passing on the torch

Submitted by kid_prototype on Sun, 02/04/2007 - 2:49pm.

kid_prototype

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another thing we talked about was how most members of YELL are high school seniors this year, and there is a concern that once they graduate, there may not be be enough momentum going to keep YELL going with the younger students.

One idea that i had (which may be difficult to set up)is to set up YELL "internships" with the younger students. Sympathetic teachers could be convinced that this is peer-to -peer collaborative education, and that the younger students deserve credit for helping to organizing the conference, creating materials, etc. That way they'll be learning the important organizing skills they'll need to keep YELL alive.

Does this seem realistic? Are there other ways of "passing on the torch"?

Sun, 02/04/2007 - 3:10pm

kid_prototype

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Joined: 2006-12-17

grant

we also spoke a little about how YELL is applying for a youth venture grant, and are trying to figure out what to spend the $1000 on. They proposed spending some of it on paying Nick and I for designing a poster to promote the youth conference. Nick and I spoke about it later and agreed that we felt funny about receiving pay for this kind of work. I guess the idea is that anything YELL does benefits misled youth, and vice versa, so money doesn't factor into our collaboration together. Perhaps it would if the work was more demanding and less enjoyable, like some huge amount of office or computer shit. So then the question is, what is the most strategic way to spend the money?

I think that it should go towards creating something that otherwise couldn't be accomplished. So if the renaissance school provides all the resources YELL needs to set up the conference already, then it doesn't make sense to spend it on the conference. My hunch is that it should to towards somehow passing on the work of YELL to future members, helping new people start of activist or educational projects, or something like that. Exactly what will have to be determined be misled youth, yell, and any other interested groups planning out their combined futures to see what makes the most sense.