YOUTH-CREATED DIGITAL SAFETY MESSAGE
"Protect Your Digital Footprint!!"
An Internet Safety Message from Our U.S. Youth Life Team
YOUTH PERSPECTIVE
“Internet Inequalities: Why Digital Access Matters"
A youth perspective on why access to technology, connectivity, and digital opportunities should not depend on where someone lives.
YOUTH-CREATED SAFETY MESSAGE
“Digital Safety Starts With You”
Know the risks. Protect yourself. Look out for others.
YOUTH AWARENESS MESSAGE
"Online Child Exploitation: Awareness and Protection"
Protect yourself. Protect your friends. Speak up.
DIGITAL LITERACY CHALLENGE
“Can You Spot the Fake?”
Question what you see. Think critically. Protect yourself online.
WHAT YOUTH ARE SAYING
Hear directly from young people about what they’ve learned, how their perspectives have changed, and what Youth Life has meant to them.
"The organization's mission to advocate for and implement measures to protect children from various forms of exploitation and harm resonated deeply with my values. I spend a lot of time on social media as a teenager. So, it was also necessary for me to become more knowledgeable about online risks and what to watch out for.
Dania - U.S. Youth Life Team
“In our bi-weekly meeting, myself and the other two members of the U.S. Youth Life team meet with members of the Protect Us Kids Sierra Leone team. These meetings opened my eyes to the major social, political, and economic differences of the U.S. compared to countries that are subject to a digital divide.
Dania - U.S. Youth Life Team
"One of the things I learned from Protect Us Kids are the steps you need to take in order to be safe online, and that not everything should be shared for the public to see. I was taught that not everything you do needs to be. part of your online image."
Donald - Sierra Leone Youth Life Team
"My main purpose of joining this group is to stop cyberbullying amongst children and to help spread the word about this group so we can impact more lives globally."
Abigail - Sierra Leone Youth Life Team
"My main purpose of joining this organization is to work hand in hand with the organization to stop social media bullying for children and youth across the world."
Joshua - Sierra Leone Youth Life Team
"Protect Us Kids has a variety of cohorts across the country, so I have been able to learn so much about the internet outside the scope of the United States. This has allowed me to become way more informative and aware of issues taking place outside my country.
Riley - U.S. Youth Life Team
CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH MESSAGE
Created by a Youth Life participant for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
YOUTH LIFE ACROSS COMMUNITIES
Youth Life connects young people across the United States, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Kenya, Bangladesh, and other communities through virtual learning, peer engagement, digital-safety activities, and youth-led projects.
