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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%">FROM: <span style="color:black">
John Weiss, Director of Strategic Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%"><span style="color:#0070C0">Neutral Zone | Where Teens Lead, Create and Innovate
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%"><span style="color:black">310 E. Washington
</span><b><span style="color:#0070C0">|</span></b><span style="color:black"> Ann Arbor, MI 48104
</span><b><span style="color:#0070C0">|</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="tel:%28734%29%20214-9995" target="_blank">
734.214.9995 ext. 222</a> </span><b><span style="color:#0070C0">| </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.neutral-zone.org/" target="_blank">www.neutral-zone.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join Neutral Zone on August 23-24 for two full days of strategies, practices and ideas for how to start and support an effective youth advisory
in your program or school. We design our workshops to be active, engaging and focused on practical strategies and practices that can be directly applied in youth serving programs. As a result of the training participants will:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Identify meaningful roles youth can play in programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m6159577274169932711gmail-msolistparagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-23.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Learn the components and stages of Neutral Zone’s Teen Advisory Council<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Examine participatory research processes as a way to engage youth<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m6159577274169932711gmail-msolistparagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-23.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Learn and use planning strategies that can be applied to involving students in project<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m6159577274169932711gmail-msolistparagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-23.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Understand the components of youth-adult partnerships (YAP) and how to support YAP<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Practice strategies, including scaffolding and divergent questioning to effectively support youth-driven initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information or to register, go directly to
<a href="https://goo.gl/tbFZ53" target="_blank">registration/info page</a> as well: <span style="color:#444444"><a href="https://goo.gl/tbFZ53" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/tbFZ53</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Cathy Lancaster</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Youth Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Statewide Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">517-335-8129<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">517-373-5700 f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a>
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