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Archive for the ‘Youth’ Category
Webinar on Youth Out-MigrationAugust 16, 2011
(From Bobby G.) Craig Schroeder of the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is one of the country’s great advocates for doing something (!) about the brain drain – as opposed to just whining about it. If you are of a similar mind, you might be interested in this webinar: Proven Strategies to Address Youth [...]
Webinar on Youth Out-Migration
Beasts and Blooms for Earth DayApril 12, 2011
(From Sarah B.) Come celebrate Earth Day at the Cameron Zoo in Waco, TX this Saturday, April 16th from 9:00 – 5:00. Many educational opportunities to learn about sustainable gardening/farming, alternative energy, recycling. Also music, games for children and, of course, the zoo itself. Everyone welcome to share in the appreciation of our earth at [...]
Beasts and Blooms for Earth Day
Applications for 100 Best Communities Now AvailableMarch 7, 2011
(From Sarah Bird) Applications for 100 Best Communities Now Available America’s Promise Alliance: 2011 100 Best Communities for Young People Is your community one of the nation’s best places for young people? If so, America’s Promise Alliance and the ING Foundation want to know about it! The 100 Best Communities for Young People presented by [...]
Applications for 100 Best Communities Now Available
Rural InternsJanuary 8, 2011
The Ogallala Commons is a non-profit community development network based in the Texas Panhandle and serving areas of all states that lie above the Ogallala aquifer. In his year-end report, Director Darryl Birkenfeld reported the following on their program of rural internships. This is a tremendous effort to actually do something about the brain drain [...]
Youth – Returning Home?January 8, 2011
Craig Schroeder of the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship had this piece in a recent newsletter under the title “Communication Gap”. Has anybody else had similar – or different – experiences with kids’ desires to come back home? “I have been traveling extensively over the past couple of months, meeting with youth and young adults [...]
