
Dave McPartlan, University of Cumbria (UK)
Rachel Radina, Eastern Michigan University
Kostis Sipitanos, University of Crete (Greece)
Dane Stickney, University of Colorado Denver

For more information, email Dane at danestickney@gmail.com