Research Question:What extracurricular community resources contribute to adolescent well being, and why?
Thesis Statment:Communities should work towards improving adolescent well being by repurposing public space to encourage healthy risk taking, positive adolescent connection to peers and mentor figures, and access and variety in activity.
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Action Project:Description: My senior thesis highlights the importance of recreation within accessible space, to create ideal outcomes across multiple fronts within adolescent development. Therefore, my objective through my action project was to access an adolescent demographic through Animas High-School to establish a greater sense of recreation culture and community connection within that context. My group; two others and myself, worked to establish this by hosting a local 3 v 3 basketball tournament held during school lunch across the course of 3-4 weeks, where students and staff could form their own groups to compete.
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