[Peace-discuss] Peer Ambassador Youth Summit Sat 4/19 -- should AWARE do this?

[Stuart Levy]

This came to the AWARE mailing list.  Do we want to participate
on Saturday the 19th?  I'd think the main angle for us, if any,
would be counter-recruitment.

What they ask of us if we do (from the registration form, attached)

  - staff a resource-fair/scavenger-hunt table, 10am-11am.  Set up ~9:30am.
  - interact with young people while they 'hunt' for resources.
    They'll be given scenario cards -- teen pregnancy, drug abuse,
    sexual health (what about military recruiters calling??) --
    and visit 'agencies' (like us) offering services
  - have small giveaways to offer at the table
  - to promote the event

It doesn't seem like a great match to me, but what do others think?

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:06:14 -0500
From: "Solarte, Kevin" <ksolarte at mhcenter.org>
Subject: [Aware] Peer Ambassador Youth Summit
To: aware at anti-war.net


Greetings AWARE:

On Saturday April 19th from 10am-2pm at 201 W Park St, Champaign, IL
(The Mental Health Center of Champaign County) the Peer Ambassadors will
be sponsoring the Second Annual Youth Summit.  Over 75 people attended
their first year's Summit and we're hoping that this year's Say It Your
Way: Youth Summit 2008 will be an even bigger success.  

The ability to be recognized as a resource to the community and feel
valued by the community are two key assets that help to develop positive
youth.  Say It Your Way: Youth Summit 2008 aims to bring youth together
to network, speak-up, and plan for change in a youth led venue. Through
focus groups, surveys, and community meeting the peer ambassadors have
been talking to their peers to hear what they need. Now, it's time to
start planning the action phase and bring youth together to create a
vision of how to make our community better. Specifically, the focus of
this year's summit is that youth want to talk about creating better
programs to improve their bodies, their schools, and communities. These
action plans developed at the summit will be shared throughout the
community and will be followed up in community meetings that will be
held throughout the year. The community's progress will be reviewed at
next year's Summit.

This year's event will feature a:
*	Resource Fair/Scavenger Hunt:  10am-11am - Project ACCESS will
host an interactive resource fair/scavenger hunt where teens can learn
about services, programs, and activities that are able for teens in our
community. They can also compete for prizes, and listen to the live
broadcast from Hot 105.5.
*	Youth Speak Out:  11-12 - Teen groups and programs are invited
in to make brief creative and fun presentations about their
programs/services.  Prizes will awarded for the most creative
presentation.
*	Break-Out Sessions: 12:30-1:30- Participants will break into
groups where they will begin to develop their action plans to improve
their schools, their bodies, and their communities. 
*	Wrap-up: The Summit will wrap-up at 1:30 pm with youth reporting
back to the group on the changes they see necessary and the plans they
have to facilitate change in the future


We hope you can help us make The Summit a success by:
		
*	Inviting youth you work with - or know to attend The Summit
*	By spreading the word - educating parents and other adults about
The Summit
*	By participating in the resource fair/scavenger hunt- staffing a
table for the resource fair/scavenger hunt from 10am-11am - please call
or email registration forms to the contact below ASAP to RSVP a table.
We are looking for representation from community organizations, schools,
state organizations, and the faith community to ensure that there is a
diverse representation of teen resources.  Your organization's staff
will have the chance to interact/promote your services to a diverse set
of teens. 
*	By signing up as one of the presenting youth groups - groups
will be given a 2-3 minute time slot to Speak Out - please email or mail
attached registration forms to contact below
		
Please contact: Kevin Solarte at 531.4318 or the Peer Ambassadors at
    pa at mhcenter.org
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: RegistrationForm.doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 34304 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace-discuss/attachments/20080410/6aee7345/RegistrationForm-0001.obj