Call for Presenters: Youth Service Institute: Building the Movement

Posted by on September 29, 2006

Youth Service Institute: Building the Movement

December 5-7, 2006 in New Orleans

Youth service is a proven strategy for improving communities across the globe; it results in not only physical improvements of clean parks and schools, but is also a documented increases in the ?civic health? of the nation. Youth Service is now a critical pipeline to academic achievement, youth leadership development, and civic engagement. Community service and youth development practitioners therefore have a critical role in building healthier communities. To help continue this growth, Youth Service America invites you to attend the Youth Service Institute. The Institute will unite colleagues from the service, service-learning, and youth development fields for three days of skill-building and innovation. Participants will gain tools and strategies to expand their organizations? impact and scale by engaging in workshops that illustrate the strength and power of the youth service movement. The Institute is the idea environment for individuals and organizations to further develop their programs while learning inventive ways to engage young people as assets and resources on National & Global Youth Service Day and throughout the year.

To learn more about the Youth Service Institute, please go to: http://www.ysa.org/institute.

Youth Service America seeks presenters for the 2006 Youth Service Institute

Youth Service America (YSA) is pleased to issue the attached Call for Presenters (CFP) for the 2006 Youth Service Institute: Building the Movement. The Youth Service Institute will focus on four target areas of service and service-learning success;

? Engaging children and youth effectively;
? Scaling up and managing your program;
? Developing inclusivity by engaging youth not normally asked to serve (disadvantaged youth, youth in foster care, youth with disabilities, younger children, etc.);
? Creating sustainability by developing community and financial support.

YSA is looking for presenters to share innovative and successful approaches that address one or more of these components. The Call for Presenters deadline is October 13, 2006. For more information, please contact Cassandra Miller at cmiller@ysa.org