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TUESDAY - APRIL 27, 2010 SUMMARY
OF ACTIONS FROM OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP NETWORK CONFERENCE CALL: - Draft CAN letter of introduction for schools and groups to provide an organization overview and share the programs
we offer and/or encourage. (DM)
- Identify contacts in schools that we could discuss the idea
of Youth Buddy System (AD)
- Identify appropriate contacts in your school that CAN can reach out
to who may be responsible for community outreach (all)
- Determine what else is need to kick off
the Community Garden Project to encourage partnership between seniors and youth (BT)
- Look into
possibility of students earning extra credit or community credit for participation in our programs during the summer (DM)
- Invite everyone you know to participate in our youth program - History & Hot Dogs: Children's March Saturday,
May 1, 2010 (all)
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SATURDAY, FEB. 27TH, 12PM-2:30PM - EDUCATION PANEL: "Kasserian Ingera" and How are the Children? Education at the Crossroads
- Central High School, 246 18th Ave., Newark, NJ. Moderator: Andre Hollis, Principal, New
Horizons Community Charter School, Newark, NJ
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YOUTH GROUP LEADER WORKSHOP: Saturday, March 27, 2010 3pm to 6pm ROSELLE COMMUNITY CENTER 1268 SHAFFER AVENUE ROSELLE, NJ TO REGISTER: CALL 908-298-8225 F R E E
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PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK FROM YOUTH LEADER WORKSHOP ON 3/27/10 CLICK HERE:
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SPEAKERS GROUP
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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- Deliver relevant topics to youth, youth groups, schools, organizations.
- Adopt
schools, youth groups, organizations.
- Sponsor/host Youth Leader Workshop - 3/27/10
- Mentor Youth and Youth Leaders.
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VIDEOS- Black Candle, M.K. Asante, Jr.
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A War for Your Soul, Erisai Films
- Sankofa, A Haile Gerima Film
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrom, Dr. Joy DeGruy
- A Girl Like Me, Kiri Davis
- Stand the Movie, Tavis Smiley
- Ray, Universal Studios
- Egalite
for All: Toussaint Louveture and the Haitian Revolution, PBS Home Video
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BOOKS: - Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family,
Community & Culture by Dr. Maulana Karenga, the creator of Kwanzaa
- From Purpose to Promise
Driven Life: A Prescripton for Making the Difference You Were Born to Make by Dr. Therman E. Evans
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AFRICAN AND HISPANIC FOCUS
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PROGRAMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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PANELS: - "Kasserian Ingera" means and
How are the Children? EDUCATION AT THE CROSS ROADS - 2/27/10
- The Nation of Islam, Past
and Present, their Contribution & Responsibility to history and our struggles today - 4/17/10
- The
Black Church, Past and Present, Contribution & Responsibility to history and our struggles today - to be scheduled
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- Play, skit, video: featuring youth and addressing relevant topics such as image, education, language,
job readiness, leadership, personal branding, health, education, dealing with police, crime.
- Rites
of Passage
- Youth Night
- CAN on the road, around the globe
- CAN's CEO Program: Courage, Excellence and Overcoming.
- African History Olympics
2011
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EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS: - Cesar E. Chavez
- 1st Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor
- Cinco de Mayo
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RESTORING ORIGINAL GREATNESS - Kwanzaa
- African Presence in Mexico
- Spanish as a Second Language
- African
History
- Haiti: Successful Slave Liberation
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 CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL "ALL THE
CHILDREN ARE WELL" PLAN
- SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR PERSONAL YOUTH ACTION PLAN
On Tuesday, January 5th, we conducted a thorough review of the analysis provided
by the Children's Defense Fund. Our focus was on their Cradle to Prison Pipeline. This included a discussion on our preliminary
plan of action for this year focused on our Youth. Our Youth Plan will be posted here shortly. Click the link below to see the Children's Defense Fund website/analysis: CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND
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