Attendees came from various walks of life - after-school programs and churches, schools like Youngstown State University, and a number of non-profits including: Upward Bound, Mind, Body and Soul, Warriors, Inc., Academic Achievers, Governor’s Initiative Program, Youngstown City Schools, and 21st Century Community Learning Program. They are teachers and parents, tutors and volunteers with a wide range of experiences and opinions.
These youth advocates identified a bevy of issues their young people face - from teen pregnancy and peer pressure to bullying. Of the many great ideas written or spoken about their young people, the following really summarized both a major problem, as well as "the problem with teens" (if you will), in general: "They need to counteract the tyranny of the moment so they can write a better future story." Beautifully put...
With the types of facilitators we had the privilege of meeting and training, their students' better stories are already being written.
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