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Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

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Nationality
  
American

Education
  
Rollins College

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Wendy Lesko

Spouse
  
Matthew Lesko


Wendy Schaetzel Lesko httpsiytimgcomviMwWoALtqMMhqdefaultjpg

Occupation
  
Author, Nonprofit executive

Subject
  
Youth activism, Youth studies

Books
  
Youth!: The 26% Solution

Wendy schaetzel lesko interviewed by morgan lesko 2010


Wendy Schaetzel Lesko is the executive director of the Youth Activism Project. Lesko is an author of several books on youth-led advocacy, especially in the public policy arena, and recognized nationally as a youth voice expert.

Contents

Matthew Lesko interviewed by Morgan Lesko, 2010


Biography

During Lesko's last two years at Rollins College, she created a recreational program for 100 children of Florida orange pickers about 45 minutes from campus. After graduating, she worked for Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers. Her career has included working as the managing editor of the Congressional Monitor, and starting "Today on the Hill," a live daily broadcast focused on action in Congress, for WTOP in Washington, D.C..

Lesko lives in Kensington, Maryland with her husband Matthew Lesko and their two sons, Max and Morgan. Wendy met Matthew in 1982 while she was working at the Congressional Monitor.

Lesko launched the influential Activism 2000 Project in 1992. She is an adult advisor for School Girls Unite in Maryland, and on advisory boards for several organizations, including CommonAction.

Books

  • Maximum Youth Involvement: The Complete Gameplan for Community Action (2003) Published by Youth Activism Project. ASIN: B0006SBDI4
  • No Kidding Around: Americas Young Activists Are Changing Our World and You Can Too! (1992) Published by Information USA. ISBN 978-1-878346-10-0
  • Youth! The 26% Solution (1998) with Emanuel Tsourounis. Published by Information USA. ISBN 978-1-878346-47-6
  • Knock-Your-Socks-Off Training Teens To Be Successful Activists!The Complete Guide For Facilitating A 1-2 Hour Workshop. Published by Youth Activism Project.
  • Youth Advocacy Module Published by U.S. Health & Human Service.
  • Student Activist Training Action Guide Published by Mothers Against Drunk Driving & U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
  • Youth Empowerment Question Why Published by North Carolina Department of Health.
  • Youth As Equal Partners with Adam Kendall. Published by United Way of America.
  • The People Rising: The Campaign Against the Bork Nomination (1989) with Michael Pertschuk. Published by Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-0-938410-89-8
  • The Maternity Sourcebook: 230 Basic Decisions for Pregnancy, Birth, and Baby Care. (1984) Published by Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-446-37525-2
  • The Maternity Sourcebook. (1985) (Reissue) with Matthew Lesko. Published by Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-446-38375-2

    • Recognition

    Lesko has been recognized by diverse publications from across the nation, such as The Washington Post, and the Houston Chronicle, among others. She also received WETA-TV’s "Hometown Heroes" Award in 2004.

    References

    Wendy Schaetzel Lesko Wikipedia
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