2009 Lorain County Youth Collaborative Youth Summit

2009 LORAIN COUNTY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE YOUTH SUMMIT— Calling all youth groups! Lorain County, specifically Ciera Rodriguez-Toney, OHIO Youth Advisory Board Member and one of the event’s coordinators, has invited you to their Youth Summit held June 19 and 20th in Lorain County. On Friday, June 19th there will be food, fun and entertainment. Then on Saturday, it’s time to work!!! There is a leadership development session and awards presentation.

For more information or to pre-register, contact: The Elyria YWCA at 440/322.6308 or The Boys and Girls Club of Lorain County at 440/775.2582.

Youth Opportunity: Write for Represent Publication

17TH ANNUAL SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP— Application Deadline: June 9th!!! This summer, from July 6th to August 13th, Represent will hold its 17th Annual Summer Writing Workshop at our office in Manhattan. Anyone between the ages of 14 to 20 who lives in a group home, foster home or on a campus (or who used to be in foster care) is eligible to apply. Those selected will write articles for publication in Represent and will receive a $600 stipend upon successful completion of the workshop. Writers also get metrocards and $5/day for lunch. Space is limited so apply early. The deadline for applications is June 8th.

Sex has Consequences!!!!

THE NATIONAL DAY HAS ARRIVED- Take the National Day Quiz at http://www.stayteen.org/quiz/.

Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. We hope that everyone concerned about teen pregnancy will do what they can to promote this fun and informative online event. The purpose of the National Day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood.

Thanks to the hard work of more than 200 National Day partners, state and local organizations who are organizing National Day events all across the country, and teens themselves, the National Day is already off to a strong start. Already, more than 60,000 teens have participated by taking the National Day Quiz and more than 7,000 have added our National Day "Relationship Reality Pop Quiz" widget to their personal websites and social networking profiles. The advance turnout for this year’s event has simply been amazing and we expect that hundreds of thousands more will participate over the course of the month.

Last year more than 300,000 teens participated in the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. With your help, we hope to reach even more teens this year. Please help spread the word.

Remember, the National Day Quiz and Widget will both online throughout May, so it's not too late to help spread the word. Need some ideas? Check out our Tips for Getting Involved. For more information, visit the National Day section of our website.

As always, thank you for all that you are doing to make the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy an event to remember. Without the dedication and creativity of organizations and individuals such as yourself, we could never have accomplished such an amazing event. We look forward to working with you throughout the year and on the next National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
We'll be in touch soon with the final results from this year's quiz. Stay tuned for more information!

YOUTH OPPORTUNITY

YOUTH OPPORTUNITY— Children's Action Network and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption have partnered to create a national scholarship program, Fostering a Future sponsored by Capital One, to benefit youth adopted from foster care.

The fund was designed to provide children who were adopted from foster care with the opportunity to pursue their educational goals. The fund will provide parents considering the adoption of an older child an opportunity for education assistance by adding this special scholarship to existing post-adoption resources. It is also our intent that the fund will help alleviate some concerns about new financial obligations facing adoptive parents.

We are currently accepting applications. Applicants must: have been adopted from the United States foster care system after the age of 13, be graduating high school senior, maintain or improve qualifying grade point average throughout applicant’s senior year and demonstrate financial need.

Applications will be accepted between now and April 20, 2009. In order to download an application, please visit Children's Action Network. If you have any questions, or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to e-mail Children’s Action Network at Caninformation@aol.com or call 800.525.6789.

O.H.I.O. Youth Advisory Board Officer's Retreat

Officer's Retreat

DATE: March 21, 2009

TIME: 10 AM- 4 PM

LOCATION:
South Side Settlement House
310 E. Innis Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43207

MORE: Please RSVP by contacting Arlene Jones at arlene@pcsao.org

WRITING COMPETITION OPEN TO FOSTER YOUTH

Write an entry for the Second Nationwide Essay Contest sponsored by the Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Winners Receive Free Trip to Washington, DC.

350-500 word essay submissions will be accepted through March 20, 2009. Students of junior high or high school age may apply.

Five winners will be chosen and will receive airfare and accommodations for him/herself and one parent/legal guardian/foster parent to participate in the Campaign’s June 1-2, 2009 Symposium at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC.

The Instruction Kit and Application are available for download on the Campaign’s Web Site at --
http://www.childrightscampaign.org/crcindex.php?sNav=youth_snav.php&sDat=youth_dat.php
(look under Contest Materials).