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Youth Legislation
Signed!
April 4, 2007
In an ceremony held at the Martineztown House of Neighborly Service
(Albuquerque), New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish signed three
youth bills into law. These included:
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Juvenile Continuum Grant (HB21) which provides funding for youth
intervention programming aimed at keeping youth out of
incarceration.
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The Family Opportunity Accounts Eligibility Act (HB140) which
allows for youth as young as 15 years of age and adults to
establish Individual Development Accounts (IDA's) with matching
funds towards education, initial home purchase, or establishment
of a business
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New Mexico Youth Day (SB626, HB363) which creates a
State-recognized youth day, set to occur the first Saturday of
August each year.
Lt. Governor Diane Denish signs youth
legislation
(shown here with state legislators and youth advocates)
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.
Visitors From Turkmenistan Explore
“Civics Education in a Multi-Cultural Society”
February 7, 2007
Four visitors from
Turkmenistan met with the staff of the New Mexico Forum for Youth in
Community to share ideas on preparing and engaging young people in
community and civic affairs. Accompanied by their translators and
two members of Albuquerque’s Council for International Visitors, the
group questioned Forum staff on each of the Forum projects: The
VISTA Cadre program; the Out-of-School Time Network, the Centers for
Community Service-Learning; the Youth Violence Prevention Network;
and the Youth Alliance. Everyone agreed that further cross-national
conversations would be of benefit to both groups. The Turkmenistan
visitors invited the New Mexicans to come to Turkmenistan and offer
workshops, technical assistance, and information sharing. The Forum
invited the Turkmenistan group to an international conference on
“Learning in Communities,” hosted by the Center for
RelationaLearning and co-sponsored by the Forum, to be held in Santa
Fe, January 6-9, 2008. (For more information about this conference,
contact the Center for RelationaLearning at 505-983-1469 or visit
the Website
www.relationalearning.com )
Members of the
Turkmenistan Delegation:
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Ms. Selbi
Akmuradova, Director, Mercy Without Borders, an NGO;
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Ms. Yekaterina
Berkeliyeva, Trainer and Member, Yashil (Green), a Civic Group;
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Mr. Yazmyrat
Hommadov, Director and Teacher, Lebap Youth EcoCenter
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Mr. Valeriy Kotvin,
Director, Agama (mountaineering group for troubled youth), an
NGO
Turkmenistan visitors convene with Forum staff.
Santa Ana Pueblo Hosts Youth Summit
February 8, 2007
On February 8, 2007,
Santa Ana Pueblo Department of Education hosted a “Youth Summit” for
60 young people, in grades Kindergarten to High School. The young
people were asked to voice their wishes regarding out-of-school time
activities. A separate group asked parents about their concerns and
suggestions for positive out-of-school time activities for their
children and youth. A team of facilitators from the New Mexico Forum
for Youth in Community led the participants through focus groups,
“dot-voting” on current activities, and envisioning new
opportunities for positive youth development for Santa Ana Pueblo
youth. The young people capped off their day of deliberations with
skateboarding, rock-climbing, and other fun activities.
Santa Ana youth design the perfect PYD space
