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To: Registrants with National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
From: John E, Kyts, Program Diractor, Outreach and Strategic Planning
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X,_ audtoconferanca on November 20 ra vulnerable, out-of-~chcol youth'
- training for local officials on communicating with youth on December 3
- audleco'nferesca on December 18 on youth as leadem
- youth civic engagement resea~h
- AdvoCasey, the Annie E. Caesy Foundation's p~licy magazine - tssue devoted to welt'ara reform, etc.
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 12:30 p,m, (Eastern Time) is the date and time for NLC's next hour-long
audioconferance 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-Schoci Youth."
This audioco~eranca will highlight how community programs and policies can provide positive options for sOme of the
most vulnerable youth. These 16-24 year-o~d youth are often unemployed, school dropouts, in foster care, and/or in
trouble with the law. "There ars Over 5 million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who have lost thair 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 Stoneman, President of YouthBuild USA.
The apeakem ara:
- Shed, Townsend, Commissioner, Department of Youth and Family Services, Albany, N.Y. (pop. 98,000) (Albany
connects vulnerable young people to one-stop canters t/tat offer comprehensive education, employment, and youth
development opportunities.)
- Mar~arat Mortpn, Executive Director, Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement, Sylacauga, Ala. (pop. 12,000)
(Sylacauga provides family-centerad counseling to juveniles who have had encounters with the police.)
- ChdstoDh~ 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 202/626-3043. No telephone registrations can be accepted. The
day before the event, an e-mail or fax will be Sent to each registrant with call-in instructions. This audioconference is free
and available only to a limited number of participants. You may call in from any,~vhere. A separate registration is needed
for each phone line 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 fine at. 202/626-3014 or e-mail to
reid~nlc.org.
Training forlOcal offlciale on communtoating with youth. On Tuesday, December 3, NLC's Leadership Training
Institute is hotding a session for local officials in Salt Lake City as part of NLC's annual Congrass of Cities. An adult
trainer and a youth trainer - representing the Innovation Center, affiliated with 4-H -.will work together to help the officials
bc~er unde~and the art of communication between youth and adults with the goat of 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. Pess this on to the local officials In your community who may be
attending thl~ conference - for moro information, see
h_~;//www.nlc.orcl/nlcon:J/site/conferences/conoress of cities/index.cfm
The December 18~ audioconferance is '"Youth Leadership: Transforming Youth Voice into Community Action."
Registration ia 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 ¢m youth civic engagement. It is
accsssibie at htt~3:/flvww.childtmnds.om/.
· AdvoCa~ey, the Annie E. Ceaey Foundation's policy magazine, Under the headline, '~/ork First, What Next?," the
~ummer 2002 issue <httD:liwww. aecf.omloublications/advocasevlsummer2002/> of AdvoCasey examines the future of
welfare mt'on'n. The AdvoCasey Index <httD://www.aecf.orCl/0ublications/advocasey/summer2002/advocasey index.btm>
and AECF President Dotmlas Nelson's column
<htto:l/www. aecf. omloublicationsladvocasev/summer2OO2/welfare reform/> explore the unfinished business of welfare
reform. Feature stories detail a California career advancement project that heipa newly employed Welfare recipients move
from dead e~ !obs to emmising careers <htto://www.aecf.om/Dublications/advocasev/summer2002/workfirstJ>: a
transitional jobs project in Philadelphia that offers long,term v~lfam recipients "swimmina lessons"
<htto://www. aecf. oro/Dublicationsladvocasev/summer2OO2/swimmincd> before making them s~nk or swim on their own;
and new data about how wei'fare reform affects children
<httD://www.aecf. om/oub!ications/advocasev/summer2002hvhat about/>. AdvoCasey concrudeswith athought-provoking
ints~lew with veteran New York Times welfare correspondent, Jason DeParle
<htto:l/www. aecf. om/oublicationsladvocasev/summer2oO2/storv/>.