In North Carolina, with limited funding, the NC School Community Health Alliance has used a nationally recognized Youth Empowerment Model to create a statewide youth council, the NC Teen Health Alliance, as well as an undercurrent of youth-charged advocacy work for school health centers. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to participate in a youth-led examination of the Results-Based Youth Empowerment Model and how it has been effective in developing a statewide grassroots advocacy movement.
The workshop will be co-facilitated by youth and adults and will examine the 3 major components of the model, Critical Awareness, Skill Building, and Opportunities. Participants will learn how to recognize the difference between youth involvement and youth empowerment, as well as the characteristics and sustainability associated with each. Finally, through targeting the Opportunities component, participants will explore the Real Time Community Change program of investing small amounts of money over short periods of time in a way that creates huge amounts of tangible outcomes. During the workshop, participants will look at major concepts such as “The Investor vs. The Funder”, “Goals vs. Results”, and “Coaching vs. Playing” in a way that will allow for personal and programmatic reflection, as well as strategies for implementation.
Parrish Ravelli, North Carolina School Community Health Alliance
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