Adam Fletcher is a Canadian reseacher/activist who lives in Olympia, Washington.

Adam was born to Charlette Harris and Robert Sasse on March 3, 1975, in Calgary, Alberta and spent the majority of his youth in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, Tacoma, Washington, and Taos, New Mexico before graduating from The Evergreen State College in Olympia.

He is the founder of The Freechild Project, an international organization dedicating to growing democracy through youth engagement. He is a internationally recognized expert on youth empowerment and youth civic engagement, and has authored dozens of articles and publications on youth activism, youth voice team building, meaningful student involvement and student-led school change. He is currently writing a book on youth rights with Alex Koroknay-Palicz of the National Youth Rights Association. Fletcher is also the developer of SoundOut, a website on meaningful student involvement.

Publications

• (2005) Meaningful Student Involvement: A Guide to Students as Partners in School Change.
• (2004) Stories of Meaningful Student Involvement.
• (2004) Meaningful Student Involvement Research Guide.
• (2003) Meaningful Student Involvement Resource Guide.
• (2003) So You Wanna Be a Playa? Freechild Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change.
• (2002) Fire Starter Youth Empowerment Curriculum.