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This Thing We Call “Engagement”: Where does a community start? Adam Fletcher Author, Advocate, Speaker CommonAction Consulting

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Adam Fletcher's keynote address from the 2011 North Carolina Rural Partners Forum in Chapel Hill.

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This Thing We Call “Engagement”:Where does a community start?

Adam FletcherAuthor, Advocate, SpeakerCommonAction Consulting

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The Cycle of Engagement © 2011 Adam Fletcher

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Strategies

• Change Attitudes• Transform Culture• Develop Structures

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Adult Views of Youth: Apathy

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Adult Views of Youth: Pity

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Adult Views of Youth: Sympathy

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Adult Views of Youth: Apathy

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Adult Views of Youth: Empathy

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Adult Views of Youth: Solidarity

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Ladder of Engagement

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Five Point Plan

1. Every young person in every community all

of the time

2. Encourage and educate every adult

3. Promote community-wide accountability

4. Create safe and supportive opportunities

5. Mainstream youth engagement

immediately

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The Freechild Project– New Roles for Young People in Societywww.freechild.org

SoundOut– Promoting Student Voice in Schoolswww.soundout.org

CommonAction Consultingwww.commonaction.org