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Youth Organizing and Youth Action for Healthy Communities

Youth Organizing and Youth Action for Healthy Communities. Matt Calvert, UW-Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist Theresa Kuehl , Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Susan Ramspacher , Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Agree--- Disagree Cautions and Opportunities.

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Youth Organizing and Youth Action for Healthy Communities

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  1. Youth Organizing and Youth Action for Healthy Communities Matt Calvert, UW-Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist Theresa Kuehl, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Susan Ramspacher, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence

  2. Agree---DisagreeCautions and Opportunities

  3. Hart’s Ladder of Young People’s Participation • Work in triads • Identify progression of young people’s participation moving from least engaged to most • Describe experiences of an effort to engage young people

  4. Ladder of Young People’s Participation Rung 3 - Young people are tokenized Rung 2 - Young people are decoration Rung 1 - Young people are manipulated

  5. Historical and Cultural Context • Youth separated from adults and from the day-to-day lives of their communities • Positive Youth Development approach • adolescents are active contributors to their own development • and assets to their communities. • Youth Activism

  6. Youth Perspective • 25% of youth perceive that their communities value youth • 28% believe that youth are given useful roles in the community. (Search Institute 1999-2000 survey)

  7. Levels of Youth Engagement Shared Leadership Input & Consultation Contribution: Projects, Tasks, & Service Learning Adapted from Richard Goll, 2002.

  8. MENS Club (Men Encouraging Non-Violent Strength) Shared Leadership Input & Consultation Contribution: Projects, Tasks, & Service Learning

  9. MENS Club (Men Encouraging Non-Violent Strength) Input & Consultation Shared Leadership Contribution: Projects, Tasks, & Service Learning

  10. MENS Club (Men Encouraging Non-Violent Strength) Shared Leadership Input & Consultation Contribution: Projects, Tasks, & Service Learning

  11. Governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse Teen Summit on Dating and Sexual Violence

  12. Resources • Youth-Adult Partnership in Community and GovernmentResearch and Resources for Youth Engagement fyi.uwex.edu/youthadultpartnership/

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