I generally love your design aesthetic...and this is no exception. I think it's great. I love the black and red and just the kind of feng shui of the design and the question. also the slight smatter effect of the red letters is nice. and, when i first looked at it i thought the text in the back was courier and thought it looked really good. you might consider it, unless you have some special ultra cool font in mind. keep up the good work!

-Michael

so we need to get this thing together before NCOR, less that a week away. Me and Nick wrote this text that we want to put into a mini 4-page zine letting people know about misled youth. It will have graphics on the front and back, and this text in the middle two pages. What do you think?

--sarah

Misled Youth is a network of young people based online and in NYC who have decided to take control of our education, collaborate with and support each other, and take a stand on the issues that matter to us. We resist apathy and ignorance to make space for our creativity and ideas. There are four parts to what we do:

SELF-EDUCATION AND LEARNING GROUPS
Misled Youth strives to be a place for people with common interests to come together and collectively explore an issue or idea, learn a skill, or share experiences in autonomous study groups.

Misled Youth will support individuals and groups who want to self-educate in any way we can, including providing information, online space, and communication tools. We will help self-educators document what they’ve learned and share it in our online library. We also do workshops as well as organizing and participating in events. To us, this is far more effective than any hierarchical education system because it’s fueled by inspiration, discovery, and collaboration rather than a teacher’s knowledge and a student’s memory.

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Collaborative projects can range from fixing bikes to fixing airplanes, from organizing data to organizing festivals, or from writing graffiti to writing novels. The Misled Youth Network will devote as many tools as we can to whatever project you are interested in initiating. Current projects include poi/fire spinning, screen-printing, and zine making. Multiple groups can cross-collaborate on projects that involve and benefit the Misled Youth community, creating a growing network of education and inspiration.

YOUTH ACTIVISM
Many of us have been mistreated, misrepresented, and mis-educated. Over time we recover, build community, learn, and express ourselves. When we get involved in making change, we’re passing on everything we’ve learned and moving closer to our visions for future generations.

We’re gathering info on a huge range of current struggles, movements, and issues with resource lists to help you get started on getting involved. We believe that all these struggles are linked in their common goals of freedom, justice, and human dignity. We don’t focus on any one ideology or strategy for change. We’ll support you whether you’re running for office or running from the law, as long as you’re pushing towards a world that you truly would want to live in.

PEER SUPPORT
Just as we shouldn't have to rely on teachers for education, we shouldn't rely on guidance counselors for advice. We can't work on cool projects and teach ourselves things and make a difference in the world when we're feeling depressed, isolated, hurt, or confused. This part of our project hasn’t been developed yet, but we see peer support as an essential future goal. Check our website [LINK] to for more support resources.

what do you want me to say I mean it's damn solid. No editorial concerns, good word choices, clear sentence structure, clear presentation of ideas. I say get the design down and run with it!

so we probably won't make many of these cause color is expensive, but i made a color version for the web. what do you think? Me and Nick agreed we were pretty sick of doing all this computer generated design, so this is going back to the DIY style.

--sarah