The Civic Leadership Initiative is hosting a meeting on Wednesday, April 21st from 8:30 - noon at the Office of Personnel Management to address outreach to youth and college students. We will be meeting in the Pendleton Room on the fifth floor at OPM, located at 1900 E Street in DC. Please confirm your participation and identify others who will attend by email to me by Monday, April 19th.
PURPOSE
Explore how we can engage youth and young adults in learning about
the Y2K challenges we face and becoming part of the solution.
Develop awareness of each others Y2K awareness-building and service
learning initiatives and catalyze collaborative action with other
key organizations, such as Generations United.
BACKGROUND
It is very important that youth-serving organizations become
involved in this cross fertilization effort as soon as possible.
To ensure a common frame of reference, I encourage everyone to
read: Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation? http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Economy/Predictions/jpdex.htm
Girl Scouts: Be Prepared for Y2K: http://www.girlscouts.org/girls/Why/Y2K/Y2K.htm
Y2K for Kids sites:
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/kidsy2k.htm
http://www.y2kids.net
http://www.2000now.org/kids.htm
Y2K Youth Action Network Homepage: http://www.tmn.com/y2k/youth.htm
FACILITATION
Jon Waterman has volunteered to facilitate this meeting and
we would like your feedback on the agenda asap. AGENDA 8:30-9:00
Gathering 9:00-10:00 Introductions, Goals and Information Sharing
10:00-11:00 Hands-on Exercise (Ambassadors for Building Community)
11:00-12:00 Priorities and Next steps We have allocated time to
consider how to adapt the Ambassadors for Education workshops
and gameboard to become an Ambassadors for Building Community
program that the Sierra Club, Habitat for Humanity, and other
community service organizations can use to build understanding
of the issues and stimulate volunteerism. We welcome the expertise
of the National Association of Partners in Education in using
that successful model. In addition, we are delighted that the
Points of Light Foundation will be taking an active role in working
on Y2k and has an excellent program for mobilizing volunteers
through its All State Disaster Project. http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/programs_allstate.html