| Type: | In the News |
| Status: | Live, 03/30/2007 |
| Article Title: | Somewhere to Walk and Someone to Walk With |
| WestEd Title: | Resiliency Experts Discuss How Libraries and Librarians Strengthen Youth |
| URL: | http://www.voya.com/ |
| Source: | VOYA: Voices of Youth Advocates |
| Pub Date: | February 2007 |
| Sort Date: | 02/28/2007 |
| Date Posted: | 03/30/2007 |
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| Image URL Link: | http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/712 |
| Summary: Bonnie Benard, Senior Program Associate in WestEd's Health & Human Development Program, was featured in an article in VOYA: Voices of Youth Advocates, the library magazine serving those who serve young adults. Benard, the author of Resiliency: What We Have Learned, states that libraries can function as a resiliency "protective factor" for young people by being safe and inviting places and by cataloguing books that interest them. The article can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF). |
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| Program: | Health & Human Development Program |
| Staff: | Bonnie Benard |