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Immediate Action Youth and the RSE

Immediate Action Youth and the RSE. Ours is a powerful voice. And our belief in the unity and interconnectedness of all things constitutes a strong argument for immediate action -Patriarch Bartholomew, October 2009. Contents . Background Proposal Key Milestones Potential Issues Next Steps.

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Immediate Action Youth and the RSE

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  1. Immediate ActionYouth and the RSE Ours is a powerful voice. And our belief in the unity and interconnectedness of all things constitutes a strong argument for immediate action -Patriarch Bartholomew, October 2009

  2. Contents • Background • Proposal • Key Milestones • Potential Issues • Next Steps

  3. Background – Ecumenical Patriarch • His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew, has been recognized as one of the leading advocates for the environment in the world. • His Symposia on Religion, Science and the Environment have laid a strong foundation for us to build upon. • He has called upon all of us to take “immediate action.”

  4. Background – Leadership Program • Summer program at Brown University for High School students focusing on Leadership • Participants called upon to establish personal plan for leadership program back at home • Includes resources to provide advice as projects take root

  5. Goals of Program • Engage Orthodox youth in religious and environmental projects • Increase environmental awareness • Grassroots level promotion of the message of Patriarch Bartholomew • Provide community service for youth

  6. Proposal - Overview • Initiate an annual Greek Orthodox Youth and Family RSE Research Project, using the Patriarch’s RSE Symposia as our foundation • Engage as many parishes/teams as possible • Conclude our research with a mini-Symposium

  7. Projected Timeline

  8. Potential Issues • Kickoff • Insufficient response • Will need to work with parish priests to encourage participation • Encourage family participation if youth feel this is “too much” • Overwhelming response • Be prepared to support larger teams • Limit teams to one per parish • Be prepared to add additional topics • While underway • One or more teams not making progress • Work with team members to recruit additional help • Stress importance of initial symposium having enough teams to not compromise success • Impact of symposium • Need to ensure sufficient coverage to maximize impact • Work to provide coverage in parish bulletins, Observer, GOYA E-bulletin

  9. Support / Leadership Options

  10. Next Steps • Determine best path of support/leadership within Archdiocese District • If he is interested, we could kick it off through his department and then use support structures of Inter-GOYA and Youth Ministries to help engage parishes • Prepare proposal to be presented to wider audience • Begin to recruit volunteers from Resurrection

  11. Appendix • Detailed phases of program

  12. Initiation • Determine most appropriate organizational structure, working with one or more of: • Inter-GOYA • Department of Religious Education • Department of Society and Culture • Propose topics for symposium • For first year, we should mirror Patriarch’s symposia • Each parish/team would select one of the eight bodies of water covered by RSE Symposia • Each team would then focus on • Original symposium • Updates since that symposium • Recommendations

  13. Engagement of Parishes • Work with one or more of the departments on slide 8 • Approach priests and advisors of the District parishes • Possible Parishes to approach are Babylon, Bridgeport, Brookville, Hartford, Hempstead, New Rochelle, Roslyn, Rye, South Hampton… • Establish 3-8 teams, each with 3-5 students • May have more than one per parish if demand exists • Neighboring parishes may collaborate on one team • Each team to create a presentation on their given topic • Students would be encouraged to involve their families as means of further “spreading the word” • This can count for community service hours

  14. Research Phase • Distribute topics among parishes • Agree to time frame for research and preparation of results, likely 5-6 months • Schedule periodic checkpoints during that period to determine whether teams are on schedule or assistance is needed

  15. Conclusion • One parish would host symposium where all results would be presented • This would also be used to promote environmental goals of His All Holiness to a wider audience • Results would be made available online and for publication (e.g. Orthodox Observer?)

  16. Post Conclusion • Evaluate success of program • Determine feasibility of expanding to additional Metropolises • Choose topics for following year • Rivers, Forests, Energy, etc...

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