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All Together Now:  Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement

An Open Online Seminar

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Since the release of the report All Together Now:  Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement, CIRCLE has been in conversation with a wide range of stakeholders  interested in and committed to improving the civic and political engagement opportunities and outcomes for ALL youth in the United States.   This FREE and open online seminar is an effort to reach out and engage individuals and groups interested in extending the conversation about that state of youth engagement and future strategies to improve it.   The seminar welcomes young people, parents, educators, policymakers, youth advocates, researchers and others to join this five-week learning community.  The seminar is also designed to allow for multiple levels of participant and will have synchronous and asynchronous elements to accommodate those who need flexibility.

Goals

Outcomes

• A better and deeper understanding of the research behind the report
• How the research and recommendations of the report can be applied to participants’ practice
• New ideas for actions and activities to support the recommendations in the report
• Extended thinking about challenges, opportunities and recommendations in the report as well as provide additional information and ideas to supplement it
• Information and experience exchange between groups committed to improved civic learning and engagement of youth
• Researchers connect to work in the field and practitioners think about elements that they could use to evaluate the work
• Creation of materials (in any format) that can be shared online (digital artifacts) for the benefit of a broader audience

Schedule

• Getting Prepared: Register, read the report, introduce yourself (via Facebook Group) and engage with our warm up activities – Watch our Welcome Video
• Session 1:   Orientation to the Seminar / Introduction to the Report (week of January 13th)
  • Friday, 1/17, Technical & Logisitc Session [Recorded Earlier]
  • Friday, 1/24 – 2pm to 3pm ET – Live Discussion Session [Recorded Earlier]
  • Chat Log and Powerpoint Presentation
• Session 2:  What is the state of youth civic learning and engagement? (week of January 20th)
  • Friday, 1/31 – 2pm to 3pm ET – Live Discussion Session [Recorded Earlier]
  • Chat Log and Powerpoint Presentation
• Session 3: What works and how would you apply these to your practice?(week of January 27th)
  • Friday, 2/7 – 2pm to 3pm ET – Live Discussion Session – [Recorded Earlier]
  • Chat Log
• Session 4: How does this all work together? (week of February 3rd)
  • Friday, 2/14 – 2pm to 3pm ET – Live Discussion Session [Recorded Earlier]
  • Chat Log and Powerpoint Presentation
• Session 5: What have we learned together? (week of February 10th)
  • Friday, 2/21 – 2pm to 3pm ET – Live Discussion Session [Recorded Earlier]
  • Chat Log and Powerpoint Presentation

Resources

• All Together Now:  Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Civic Engagement
• Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge
• Seminar Shared Resources – a Diigo group with a wide range of youth engagement resources in multiple sectors.
• Seminar Participant Goals — see what others are looking to gain from this experience

Tools

• Adobe Connect (a reliable Internet connection and a webcam will allow for maximum participation)
• Facebook Group
• Twitter Hashtag – #civicyouth
• Read What other Participants are Posting on their Blogs (tag your posts with #civicyouth and send your feed URL to circle@tufts.edu

Who Signed Up