Submitted by nickpetr on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:58.
Ron Kipling Williams is a political/social performance artist, media activist, and member of the Indypendent Reader Editorial Group and the Radical Artist Movement (RAM).
One of the biggest misconceptions about youth advocacy, and as ayouth advocate, I can attest to this, is that adults are manipulating the young people into engaging in actions that are counterproductive and consequently detrimental to their cause. This is not the case at all.
First, instead of executing outside judgments, I would invite those who are skeptical to see firsthand what our involvement entails.