The Youth Edition is a ready-to-use engagement model for youth-centered spaces, including:
 
Libraries
Schools and classrooms
After-school programs
Youth development organizations
Community and nonprofit programs
 
The experience begins with hands-on activity and moves into structured reflection using a simple framework: DO • NOTICE • CONNECT
 
How it Works: 
 
DO- Young people begin with interactive activities like the signature prompt:
What’s Your Diversity Formula?
 
NOTICE- Participants reflect on what they observe during the activity:
patterns in choices and perspectives
differences in how people build their formulas
what surprises or stands out
how the group interacts during the process
 
CONNECT- Participants deepen the experience through structured reflection using:
Reflect prompts (self-awareness)
Relate prompts (perspective-taking)
Rise Up prompts (action and responsibility)
This is where individual insight becomes shared understanding and conversation.
 
WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGE
Across youth spaces, this experience helps shift group dynamics in meaningful ways:
Conversations move beyond surface-level responses
More young people participate—not just the most vocal voices
Participants begin using shared language to talk about identity and experience
Listening becomes more intentional and engaged
Groups build stronger connection and trust over time
 
This is not about telling young people what to think.
It is about giving them a structure for how to think together.
 
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Table of Diversity Youth Edition Poster
Reflect, Relate, and Rise Up Card Decks
Activity Deck (including “What’s Your Diversity Formula?”)
Facilitator Guide and Card
Take Action Reflection Sheet (captures learning and insight)
 
Designed for both facilitator-led and youth-led use.