The programming of the Community Coalition for Children does not end after the annual event each October.
As a follow-up to their meeting during the Tuesday workshop portion of the annual event, middle and high school students from diverse ethnic, economic, racial and social backgrounds many different backgrounds and regions meet throughout the year in Teen Summits. Each year, October's program launches a theme for ongoing discussion and provides an intergenerational forum for young people and adults to connect, to speak, and be heard.
Approximately 200 middle and high school students attend the Tuesday portion of October's annual event and begin a discussion sparked by the keynote speaker and breakout groups co-facilitated by trained mental health/education professionals and students. They are joined with parents, educators, social service providers and other adult community members for fascinating and productive dialogue. Past topics have included worry, communication, bullying and resiliency.
The Community Coalition for Children continues to support the young people of the area long after the speaker has gone home by offering Teen Summits several times throughout the year. Students who participated in the October Workshops reconvene to share the impact the earlier program had on them, their schools and families.
In 2005, the summit groups addressed a variety of issues, brainstormed ways to resolve/improve them, and brought their ideas to key individuals in their schools and communities. Some of the discussions included school scheduling, dealing with peer pressure, and in-school security.
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The Teen Summits forge and strengthen communication as urban, suburban and rural, public, independent and alternative middle and high school students explore pertinent issues together, and seek ways to implement positive change within their own varied environments. Students who participate in the summits are learning leadership skills by planning and facilitating meetings and sharing positive ways to make changes within their schools. Invariably through our Teen Summits, students from diverse backgrounds discover how the issues that face each of them indeed face them all.
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