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De:	Daniel Roth [ Profil ]
Sujet:	SEPTEMBER UPDATE
Envoyé:	Sep 28th, 2006 - 13:34:42
Pièces-jointes:	Exploring the Edges of our Community.doc

	Hello Youth Connect Last Monday was our third monthly meeting. The meeting notes are below. Youth Connect is growing!! We had three new members this month. Welcome Dominic, Nethra, and Courtney. NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 9TH (at) 5:30PM BACK AT ABC CAFÉ! ALSO WE HAVE AN OUTREACH GOAL FOR EACH MEMBER TO BRING AT LEAST ONE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE LEADER TO THE NEXT YOUTH CONNECT. And remember you can post announcements, and praises for Youth Connect to youthconnect (at) groups.takingitglobal.org See you next month. FARAH and DAN __ Sept 18 Notes Icebreaker: We learned about eachother's summer highlights and big plans for 2006 through a crazy game of charades. Some people traveled, others worked on local projects, plans ahead include national fundraising projects and community windmills in Caroline. Lots of laughs. __ Building a group Timeline: Most of our time together was spent learning about important moments in each other's lives by creating a group timeline. Based on the evaluations the activity was a success because it gave participants a chance to think about their past and talk about what was meaningful for them. It was good to hear other people's stories, and they felt it was an open atmosphere for them to share stories. Many people remarked that they haven't done something like this for themselves before let alone in a group. The timeline activity ended with a reflection on what issues really get us fired up or inspired at the moment. People shared: 1) Recognizing the assets of the poor, marginalized people (typically people of color) 2)Personal action and empowerment 3)Participatory democracy (people working together in their communities) 4) Emotional and spiritual Empowerment 5) Eliminating patriarchy peacefully 6) Solving environmental problems through local participatory governance and community action 7) Struggles of indigenous peoples __ Next meeting we will be building off these topics. We will use the concept of 'edges' to go deeper into how are feelings about the issues that we care about sometimes also block us from connecting with people who care about different issues, or have different perspectives. Check out the attached document on edges to learn a little background about those moments in groups when people hit an 'edge' Sincerely, Daniel Roth (518) 727-6723 Executive Committee US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development www.uspartnership.org Graduate Student Adult and Extension Education Cornell University Ithaca NY 14850

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