Participatory Action Research Team for Youth (PARTY) is a paid opportunity for youth aged 14-19 to build community, learn research skills, and take action. Youth Participatory Action Research is an approach to change that centers on youth voices and challenges the idea that only adults know how to solve problems in our neighborhoods and our world.
Six young people worked on a research project with help from Food to Power and Colorado College. We've been learning about the food system, food justice, and how to do community-based research. We decided to investigate how people get the ingredients they need for important family dishes, the stories that come with the recipes, and how those stories shape families’ relationship to food, community, and culture.
