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November, 9_2002
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Mike Andrei
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Daemen College students to host Youth Summit in Seneca Babcock on November 9, 2002 with support from the Junior League of Buffalo
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April 2002, the Junior League of Buffalo granted $1000 to Daemen College
to support the Daemen College-Seneca Babcock partnership. Specifically,
the grant will be used to support the second Youth Summit, which will
take place on the afternoon of Saturday, November 9, 2002. The funds
will be used to provide supplies and publicity for the summit.
Renee Daniel, director of the grant, notes, "These funds will help us engage more neighborhood teens. Participants in the Summit will be able to walk away with something that will remind them of the experience. Through the Teen Summit we hope to identify community teen leaders that can work with other community leaders for the betterment of the neighborhood." The first Youth Summit held on April 27, 2002, began as a student project for Renee Daniel’s Human Behavior and Social Environment Class II. Jameika Bristol ’03 worked with Shivonne Barker ’03 to develop a project that would address the needs of youth in the community. About 17 youth, ages 11-19, attended the first summit. This year, the project has grown and 75-100 youth are expected to attend the second summit. A committee consisting of students Jameika Bristol, Michelle Pelitier, Jena Dipaolo, Jayne Murray, Sarah Matukewicz, Joanne Oates, Jess Abramo, and Dana Hang has been meeting to coordinate the summit and promote youth involvement. They have set up suggestion boxes in the Seneca Babcock community at the four agencies in the Daemen College-Seneca Babcock partnership: Teen Haven, the Community Center, the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, and the Seneca Street Church. Youth have been asked to submit their ideas in the boxes. Prior to the summit, Daemen students will identify the prevalent themes and will organize groups for discussion. Each group will be facilitated by one social work senior and one committee member who is also a social work major. The directors of the four agencies will be involved as well. At the end of the summit, the facilitators will ask for input from the youths as a group to evaluate the afternoon. Jameika Bristol ’03, chair of the Youth Summit committee, states, “The purpose of the summit is to engage youth in participating in community coordination and planning. A lot of the kids feel that they don’t have much to do. This summit will help them to plan activities that are for them, and help the youth to become advocates.” For more information
about the Daemen College-Seneca Babcock partnership, visit: http://www.daemen.edu/offices/grants/Funded%20Projects/BABCO.HTML |