Dear Readers,
When I began to explore blogging for YIPA over six months ago, I had no idea how many wonderful contributors would be excited to share their expertise with the youth intervention community. I love hearing from local and national experts about mental health, youth violence, healthy living, youth engagement and many other issues that link so closely with youth intervention.
But knowing that I love hearing from Linda Flanders about making movies for youth intervention or from Kevin Spading about drug and alcohol prevention , or from 17 year-old Mysee Chang about youth engagement is just the first step. What I really want to know is: do YOU?
What are you hoping to find when you google “KidsChange blog” or hear about our blog at a quarterly meeting? What do you want to learn?
Readers, you are the front lines. You are the ones who see what youth intervention means to young people every day. This blog is for you. We want to know what makes you get up and go to work in the morning. What are the vital youth intervention issues in your community? You don’t have to be on a national lecture tour (although some of our contributors are) to be an expert. All of you have knowledge and experience that ought to be shared.
Please help me steer this conversation towards those issues that are most valuable to you. If you have an idea for a topic, a question that you would like to ask the youth intervention community or a specific contributor, or if you have a story of your own to share PLEASE email me at cryan@mnyipa.org or leave a comment on this post.
Sincerely,
Clare Ryan
Promise Fellow
Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association
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