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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Below is information from The Neutral Zone for an upcoming 2-day training on Youth Driven Spaces. If you’d like to apply for Library Continuing Education Program funds to attend you need to apply for those before
June 30<sup>th</sup>. <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_63014-359559--,00.html">
http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_63014-359559--,00.html</a> Keep in mind that you can apply for these funds once-a-year; this training is $195 for two days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Youth thrive when they have a voice and engage in genuine decision-making. Come join
</span><a href="http://neutral-zone.org/youth-driven-spaces/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neutral Zone’s</span></a></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> summer
<b>Youth Engagement Institute on August 22-23 in Ann Arbor</b>. This 2-day training will prepare your organization to integrate youth-driven practices into your programs and increase youth engagement to support development of 21st century skills. We design
our workshops to be active, engaging and focused on practical strategies and practices that can be directly applied in schools, libraries, community organizations or health centers. As a result of the training participants will: </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span></i><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Identify meaningful roles youth can play in programs</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Learn the components and stages of Neutral Zone’s Teen Advisory Council</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Examine participatory research processes as a way to engage youth</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Learn and use planning strategies that can be applied to involving students in projects</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Understand the components of youth-adult partnerships (YAP) and how to support YAP</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Practice strategies, including scaffolding and divergent questioning to effectively support youth-driven initiatives</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Info & Registration at </span><a href="http://goo.gl/QzKoO2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://goo.gl/QzKoO2</span></a></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or
contact John Weiss for questions </span><a href="mailto:weiss@neutral-zone.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">weiss@neutral-zone.org</span></a></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Cathy Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Youth Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">517-335-8129<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">517-373-5700 f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a>
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