Youth Council

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Comment by Karma Chodzin Lalo on June 23, 2009 at 12:21pm

I am joining this Youth Council on behalf of my 18 year old daughter Khyah for now-I will tell her about this special place you have created for her...and if she feels it would be beneficial; I will remain a member too...my big contribution to the Youth in my life is to, without hesitation, hand over my resources/adult privledges/power- watch for great things to happen, and let go of what might get broken (especially my adult ego which is most often convinced I was born to teach the Youth very important things)...I truly respect the wisdom of my daughter and all of the 'Indigo' children I'm honored to have in my life-I'll also invite them to join and bring actual Youth (adult immaturity doesn't really count-ha ha) to this group...Peace

Comment by Philip Gerson on February 20, 2009 at 1:53pm

The CAN Youth Council is still very much in the formative stage. It is not clear what projects are being pursued by the 17 members.

I am active in following through with two schools to determine if their are opportunities for collaboration:

1. The Seattle Center School - I finally received a reply from Wyn Pottinger, the advisor to the student senate. I outlined some possibilities for collaboration. They are meeting on February 25th and will contact Lexy and me about how they would like to proceed. The idea I like best is to ask them if they would be interested in making a film for our October CAN Film Festival.

2. At our NICO CAN Interspirituality session Monica Wilson suggested that we contact the NOva Project and Mark Perry. This project focuses on Social JUstice and should yieold a number of opportunities for collaboration. I will call on Tuesday and update you on the next steps.
If there are any others working on specific youth or intergenerational projects, please inform the others in the group

Phil Gerson

Comment by Patricia on November 21, 2008 at 3:51pm

Lucy, my response is to your quote below.
Within the natural order context I make two distintions:
1. In the Indigenous ceremonial change process solutions do not "emerge" from the collective "perspective" because that is a Western conventional change model world-view in a different thinking system. The strategy and content that I have designed for the YOUTH Initiative is in the Affirmative Thinking System in the natural order context. Therefore, it is directive and based upon contingencies that reframe Maslow's heirarchy of needs.

2. In the natural order context, the process for decision making for group consensus is based upon Indigenous wisdom and knowledge and there is spritual morality in the co-creative win-win solution.

Otherwise if a win-lose decision making strategy becomes "majority vote" which is conquest mentality and powerover.I made these two distictions very clearly to articulate the purpose of a reframing process from win-lose=no-win into win-win by group concensus. Group agreement is arrived at with the principes and dirctives within the Affirmative Thinking System in the natural order context.

A ceremonial change process is designed to start with adult mentor/coaches as the "interventin point" to move incrementally to identifying youth leaders only after training interested adult mentor/coaches.

Quote:
"The solutions emerge from the perspective of the collective and the individual (inclusive, life applicable and co-creative), and on the level of individual empowerment, in certain cases eliminates the need for consensus decision-making."

Comment by Jon Ramer on November 19, 2008 at 11:09pm

Hi Lucy, two of the eleven members of this council are young women; by young I mean younger than 23.

Comment by Paul Johnson on November 15, 2008 at 10:07pm

By way of introduction, please know that I am new to this medium of organizing action (social networking tools)... I know I have a contribution to make re youth distinguishing and practicing compassionate action ... between now and when I see how to "jump in" (to this discussion), please know that I appreciate those of you who have discovered your voice here, and triggered thinking for us who are stuggling to see our role in inventing the future that we all seek.

Comment by Philip Gerson on November 15, 2008 at 1:53pm

Anne,

Thanks for your perspectives on the intergenerational dialogue. I will check out the sites you mentioned.

In another note to you, Lexy and Berverly, I am hoping that we can meet and take Beverly up on getting back with "The Seattle Center School" to discuss our October 13th experience and what opportuniites we have to listen to the yout, understand what is meaningful to them, and move forward to a "Youth Council" based on Compassion.

I am hoping you could set up the an initial session with Beverly and others in the near future.

Phil

Comment by anne morgan stadler on November 15, 2008 at 1:38pm

Hello everyone:

This looks very generative. And I support the Council idea. I'm a firm instigator and enjoyer of intergenerational festivities and learning, being a grandmother and a great gdma!!, so on that basis I am engaging with this possibility. :-)

AND I have several questions about what our intentions are:

1. Is this led and initiated by young people?
If so, could we olders just sit back and listen for a bit, while acknowledging our willingness to help and co-create?

2. If we intend to BE a Council, could we commit to practicing Phil Lane's mantra "Starting from within, sharing in circle in a sacred manner, we develop and heal ourselves, our relationships and our world"?

3. What is our Calling/intention re. reaching out to communities of young people we are not now engaged with, in order to initiate an open and diverse effort?

Finally I've following a related initiative: There's an important initiative happening that we might want to connect with: GlobalPassageways. Please google it, and choose the link that has "Golden Bridge" in the subtext. AND GenerationWakingUp is also one of the initiators of this effort. It IS led by several remarkable young people, one of whom, Joshua Gorman, would be a very helpful connection for us to have. In both cases, you can google the name and get the info.

Love and gratitude, Anne

Comment by Philip Gerson on November 15, 2008 at 12:14pm

Lucy,

Welcome aboard. I was delighted to see that you are interested in cross-generational understanding. We all need to understand how to develop this capacity in our organizations.

I would encourage you to start a discussion topic on that very subject.

Phil Gerson

Comment by Jon Ramer on November 15, 2008 at 11:02am

Thank you, Lucy. It is great to have you here. Thank you for signing up. I am unfamiliar with Howe and Strauss and the article you are referencing from salon.com. Can you find a link to the article as well as advising us on who Howe and Strauss are?

Comment by Patricia on November 14, 2008 at 1:43pm

Patricia Anne, Davis, M.S. Whole Systems Designer
©www.lovecurrencyembassy.com

YOUTH Initiative
Learning how to use win-win decision-making skills is a reframing process, first within the authentic SELF and second with others. It is a life-skill. The five steps for integrating the concepts of a healthy wellness lifestyle with action steps strategies are outlined here:
1. Authentic SELF-identity and situational leadership skills based on SELF-discovery of inherent gifts.
Create an open safe and supportive space for youth to design activities for creative expression.

2. Life experience is education and academic information is schooling. Education is the foundation for academic schooling success, transportation and career employment security.
Explore co-creative ways to discover each person’s inherent gifts.

3. Love and nurturing within the family and home by teaching social coherence and competence is affirming and strengthening powerwithin the SELF to have powerwith others.
Promote the creative expression of each person’s inherent gifts.

4. SELF-sufficiency teaches youth to restore resources with balance and harmony for equitable distribution in the future.
Reflect on learning experience of win-win intentional decision making strategies for restoring resources for next generation of youth.

5. Life application: Win-win decision-making action steps and outcomes experienced in family and community settings.
Define action steps for cross-cultural and intergenerational win-win products and services that manifest as a valued way of living.

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