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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 @ 21:19Written by Jan

Word! is a project that aims to increase youth interest and involvement in current social and environmental issues.  Word! will be a series of World Cafe style dialogues delivered in high schools in Surrey.  Our team will organize and host the dialogues to identify and discuss the social issues which interest today's youth.  To build on the momentum of the dialogues, each participating high school group will also be tasked with implementing one of their ideas, whether it be a small change in their own classroom or a wider initiative. 

 

Word! is looking for team members.  Here is what you can do right now:

 

  • Identify potential schools.  If you have any "leads", like contacts from your old high school, ask if the school would be interested in hosting a dialogue.
  • Identify topics of discussion.  Ask younger siblings or friends what social or environmental issues interest them and report your findings here.  If you're interested in facilitating a specific topic or discussion, let me know.
  • Throw out ideas! Even if you can't be involved in the project, your ideas and opinions would be a great contribution, so leave a comment.

 

If you are interested in being involved, please leave a message with your contact information and what you're interested in working on, or contact me directly:

 

janhilario@gmail.com
778 888 7007

 

Jan      (Thursday, 3 September 2009 @ 14:14)

Hey Brittany, the one page outline is a good suggestion. I''ll post it up before putting up the action plan. Thanks!

Brittany      (Wednesday, 26 August 2009 @ 14:11)

One page outline with basic info. We have to create this for the politican too. General overview including issue, about the organization and goals, benefits to community/students, outreach opportunities, contact info? What do you think?

Brittany      (Wednesday, 26 August 2009 @ 14:07)

Jan - take a look at the questions for the focus groups and see if you would like to add any general questions that will co-benefit both projects (ie. what issues do you care about? what will get youth more engaged), etc.

Jan      (Wednesday, 26 August 2009 @ 11:57)

For more information on Word!, check out the “World Café Dialogues in High Schools” link on the right side of the page.

Jan      (Wednesday, 26 August 2009 @ 11:55)

Thanks Brittany! It would be great to see the responses of the focus groups for Politican. When are the focus groups taking place? I can help with collecting information. What do you have in mind for the one page outline of Word!- an action plan or a description and more detail about the project?

Brittany      (Wednesday, 26 August 2009 @ 09:47)

Hi Jan! This sounds great :) To clearly outline what it is we want people to get involved with, we may want to create a one-page sheet that we can use to outline what "Word!" is. "Identify topics of discussion" - with the online focus groups we host with the other Education project, we can incorporate this into our question "what issues do you care about" and share our responses with you. Brittany