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Creating a Thriving Organization for the Next 100 Years!

Creating a Thriving Organization for the Next 100 Years!. Connie Schneider, Director ANR Statewide Youth, Families and Communities Program Monday, February 11, 2013. Two Centennial Celebrations!. 4-H – 2013 Land Grant Universities - 2014 Smith Lever Act . Overview.

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Creating a Thriving Organization for the Next 100 Years!

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  1. Creating a Thriving Organization for the Next 100 Years! Connie Schneider, Director ANR Statewide Youth, Families and Communities Program Monday, February 11, 2013

  2. Two Centennial Celebrations! • 4-H – 2013 • Land Grant Universities - 2014 • Smith Lever Act

  3. Overview • What is our history? • What is our future?

  4. The Beginning of LGU In two Congressional Acts (1862 & 1890), specific universities designated as land-grant universities. Mission: Teach agriculture and mechanic arts.

  5. The 4-H Seed: Teaching Children to Teach Adults 4-H evolved to address the needs of the changing environment

  6. http://4-hhistorypreservation.com/History/Clover/

  7. 1914 Smith-Lever Act: Cooperative Extension Mission: Educational Training and Assistance 1. Agriculture 2. Home Economics (Family and Consumer Sciences) 3. 4-H Youth Development 4. Community Development

  8. Helping communities to thrive during WWI and WWII

  9. A great bunch of kids “I was down to the Los Angeles Livestock Show, and I saw these hundreds of farmer boys that had fattened and cared for a calf, or pig, or sheep, themselves. It's a thing called the 4-H Club. Somebody was inspired when they founded that. It's all over the country. By golly, they are a great bunch of kids, and they have some fine stock." - Will Rogers, 1934. http://4-hhistorypreservation.com/History/4-H_Quotes/

  10. 4-H Volunteers • Major roles over the last 100 years Donate continual gifts • Time • Resources • Experience • Inspire and empower youth

  11. UC 4-H has evolved to address the needs of the changing environment over the past 100 years in California

  12. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources - the bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. UC 4-H assess issues and teaches solutions based on evidenced-base research.

  13. Healthy Families & Communities Special EditionJan-Mar 2013

  14. 4-H Sustainability New UC 4-H Era Changing environment Needs of young people Commitment to volunteerism

  15. Appreciation for supporting 4-H and being a part of building sustainability and capacity

  16. As we embark in a new 4-H era and kick off the next 100 years!

  17. This will take energy – lets start with dining together.

  18. References • Braverman MT, Franz, NK, Rennekamp RA.2012. Extension’s Evolving Alignment of Programs Serving Fameilies and Youth: Organizational Change and Its Implications. JOE.50:6. http://www.joe.org/joe/2012december/pdf/JOE_v50_6a1.pdf • Editors. UC land grants: A photo history. 2012. California Agriculture 66(2):46-49. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v066n02p46. http://ucanr.org/repository/cao/landingpage.cfm?article=ca.v066n02p46&fulltext=yes • UC Berkeley, Taking the University to the People: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Oral History Project http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/anr/about.html • UC CA 4-H History http://www.ca4h.org/About/History/CaliforniaHistory/ • Fritz-Metcalf collection, UCB - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/fmpc/

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