[nfb-talk] Youth Empowerment

[Judy Jones]

Hi, Mike,

Can we make contact with the Texas affiliate to get some ideas and modeling 
from them?

Judy

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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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> 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
>
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> From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:57 AM
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>
> 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
>
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> From: "Tina Hansen" <thansen at quik.com>
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> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:13 PM
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>
>>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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