KEY FINDINGS

Strategies for Adapting Culminating Events During COVID, with Implications Going Forward

Young people consistently rank culminating events -- performances, exhibitions, youth summits, screenings of their films -- as a powerful motivator and key aspect of their involvement in creative youth development programs. These research findings identify how CYD programs adapted culminating events during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely to virtual environments, and identifies challenges, trends, and new approaches.