[YL] Call for Presenters: Youth Service Institute in New Orleans

[cwessell at ysa.org]

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 ideal 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 at ysa.org


-- Christina Wessell

Christina Wessell  -  Manager of Communications
Youth Service America (YSA)
Phone: 202-296-2992  x  28  |  Fax: 202-296-4030 |  cwessell at ysa.org
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200  |  Washington, DC  | 20005
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