Phase One: Assessment
Youth in Aberdeen chose child abuse as their project focus. During the course of their assessment, they invited a child protective services worker to speak at one of their meetings; they designed and administered a community survey to gauge their peers' knowledge and perceptions of child abuse; and they gathered information on available community services to help child abuse victims and their families.

Phase Two: Outreach
Teens in Round Rock, Texas, held a series of events at their high school to educate their peers about sexual assault and let victims know where to go for help. They began by handing out Valentine's Day candy with facts about sexual assault attached. Next, the group organized a free self-defense class led by a volunteer community martial arts expert. Before the class, the students made a brief presentation on sexual assault, and handed out T-shirts containing a slogan and a helpline phone number to the class participants. Their final events coincided with a local "battle of the bands" and preparations for the high school prom.

Phase Three: Advocacy
Middle-schoolers in Stamford, Connecticut successfully worked with school resource officers to incorporate their student-created community resource brochure into the town's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) curriculum, letting youth who were already affected by the consequences of drugs in their homes know where to turn for help. In another example, teens in Vinton County, Ohio, learned of anti-bullying legislation that had been introduced in their state legislature in 2004 but was not acted upon before the close of the session. They made plans to lobby their local representatives to re-introduce the legislation and see that it passes in the next session. Meanwhile, they are working with their local school administrators to craft a more thorough and victim-friendly anti-bullying policy for their school district.