HomeMy WebLinkAboutB.AUDIOCONFERENCE 11/20/02From: RPD1 (John Kyle) <RPDl@nlc.org>
To: RPD1 (John Kyle) <RPDl(I~nlc.org>
Date: Friday, November 01, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: news from NLC
To: Regi~;~nts with National League of Cities' Inatituto for Youth, Education, and Families
From: John E. Kyle, Program Director, Outreach and Strategic Planning
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'~- audloconforsnce on November 20 re vulnerable, out-of-school youth
- trslning for local offlclaie on communicating with youth on December 3
- audlOC°nforence on December 18 on youth m leaders
- youth civic engagement reeaamh
- A~lvoCsaey, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's POlicy magazine - Issue devoted to welfare reform, etc.
Wednasday, November 20, 2002 at 12:30 p.m. (Eea, tem Time) is the date and time for NLC's next hour-long
audioconferenca for municipal and community leaders, youth specialists directors, and other interested parties. The
deadline for registration is close of business Monday, November 18. REGISTER NOW for "Pathways to Success: Cities
Paving the Way for Vulnerable and Out-of-School Youth."
This audioconference will highlight how community programs and policies can provide positive options for some of the
most vulnerable youth. These 16-24 year-old youth am often unemployed, school dropouts, in footer cam, and/or in
trouble with the law. "There are over 5 million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who have lost their way...
They want to be well educated, they want to support their families, they want to contribute...But, they cannot find the
path.... They need us as partners," says Dorothy Stonembn, President of YouthBuitd USA.
The epeakem are:
- Shaft T0w~sand. Commissioner, Department of Youth and Family Services, Albany, N.Y. (pop. 98,000) (Albany
connects vulnerable young people to one-stop centers that offer comprehensive education, employment, and youth
development opportunities.)
- Marp_aret Morton. Executive Director, Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement, Sylacauga, Ala. (pop. 12,000)
(Sylaceuge provides family-centered counseling to juveniles who have had encounters with the police.)
- Chdstooher Ashford. Senior Program Officer, AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, Washington,
D.C.
TO REGISTER: Send your name, title, organization, mailing address (including street, city, state, and zip), e-mail, phone,
and fax by e-mail to reid@nlc, org or by fax to IYEF at 202/6263043. No telephone registrations can ~ accepted. The
day before the evont, an e-mail or fax will be Sent to each registrant with call-in instructions. This audioconferance is free
and available only to a limited number of participants. You may call in from anywhere. A separate registration is needed
for each phone fine used to call in to listen. Participants are encouraged to invite a group of people to meet together to
listen on a speakerphone. For questions, leave a message on the information line at 202/626-3014 or e-mail to
reid~nlc.org.
Training for local offlcieie on communicating with youth. On Tuesday, December 3, NLC's Leadership Training
Institute is holding a session for local officials in Salt Lake City as part of NLC's annual Congress of Cities. An adult
trainer and a youth trainer - representing the Innovation Center, affiliated with 4-H - will work together to help the officials
better understand the art of communication baleen youth and adults with the goal o~ achieving more effective youth
participation in civic affairs. The session is titled "Bridging the Generation Gap: Effective Ways to Talk and Work with
young people in their community, and discover how, once the conversation gets rolling, it adds a whole new dimension to
municipal planning and decision-making. Pa~ this on to the local officials In your community who may be
attending this conference - for more information, see
h.ttp:/hvww.nlc.om/nlc oro/site/conferences/conoress of cities/index.cfm
The December t8m audloconferanCe is "Youth Leadership: Transforming Youth Voice into Community Action."
Registration is due by close of business 12/16/02. Speakers will discuss examples of youth leadership in identifying
issues, presenting their ideas for change, and improving their communities. It continues themes of youth involvement in
NLC's action kit, "Promoting Youth Participation."
Youth civic engagement. Child Trends is reporting new information/research on youth civic engagement. It is
accessible at http:/N,,~v, childtmnds.ora/.
AdvoCaeay, the Annie E. cesay Foundatlon'e policy ma~azine, Under the headline, '%'Vork First, What Next?," the
Summer ~__t30~_ issue <htto:/lwww. aecf. oroloublications/advocasevlsummer20021> of AdvoCasey examines the futura of
w~lfm*e reform. The AdvoC--__---_-? Index <http://www.aecf.orfl/publications/advocasey/summer2002/advocasey index.htm>
and ^ECF President Douales Nelson's column
<httD:/,~wv. aecf. ora/oublications/advocasev/summer2002/welfare reform/> explore the unfinished business of welfare
reform. Feature stories detail a California career advancement project that helps newly emptoyed welfare recipients move
fr~m ,~,=,,~ end_lobs to oromisin_a careers <htto://V~w. aecf. om/oublications/advocasev/summer2002/workfirst/>: a
transitional jobs project in Philadelphia that offers long-term welfare recipients "swimmin_a lessons"
<http://~Nw.aecf. ora/oublications/advocasev/summer2002/swimmino/> before making them sink or s~m on their own;
and new data about how welfare reform affects children
<htto://www. aecf. omloublicafions/advocasev/summer2OO2/what aboutJ>. AdvoCasey concludes with athought-provoking
interview with veteran New York Times welfare corra~pondant, .~ason OeParle
<htto:l/www. aecf. or~d/Dublications/advocasev/summer2OO2/storvl>.