Youth Leadership & Community
Purple Tie Change Lab
From a community concern to a practical project; a five-stage approach to youth leadership.
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Purple Tie
Change Lab
A youth leadership initiative that helps young people turn a community concern into a project they can research, carry out and evaluate.
NOTICE → PROVE → CREATE → ACT → ACCOUNT
Notice
Identify a concern in your community.
Prove
Gather evidence and hear from the people affected.
Create
Design a practical response.
Act
Put the project into action.
Account
Explain what happened and what you learned.
Learn through action
Change Lab connects research with community action. Young people learn to ask clear questions, listen to others and test a response to an issue they care about.
The final stage asks participants to explain the results of their work and reflect on what they would do next.
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