At the Up from the UnderStory project presentation and community celebration in West Point on June 1st, there was a rich discussion about what the stories presented meant to folks.
Out of that discussion emerged the question: how can adults in the community better support our youth? The question was posed by an adult audience member to the youth media team. And the team didn't have many clear answers....but one idea that popped up was to figure out a way to link up adults with youth around shared interests and needs.
So we spontaneously (thanks to the quick thinking of Jonathan London from the Center for the Study of Regional Change at UCD) passed around a clipboard so that adults who were so inclined could jot down their name and the skills, knowledge, or experiences they had that they would be willing to share with interested youth. Great idea huh?
I'll be working over the summer with folks at the Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth & Families to figure out how to proceed with this list, but to honor the folks who signed up (thanks!) and share with the youth some of the folks who they could hang out with, learn from, or be supported by....i'm noting it below (note: i've left out phone numbers but we have them if you read about a person or interest area that you'd like to know more about or hook up with!)
Name; Skill/Asset
Dawn Frye Early Childhood Development, Delta College
Linda Mariani Homeschool, 4-H services, Charter School Admin Learning, Photography, UC Berkeley, Travel
Vicki Snead-Hinkell Real Estate, Small Business Skills, Yoga-Healthy Living Skills, Theater Arts, Vegetarianism
John Pelletti Real Estate, Medicianal Sciences, Prosthetics, College
Rick Torgerson Journalism and Print Production
Peggy Chambers Servicing Business
Mike Kriletich Getting through life
Pat Noll R.N Nursing, TCM Chineses Acupuncture
Donna Vial Entrapreneur (UCD Alumni)
Carol Oz Animals, Art, Guitar and singing, Environmental Science, Painting
Maryann Gravitt Gardening, Handy Person
Marilyn Shrouf Gardening, music, accounting
Alan Willard Blue Mountain Community, Youths and Family
Kevin Williard College Advisements
Eryn Brown Photographer
Darrell Dever Theatre
Friday, June 27, 2008
Adults Step Up for Youth
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And the list can go on and on. The question is can we all make the time it takes get to meetings and actually make the youth connection. I hope to get down to the youth center more and see if that angle will work for me again. Maybe others can do the same. Maybe if enough of us can pull together we can open the center on a Saturday once in a while. Now that the outdoor stage is done we can think of other projects that could utilize that asset. We can work with the youth center staff and find where volunteer "mentors" would be a good fit.....Just don't forget to water the garden....did I say garden?? You should see the great one making an impact on the hill behind the center!!
Alan
Alan
great to get your feedback, as always. i'm trying to work with the good folks at the BMCYF to move forward on some of the ideas that came up at the West Point event and to continue to build and utilize this list.
happy gardening (i'm heading out to mine now!)
Speaking of garden we at BMCY&F had our first annual farmers market and by all accounts it was a resounding success!! We only had 8 venders but a good variety of things to by from flowers to worm castings, fresh organic homemade icecream, tamales, and of course vegetables, and live plants. Even sage smudge sticks and homemade paper. Business was brisk with lines at all the booths. The live music by Clan Dyken was great and we all has so much fun!! A great exercise in community building and local sustainability. We look forward to a bigger and better repeat soon.
I put up a new banner directing folks to this websight so we'll see if we get a few more hits.
Alan
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