This issue of Insight spotlights the "Y" in GCYF: Youth. The issue frames and illustrates strong currents in both youth development practices and community initiatives that move beyond the gloom cast by our culture on today's youth.

The hope is to stimulate an ongoing, forward-moving discussion about highly promising, innovative ways to think about and support youth--ways that emphasize young people's talents, perspectives, and most significantly, their leadership in important public arenas and decision-making.

In particular, this issue heralds a deep shift in thinking and practice that regards America's youth, not just as assets and resources, but also as leaders and stakeholders in communities. Abandoning the narrow sidelines of inaction and disengagement, growing numbers of youth have already demonstrated the possibilities and power of shared leadership, mutual respect and community transformation.

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