Season 4, Episode 4: YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute Retreat: Code of Conduct Conversation

References: 

• YouthPowerMN℠ 

• Mt. Olivet Conference and Retreat Center 

• Red Squirrels 

• Chipmunk 

• A guide to Mosquito Repellant  

• Embracing Inclusive Approaches to Attendance Policies 

• For Sake of Youth and for Sake of Policies and Programmes. Why Youth Participation is a Right, a Requirement and a Value 

• Parent and peer social norms and youth's post-secondary attitudes: A latent class analysis 

• What are the benefits of group work? 

• Dual Language Immersion 

• This is your brain on an empty stomach 

• What is intellectual capital?  

• New school cellphone policy landscape across Minnesota includes locked pouches 

• Sentence Fragment 

• What is Restorative Justice for Young People?  

• Best Practices when Connecting with Youth by Text Messages  

• Engaging Youth to Increase their Transportation System Support, Understanding, and Use 

Further Reading:  

• 5 steps every organization can take to involve youth leaders 

• Make Your Own Code of Conduct  

In this episode of St. Paul Youth Services’ (SPYS’) Rewriting the Rules®, listeners get a behind-the-scenes look at YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute, where youth engage in a rigorous curriculum of Healing & Identity, Exploration & Innovation, and Policy Change. The episode takes you to the YouthPowerMN℠ hub, where youth leaders co-developed a Code of Conduct, learned about themselves and their community, and engaged in creative and critical thinking. The purpose is to Listen, learn, and Build in community and see that we’re more connected, stronger, and powerful together.   

About YouthPowerMN℠: St Paul Youth Services’ YouthPowerMN℠ Leadership Institute is an organizing hub where Black youth are compensated for their intellectual capital, lived experiences and contributions to improve our communities. Youth can gather, reflect, express themselves, build skills, organize and advocate for serious change on issues that impact their lives. Our motto at YouthPowerMN℠ is kids changing systems versus systems changing kids. We believe that it is the most promising and proportionate approach to dismantling systemic racism, and that by engaging youth in shaping and promoting solutions, it is the largely untested yet effective and strategic approach to change.   

*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.

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