Chatroom on 7/17/00 (fwd)

[Linda Nessel]

Nina:

Sounds like a great project--and an excellent use of technology.  At Cornell University Cooperative Extension/NYC we have a strong commitment to action research and to enabling teens, young adults and others in community-settings to use technology to broaden their educational and career paths.  I am copying my staff on this one, since we may have several groups of teens that might be very interested in the chat--

<p>thanks for using technology in such an exciting way,

Linda

<p><p><p>        At 06:00 PM 06/28/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>June 28th, 2000

>

>To All who may be interested:

>

>   I am writing to ask if your youth group would be willing to participate

>in a chat room discussion with the youth from the organization for which

>I am working at, the Institute for Community Research (ICR).  Currently, I

>am a summer intern for the National Teen Action Research Center (NTARC),

>which is run by ICR.  The ICR conducts a six-week Summer Youth Research

>Institute (SYRI), which employs and trains youth, who conduct action

>research about whatever topics they have chosen.  This year, the theme of

>the SYRI will be about advocacy and activism.  If your teens would like

>more information about youth programs run by ICR, they can access the web

>site at www.teenactionresearch.org.

>

>   The general purpose for this chat room is for the following reasons:

>

>   1.  To encourage teens from ICR to talk with other teens in different

>youth groups/organizations.

>   2.  To exchange ideas and information about community actions

>concerning youth.

>   3.  To talk about their own youth projects.

>   4.  To talk about problems they have about being young adults in

>today's society.

>   5.  To list goals they have for their organizations.

>   6.  To get more informationa about strategies for advocacy and how they

>implemented those actions.

>

>(Specific questions will be provided at a later date.)

>

>   The date of the chat room will be Monday, July 17th, 2000.

>   The time for talking on-line will be from 1:35 PM - 2:15 PM (Eastern

>Standard Time).

>

>   Once I receive your confirmation, I will send you additional

>information about the chat room location.

>

>   Also provided below is some information about the place where I work as

>well as the program I am working under.

>

>ICR Mission Statement

>        The Institute for Community Research is an independent, nonprofit

>action research organization dedicated to using research to promote equal

>access to health, education, and cultural resources in a diverse society.

>To accomplish our mission, we collaborate with community and institutional

>partners in research and development to improve services, fost individual

>and community strengths, influence public policy, and contribute to social

>science theory and practice.

>

>NTARC Mission Statement

>        The National Teen Action Research Center (NTARC), a youth

>component of the Institute for Community Research, conducts, supports, and

>promotes teen directed adult supported action research.  We offer hands-on

>training opportunities for young people to explore and understand issues

>of significance to themselves and to their communities, and plan

>meaningful responses of public benefit.  Our programs promote academic

>learning, critical thinking, leadership, and civic responsibility.

>

>   If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (860)

>278-2044 and have someone page me.  Otherwise, you can e-mail me at

>nha at english.umass.edu.

>

>   I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

>

>

>                                                Sincerely,

>

>                                                Nina Ha

>

>

<center>Linda J. Nessel

Senior Extension Associate/  Workforce Development

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<center>Cornell University Cooperative Extension/NYC

16 East 34th Street, 8th floor

New York, NY 10016

phone: 212 340-2920

fax    212 340-2908

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