About Adobe Youth Voices

What is Adobe Youth Voices?

Adobe Youth Voices aims to empower youth in underserved communities around the globe with real-world experiences and 21st century tools to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.

Launched in June 2006, Adobe Youth Voices is Adobe Foundation's global signature philanthropy program designed to provide youth in underserved communities with the critical skills they need to become active and engaged members of their communities and the world at large.

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What is Adobe Youth Voices Essentials?

Adobe Youth Voices Essentials is a set of open curricula and resources for educators to create breakthrough learning experiences for the young people they teach. Based on the best practices of the Adobe Youth Voices Program, these tools help empower youth to better communicate their ides, exhibit their potential and take action in their communities.

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Where is Adobe Youth Voices?

The Adobe Youth Voices global network now includes more than 500 sites, grantees, and organizations, in 32 countries engaging youth in schools and out of school programs to create media for social change.

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Program impact

The Adobe Foundation is collaborating with the Education Development Center (EDC) in a coordinated, ongoing evaluation of Adobe Youth Voices. The evaluation is measuring the effectiveness of Adobe Youth Voices regarding intended outcomes for teachers and students. The evaluation focuses on documenting the outcomes achieved by youth and teachers participating in the program. For youth, positive results include a deepened engagement in education and career development as well as the acquisition of relevant 21st century skills and increased self-confidence and pride in their abilities. Teacher outcomes include gaining skills in effectively using digital tools with youth, increasing the use of digital tools to teach across content areas, and capitalizing on the learning opportunities presented when youth use media to express themselves.

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