[nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment

[dmgina]

But I am still growing learning lots and still a baby boomer.
Have so much to learn that I get over whelmed.


--Dar
Every Saint has a future,
Every Sinner has a past


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment


> Yes, Mike, us "baby-boomers" really did take over eras as we grew into 
> them.
>
> Judy
>
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> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment
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>> On the other hand, it has been my experience that the young often don't
>> realize that there are battles left still to fight and if they do
>> realize it, The Bit They (meaning us grizzled veterans) will take care
>> of it for them. Let's face it: society is in a different place now than
>> it was in the 1970's. and if we're truly honest, part of the problem is
>> that there aren't *enough* young people to party hardy whereas in tye
>> 1960's and 1970's, the blindness world was overwhelmed with young
>> people!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Alan Wheeler wrote:
>>
>>> Here here!  I've seen that happen too.  Nothing against what I very
>>> lovingly
>>> call the "grizzled veterans" of the Federation, but they need to work to
>>> bring the youth into the fold and not just sustain themselves on the
>>> memories of their glory days.  I'm not actually saying that is what
>>> happens,
>>> but I would suspect this is how the youth tend to feel.  Just some 
>>> random
>>> thoughts.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wm. Ritchhart" <william.ritchhart at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "'Joe Orozco'" <jsorozco at gmail.com>; "'NFB Talk Mailing List'"
>>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:55 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment
>>>
>>>
>>>> Give them something meaningful to do.  Give them the power to make an
>>>> impact.  If they show leadership traits, give them the opportunity to
>>>> use and develop those skills.
>>>>
>>>> Most of the students I know who have lost interest and moved on, have
>>>> done so, because they did not feel valued.  They wanted to make a
>>>> contribution and they were cast aside, often gently because they were
>>>> young.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> William
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of Joe Orozco
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:51 PM
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment
>>>>
>>>> Dear list:
>>>>
>>>>    Earlier today I was talking to one of our TABS members about
>>>> membership
>>>> recruitment and youth involvement.  Like any other division of the
>>>> greater
>>>> movement we're always on a continuous quest to refresh our approach to
>>>> delivering the philosophy, and one of the items mentioned in the
>>>> conversation was the gap that exists between the founding generation 
>>>> and
>>>> the
>>>> generation on the rise.  It seems that even at the local chapter level,
>>>> students are simply not finding their place in the infrastructure and
>>>> end up
>>>> doing something else other than joining and sticking around.  I know 
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>> concept is not unique.  People are aware of the problem, but I also 
>>>> know
>>>>
>>>> that the problem does not exist in every corner of the organization.
>>>> And so
>>>> I'm curious to see what your thoughts are on the subject, what you 
>>>> think
>>>> are
>>>> some solutions and perhaps things you have tried in your chapters and
>>>> divisions to capture and maintain the attention of the younger
>>>> generation.
>>>> As the chair of the NABS membership committee, I understand the need to
>>>> strengthen the student arm of our movement, but I also understand that
>>>> the
>>>> arm is not independent and that we need to find ways to better
>>>> incorporate
>>>> ourselves into the strength of the local chapters and the spirit of the
>>>> affiliates.  Your opinions, on or off list, would be much appreciated.
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>          Joe Orozco
>>>>
>>>> "Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not 
>>>> like
>>>>
>>>> you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not
>>>> forget you."--William Arthur Ward
>>>>
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