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Service Learning Gatherings,
Gallup and Albuquerque, April 2008
Community Service-Learning gatherings
in Gallup and Albuquerque
in April 2008 brought together K-12
staff and teachers, higher education staff and faculty,
representatives of community-based organizations, students and
parents to share ideas and resources with a goal towards
creating and supporting high-quality community service-learning
partnerships and projects. You may download a report from the
Albuquerque and the
Gallup gatherings from our website.
We also invite you to take a look at
and complete our
Service-Learning Directory form. We hope to soon have on our
website a directory of service-learning opportunities in New
Mexico. If you have any suggestions for making the Directory
more user-friendly, we would welcome those suggestions.
For additional information, contact:
Wendy Wintermute
Community Service-Learning Network Director
wendy@nmforumforyouth.org
505-821-3574 x102
2007 Lights on Afterschool Deemed a Huge
Success!
Throughout the state of New Mexico the Lights were on for
Afterschool in October. Individual afterschool sites and larger
group gathering dotted the landscape. With the assistance of the
New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community, the Afterschool
Alliance and the national Afterschool Ambassador, lights bulb
pins flashed and posters and banners were distributed to 12
regions of New Mexico.
The success of this years events began with the Lights On
Afterschool float in the New Mexico State Fair Parade, along
with the Display at the fair encouraging the importance of
supporting Afterschool throughout New Mexico. This year, there
were 38 registered Lights On Afterschool events held across New
Mexico, of which all but 2 were not connected to the New Mexico
Out-of-School Time Network through the New Mexico Forum for
Youth in Community. This years theme was, “Celebrating
Afterschool Programs, Recognizing Key Champions”
To see the full briefing for 2007 LoA
events, please click here.
For more information, contact Michael A. Lujan, Project
Director, for the New Mexico Out of School Time Network at
505-821-3574 (mlujan@nmforumforyouth.org).
Appointment Exemplifies Positive Youth
Engagement
Shayna Lewis, a 19-year old Santa Fe native has been named
by Mayor David Coss to the Santa Fe City Panning Commission.
Shayna is currently a team leader for Youthworks!, a Santa Fe based youth
development organization that provides prevention, education and
intervention services, including violence intervention, conflict resolution,
crisis intervention, peer mediation training, counseling
workforce development, youth advocacy, and
leadership activities.
Ms. Lewis has already provided invaluable support to the city as
a member of the mayor's Youth Advisory Board. As a member
of the city planning commission, Shayna will have an opportunity
to help plan citywide development projects.
Shayna was recently selected to participate in the Forum Public
Allies initiative, and intensive, year-long leadership
development program of the New Mexico Forum for Youth in
Community. The Forum Public Allies initiative is
affiliated with the national Public Allies initiative sponsored
by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
We believe Shayna's appointment to the Santa Fe Planning
Commission is yet another example of positive youth engagement
in New Mexico. Congratulations Shayna!
New
Mexico Out-of-School Time Program Directory
The New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community is building and
maintaining a comprehensive directory of out-of-school time programs
throughout the state. Out-of-school time includes before school,
afterschool, weekends, and summer.
If you would like to add your program or other programs in your
community to this directory, please complete a short form for each
program. To access the data form,
click here.
Thank you for your assistance.
If you have any questions, please contact Michael A. Lujan Project
Director, Out of School Time Network, New Mexico Forum for Youth in
Community at: mlujan@nmforumforyouth.org.
Positions
Available - Board of Directors
The New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community is seeking adults
and youth
to fill vacancies on its Board of Directors. For more
information, jump to our opportunities
section.
2007
Training Schedule Released
The New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community is pleased to
offer bi-weekly workshops on Positive Youth Development. All
workshops are held in the Forum’s Community Room, located at 924
Park Avenue SW, Suite D, Albuquerque, NM. For specific workshop
titles, descriptions, dates and times, go to our
training section or
download the PDF file
here. For more information, please contact:
Wendy Wintermute, Ph.D.
Training Director
NM Forum for Youth in Community
924 Park Avenue SW, Suite D
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-821-3574
wendy@nmforumforyouth.org
Upcoming Quarterly Gatherings - Statewide
The New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community would like to
invite you to join us at our Quarterly Gatherings, held around the
state, to meet other youth practitioners, share information and
ideas on topics relating to Positive Youth Development in New
Mexico. Upcoming gatherings will focus on legislative actions
that affect the youth development field, supporting youth as social
entrepreneurs, forging community-wide partnerships, and establishing
opportunities for success via after school programming. For
more information and a schedule of the 2007 quarterly gatherings,
download the PDF file here.
