To make sure you receive future emails, please add emergingissues.org to your address book or safe list. 04.26.2016 #YouthEngageNC Monthly Digest Alecia Page _______________________________________ Over the course of the weekend, IEI hosted its first annual BB&T Leadership Symposium . With FutureWork still in mind, I watched with admiration as teams of young entrepreneurs representing six different regions came together to hone their leadership abilities and refine their social ventures and startups. Though all were lured with the prospect of $10,000 in seed funding for their venture, I couldn’t help but sense the presence of some greater goal—an unspoken mission to simply make North Carolina better . In the process, these young people were not only creating jobs for themselves but also employing their peers in positions that did not exist just a few years ago. As we lose traditional fields of employment to automation, how can we encourage an entrepreneurial and socially conscious spirit in all of our students—providing each one with the skills and desire to create opportunity where none exists? Blog Check out this month’s latest civic engagement blog—contributed by Caroline Simpson, Program Officer, NC/SC State Office, Corporation for National & Community Service. And the Winners Are... We welcomed fifteen teams of young entrepreneurs - all winners of our regional Discovery Forum series - to Hunt Library over the weekend for the BB&T Leadership Symposium, with each team pitching their social entrepreneurship venture for the chance to win $10,000! And the winner - FreshSpire! Read more about the finalists here . Research Looking for data on how best to engage youth in your community?
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04.26.2016
#YouthEngageNCMonthly Digest
Alecia Page
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Over the course of the weekend, IEI hosted its firstannual BB&T Leadership Symposium. WithFutureWork still in mind, I watched with admiration asteams of young entrepreneurs representing six differentregions came together to hone their leadership abilitiesand refine their social ventures and startups. Though allwere lured with the prospect of $10,000 in seed fundingfor their venture, I couldn’t help but sense the presence ofsome greater goal—an unspoken mission to simply makeNorth Carolina better. In the process, these youngpeople were not only creating jobs for themselves butalso employing their peers in positions that did not existjust a few years ago. As we lose traditional fields ofemployment to automation, how can we encourage anentrepreneurial and socially conscious spirit in all of ourstudents—providing each one with the skills and desire tocreate opportunity where none exists?
Blog
Check out this month’s latest civicengagement blog—contributed by
Caroline Simpson, ProgramOfficer, NC/SC State Office,Corporation for National &
Community Service.
And the Winners Are...
We welcomed fifteen teams ofyoung entrepreneurs - all winners
of our regional DiscoveryForum series - to Hunt Library over
the weekend for the BB&TLeadership Symposium, with each
team pitching their socialentrepreneurship venture for thechance to win $10,000! And thewinner - FreshSpire! Read more
about the finalists here.
Research
Looking for data on how best toengage youth in your community?
Our Forum participants spoke loud and clear: project-based learning (PBL)—though certainly not a newconcept—is a critical element to creating the nextgeneration of thinkers and makers. When our studentslearn by doing, they gain confidence, competence, andskills necessary to survive the looming economicchanges.
But PBL doesn’t begin and end in the classroom.Whether you’re a community member, a business leader,or a member of a local civic group, you can join themovement to get our young people ready for FutureWork—and young people, you have the ability to lead yourpeers to engage in project-based learning, too! Whetherit’s through establishing a social venture, completing aportfolio in class, or working on a new product with a localbusiness, you can engage in project based learning toprepare for our rapidly evolving economy.
If you’re interested in joining the PBL movement, pleasejoin us on one of our virtual engagement sessions!
Here’s what we’re reading thismonth. Share your favorite youthengagement literature, and yourpick could be featured in the May
newsletter!
Using Entrepreneurship toTransform Student Work (Edutopia)
Project-Based Learning and theRole of Learning Boundaries (Harry
Scarbrough, Jacky Swan,Stéphane Laurent, Mike Bresnen,Linda Edelman and Sue Newell)
Engaging Middle-School YouthThrough Project-Based Learning
Clubs (Youth DevelopmentInstitute)
Opportunities
Every month, we’ll highlight greatopportunities for youth to engage
across North Carolina. Let us knowif you have an opportunity you’d
like us to share!
Get exposed to workforceopportunities in your community
through NCBCE!
Find a summer opportunity throughNCWorks Online.
SpotlightWe’ve had the pleasure ofpartnering with some great
organizations in our initial youthengagement work. Reach out to
us, and we’ll feature yourorganization in our next issue!
North Carolina BusinessCommittee for Education (NCBCE)
BB&T Leadership Institute
NC New Schools
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