What a Day We Had - Celebrating Youth and Youth Work!
Photos from the Luncheon
Photos from the Dinner
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Luncheon: Taking Stock of Connecticut's Investment in Youth To read the New Haven Independent article on Ms. Johnson's remarks: click here.
To read Ms. Johnson's remarks: click here (1.26 kb).
To read the Connecticut's Framework for Positive Youth Development, referenced by Ms. Johnson: click here (9.43 mb).
This was a special opportunity to connect with national leadership and stakeholders across
the state to celebrate the investment that we are making in children and
youth. Come celebrate our state's progress and help build upon Connecticut's strong commitment to healthy
youth development. Since 1993, Connecticut
has supported front-line youth workers with training, resource development,
community engagement and statewide collaboration. The Keynote Speaker was Elaine Johnson, Senior Fellow for Youth Development Affairs
at the Academy of Educational Development in Washington D.C.
and former National BEST* Initiative Director. Ms. Johnson discussed national trends, best practices and the next steps to leverage our
work.
Hosted by:
Youth Development Training and Resource
Center, The Consultation Center, Inc., Connecticut Afterschool Network, Inc., and
Citywide Youth Coalition, Inc.
Dinner: Reflections, Realities and Results in Greater New Haven
Over 60 people interested in the welfare and
future of youth in Greater New Haven joined for a buffet dinner, exciting conversation and community celebration.
Since 1976, we have worked in coalition to build a community in which
youth can succeed. Although there
are now 45 nationally, New Haven was one of the first BEST* sites in the country, receiving implementation
funding from the Wallace Fund, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and
CT Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
This special evening was a unique opportunity for conversation
with two national leaders in youth work.
Elaine Johnson, Senior Fellow for Youth Development Affairs at the
Academy of Educational Development in Washington D.C. and former National
BEST Initiative Director and Wendy Wheeler, President of the Innovation
Center for Youth and Community Development in Washington DC. Ms. Johnson and Ms. Wheeler spoke on how to build on the amazing achievements by youth leaders,
youth workers and committed funders in Greater New Haven, and facilitated a discussion on what are our
next steps as we advance the youth development agenda in this region.
We
thanked major stakeholders and honored and celebrated the
leadership of Kaye Harvey, a founder of Citywide Youth Coalition and champion
of youth.
* The National Building Exemplary Systems for Training Youth Workers
(BEST) Initiative provides a delivery strategy for the Advancing Youth Developmentcurriculum. This initiative provides technical assistance, training and networking to community-based systems, i.e., BEST Sites, as they work to strengthen their capacity to train youth workers in the concepts of youth development.
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