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Creative Youth Development

Live Web Cast Opportunity: National Summit on Creative Youth Development
Thought leaders in the field of out-of-school youth development—based in the arts, humanities, and science learning—from across the nation will gather in Boston at the end of March for the National Summit on Creative Youth Development: Unite. Celebrate. Activate. The Summit will celebrate the field’s progress and success to date, document the impact of this work on the lives of young people, and chart a policy and advocacy agenda for the next decade.

Here’s how YOU can participate:

– Share your thoughts on this policy agenda

Read the Setting the Agenda research (see previous article), and email your thoughts to cydsummit14@gmail.com. Your comments will be passed on to the chairs of the caucuses meeting in Boston.

– Watch the live web cast March 28 & 29

Register for the Summit’s live web cast and add your comments to the deliberations in real time. Three sessions will be streamed:

Friday morning, 3/28, 8:30-9:45am
Friday afternoon, 3/28, 2:00-3:30pm
Saturday afternoon, 3/29, 2:30-4:00pm

Get all the web cast details.

– Join the conversation on twitter

Use the hashtag #cydsummit14 to follow the Summit and add your voice to the discussion.

– Register for the March 20 webinar: Connecting Youth with Afterschool Arts

Listen to the authors of The Wallace Foundation’s new study, Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs From Urban Youth and Other Experts, on March 20 from 11am-12pm. This informative, free webinar focuses on attracting and retaining low-income urban teens and “tweens” to participate in high-quality arts programs.