Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h9VEUlV19726; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:30:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:30:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <141.1b98a19f.2cd3caeb@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2596] Power and Possibilities X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1679 Lines: 45 Having just come from a four-day EFF Staff Development Session, in which I worked with teachers and administrators of a teen parenting program, I am awed by the enormous tasks and challenges confronted by these staff members. As I read the excerpt below, from the PEN Weekly Newsblast for October 31, 2003, I was struck by the possibility of working with the EFF Community Role Map in a young adult setting. In fact, the teachers in this program refer to their academics as Young Adult Education. Maybe there is a fit. See what you think. All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen Virginia mwpotts2001@aol.com POWER & POSSIBILITIES: YOUTH-LED SOCIAL CHANGE Involving youth in social change requires a shift from unquestioning acceptance of the way things are to developing a strategy that engages communities and institutions to address injustice at a systems level. Recognizing the power and possibilities of working at the intersection of youth development, youth organizing, and programming that recognizes the importance of multiple youth identities, the Collaborative Fund for Youth-Led Social Change (CFYS) was created. CFYS asks: Who sets the social agenda and how is it set? Does youth-led social action have potential for long-term systems change? Can youth action address issues beyond those normally seen as "youth issues?" How do issues of gender, race, class, and age factor into social change work? A new publication outlines model programs and lessons learned from this new approach to youth-led social change. (Click on "Power & Possibilities" link.) http://www.ms.foundation.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=56
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