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Our "Participatory Planning Training with Children and Youth" has been voted as one of the top workshops at the 2020 International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) North American Conference.
Learn the basic principles for how to create child-friendly cities with and for children! 
TRAINING OPTION I: Participatory Planning with Children and Youth
Across the world, hundreds of decisions are made each day that affect children. Yet, rarely are the voices of young people considered. Learn how a unique partnership in Boulder, Colorado, is seeking to change this. The Growing Up Boulder program has engaged 6,000 children and youth and 1,500 university students in important policy and planning decisions. We’ll explore why youth participation matters and share real-life case studies that may be similar to situations you have at home. Be sure to save space in your toolkit, because we’ll also highlight techniques we’ve found most effective. Together, we’ll participate in a fun feedback activity, after which we’ll curate themes and show how they might be acted upon. You might be surprised by what you hear! 

TRAINING OPTION II: A Child-Friendly City Map: How and Why to Make One in Your Community
Growing Up Boulder created the US’s first child-friendly city and teen-friendly city map in 2019! These maps, available in both digital and printed form, highlight the city’s most child-friendly recreational, cultural, and educational locations and have been wildly successful.  Map designs were co-created with nearly 1,200 young people and their families, more than 50% of whom were from historically marginalized groups.  Not only did the map-making process give children and parents a voice in their community, but the process served as an assessment for the child-friendliness (or not) of the city.  Data collected has informed city priorities and new child-friendly locations.  Through this interactive training, participants will learn the many benefits of co-designing child-friendly city maps and will walk away with a guide for how to embark upon a similar process for their own communities.
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TRAINING RATES
Our interactive, fun, and informative trainings take between 90-120 minutes and are held via Zoom.  Once COVID-19 restrictions lift, we will also be available for in-person trainings, which include more hands-on activities.  [Note: in-person trainings will incur additional travel fees.]

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COMING SOON: A 12-WEEK COURSE FOR HOW TO CONDUCT PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND BEGIN CHILD-FRIENDLY CITIES WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY


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*Growing Up Boulder (GUB) is a child-friendly city initiative and partnership between the City of Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, and University of Colorado's Community Engagement Design and Research (CEDaR) Center.  Our programs have been including young people in city decision-making for more than 10 years.

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    • Training
    • Consulting
    • Keynotes
  • Get Involved
    • Subscribe
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  • Resources
    • Annual Reports & Newsletters
    • Child and Teen- Friendly City Maps >
      • Printed Child-Friendly City Map
      • Digital Child-Friendly City Map
      • Teen-Friendly City Map
      • Sponsor Boulder's Child-Friendly City Map
      • About the CFC map
    • Picture Books for Social Justice
    • Digital Tutorials for Kids
    • Books and Articles by GUB team
  • News
    • Press
    • GUB Blog
  • Donate