You(th) All Belong

About Community Youth Development

Division of Extension programming historically focuses on civic engagement in its adult and youth programming in order to empower audiences on issues of concern for their own lives, local communities and the state as a whole.  Youth programming as conducted within the Institute for Positive Youth Development utilizes the experiential learning model and Youth-Adult Partnership in order to Teach.  Learn.  Lead.  Serve.  

Ongoing Community Youth Development priorities to both conceptualize change and design/implement approaches could include a variety of cross programming collaboration, organizational change pilots based on Y-AP dimensions and Rock County conversations organized around Youth Program Quality Assessment Standards.  These opportunities for partnership inform strategies to enhance existing PYD programming and Y-AP in practice as well as create as needed both within organizations and across community coalitions.

It’s all about the roles youth, adults and organizations play in answering the question ‘What is Purpose?’

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You can read more about UW-Madison, Division of Extension programming statewide in Community Youth Development here https://extension.wisc.edu/youth/community-youth-development/

• 4-H Camp is back 2022 & Adult Volunteers Needed!! April 14, 2022
  4-H Camp families, we have a wonderful opportunity and need your help! The reality is, until April 15th, the state hadn’t given approval to allow us to hold our Rock County 4-H Camp (with overnights) in 2022. With this opportunity, our challenge is that without enough 4-H Adult Volunteers, we will not be able to […]
• Diversity Action Team Program-Inside the Diversity of Asian America March 25, 2022
  You can watch the recording on Hedberg Public Library’s YouTube Channel to learn more.  Learning also means leading.  The following are some Action Steps youth can take using a variety of resources. Self-Educate:  Set your own learning goals and find resources you love to learn with.  For example a website https://asianamericanedu.org/, a book https://social […]
• Create your Educational Action Plan JUNTOS! March 24, 2022
  What is an Educational Action Plan? It is a plan to guide our steps and actions to follow so that we reach our educational goals. You can identify the small goals in order to reach the large goals. Ask yourself: What is the educational goal you want to achieve? What are the actions needed to […]
• Youth-Adult Partnership Spotlight-Spring 2022 March 21, 2022
  Seed Catalogs are Sent in January It’s March.  It’s officially spring.  And, it’s time to plant seeds. . . almost. When I returned from Guatemala, I told my dad I wanted to learn to garden.  His specific knowledge of best practices was often simplified to a garden built on hills and trenches that you visited […]
• 4-H Trailblazers! February 18, 2022
  Meet the people of 4-H who are breaking down barriers, creating change, and inspiring others. As educators, community activists, industry experts, innovators, and leaders, these 4-H trailblazers are paving the way for generations to come.  To commemorate Black History Month, join us in celebrating these trailblazing youth, alumni, and supporters who have cre […]
• February is Black History Month  February 11, 2022
  Chris Clover is learning from youth around the state and the country.   Learn more about Black History here:  https://blackhistory.today/ UW Madison events https://www.wisc.edu/black-history/  National 4-H  https://4-h.org/about/blog/black-history-month-celebrating-innovation-diversity-leadership/  https://4-h.org/about/blog/black-history-month-serving-the-u […]
• 4-H Needs YOU to be YOU | 4-H necesita que tu seas tu | 4-H xav kom Koj yog Koj February 11, 2022
  Have you heard about Chris Clover and the Wisconsin 4-H Movement? Hopefully, you have and are ready to join in on Chris Clover’s next adventure. This time it’s all about YOU. We hope you’ll help us learn something new through the “We Want You To Be You Shirt Design Challenge.” The Challenge:  We’re excited to […]
• Youth-Adult Partnership Spotlight–Winter 2022 December 22, 2021
  How Are You(th) Supported? What, or who, are you(th) supports made of?  Are in the ‘right place?  Whose design are you following?  Will everyone be comfortable inside the relationship, or even the conversation, when you are finished? In my work with UW-Madison, Division of Extension in Community Youth Development, I have tried to find as […]
• Diversity Action Team February Program Youth Voice Opportunity December 17, 2021
  In Rock County 4-H and Community Youth Development work together to define the supportive adult relationships so that they include diversity, equity and inclusion.  In the Weekly Update you often see one community opportunity, providing youth action slides in the programs.  For example, the December program Call to Action can be found here.  You have […] […]
• We’re Still Here: Diversity Action Team Program Call to Action Opportunities November 19, 2021
  While this program was cancelled, you can still learn more using the call to action resources. Self-Educate: Find a format that is right for you to research American Indian Boarding Schools.  You can watch documentaries.  This great documentary is available for free on Youtube. I would recommend it for older students as some topics discussed […]