Youth Diversion From Trouble
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Pics by Wallg
How many times have you heard someone say: “Let’s reach out and talk to these kids.” “Let’s reach out and make a difference in these kids lives.” Let’s get some money and run a group for these kids.” STOP
If you listen to kids, they want activities in their neighborhood. Period !!!!!! No talking, no wasting their time on a message. The main categories are MUSIC, ARTS, and SPORTS.
Here is a list of the kids demands:
Structure,
Scheduled activities,
Materials,
Direction,
Leadership
Mentors (coaches, artists, musicians, athletes)
Government, community and business leaders can reduce many root causes to youth issues by providing equitable access to all youth art, music and sport activities.
The services dramatically reduced over the years in the education system are the after-school and extra-curricular activities.
Youth are everyone’s future.
How is your organization incorporating youth into its mission?
