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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><img width="76" height="59" style="width:.7916in;height:.6145in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://neutral-zone.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/yds-logo.jpg.png"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The Neutral Zone, headquartered in Ann Arbor is offering a unique youth leadership program for arts and cultural organizations in Michigan. Through a generous
partnership with the New Leaders Council of the <a href="http://www.michiganbusiness.org/community/council-arts-cultural-affairs/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#057DC2">Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs </span></a>(MCACA) four<img border="0" width="102" height="102" style="width:1.0625in;height:1.0625in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://neutral-zone.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NL-Logo-2015-300x300.jpg"> arts
or cultural organizations across Michigan will obtain support to increase teen engagement and voice in their programs and organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The objective will be achieved by helping organizations build or expand a youth advisory council and through adoption of other youth driven strategies. Through
these practices organizations will increase engagement and leadership by teens and help them play new roles to plan projects, curate programs, promote events, recruit peers, fundraise, facilitate their own meetings, and advise on organizational decisions.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Agencies who are interested in applying should:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Serve older youth (ages 13-19)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;list-style-position:inside">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Be committed to supporting ways to increase youth voice and engagement in their programs and organization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;list-style-position:inside">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">May have or are interested in creating a youth council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;list-style-position:inside">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Reside in Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;list-style-position:inside">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Can identity and organize a leadership team of youth (8-15) and adult advisors (2-4) who can participate in an overnight retreat on <strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">October 21-22, 2017</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5">
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Receive all training and coaching services at no cost, including the 2-day October residential institute<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;list-style-position:inside">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Travel costs to the October event will be the responsibility of participating organizations<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you are interested, please view and complete the <strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="http://neutral-zone.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YDS-arts-overview-and-application-2017.pdf"><span style="color:#057DC2">YDS
arts overview and application 2017</span></a> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">For additional questions, please contact John Weiss, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Neutral Zone (<a href="mailto:weiss@neutral-zone.org">weiss@neutral-zone.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:black">John Weiss, Director of Strategic Initiatives</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:130%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:#0070C0">Neutral Zone | Where Teens Lead, Create and Innovate
<a href="https://twitter.com/youthdriven" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.snoitulosten.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/twitter-small.jpg"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:130%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:black">310 E. Washington
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:#0070C0">|</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:black"> Ann Arbor, MI 48104
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:#0070C0">|</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:130%;color:black"> 734.214.9995 ext. 222
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