[nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment

[Mike Freeman]

You'd have to talk to Barbara Cheadle about that.

Frankly, I think we're doing many of those things at the national level. And 
I think we shouldn't delude ourselves by imagining that there's a "quick 
fix" for the problem of youth empowerment. I think the long-term answer is 
friendship. But we first have to find the people with whom to make friends, 
that is, the young people,and then we must find a way to get them involved 
and listening to us for more than a sound-byte. And I think some of the 
responsibility for getting young people involved devolves upon the young 
people who are already in our movement. Many afiliates have no problem with 
this; Texas is, I think, a good example. But other affiliates -- even if 
some young people are involved -- suffer from the problem that the young 
people have their own lives and activities to deal with and don't see 
Federation-building as sufficiently important to make sacrifices. In fact, 
I'm not sure sacrifice is in the vocabulary of anyone under forty except, 
perhaps, for those in the military. I mean no disparagement by saying this. 
It's just a different day and age.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment


Hi, Tina,

I think you're right that we need more opportunities for our youth, and a
good brainstorm would be great.  Can it become part of the NOPBC agenda?

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Hansen" <thansen at quik.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment


>I think we're getting off the subject, so I can suggest that we get back on
> track. I think that if we can challenge our youth to develop their skills,
> it would go a long way. I also suggest that we think about programs that
> offer both the social and the philosophical framework, not unlike we see
> at
> out training centers. We do have our summer programs, but one wonders if
> that's enough. Maybe we need to brainstorm about this in Atlanta next
> year.
> Thanks.
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