Tag: dialogue
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The Data We Need
It is often said that what gets measured gets done. As we identify ways to support and empower our youth we should also ask, what data is needed to measure progress? What data will help us best ensure that we are making the right investments and providing our youth with opportunities to grow and prosper? …
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Investing In Our Youth
Participants in past dialogues have identified the rising cost of many activities for youth as a significant issue. As the author Matthew Desmond observed in his recent book Poverty, By America, “The best way to ensure that opportunity is unequal and unfair is to charge for it.” Here in St. Joe, who is being excluded…
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Join Us Nov 16! Focus: Supporting Our Youth
Join us on November 16 at InterServ, 5400 King Hill Ave, to discuss how our community can best empower, engage, equip, support and protect youth and young adults in our community. If you are a young leader, we want to hear about your challenges, hopes, and needs. If you work with youth, we want to…
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Thank You InterServ!
InterServ was a wonderful host for our dialogue on October 19 and will host us again on November 16. The space is welcoming, parking was ample and the food from the Hive was delicious! Pictured above are some of our lucky prizewinners. Join us for our next dialogue November 16. Food is limited so if…
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Encouraging All Voices
How do we work together as a community? How can we encourage and hear from all voices? One theme that came out of the conversations on September 21 was the need to value and embrace the many diverse communities, neighborhoods, and individuals who make up St. Joe. As the notes from that meeting show, not…
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Securing Affordable Housing
We all want a place where we can feel at home. A home is where we feel safe and secure. Yet for many in our city a safe, affordable home can be hard to find. Community members attending the September 21 dialogue spoke of substandard housing being rented out, urban blight, and a need to…
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Supporting Our Youth
Our community cares about its youth! And we are concerned that too many are leaving. How do we create a community where children thrive? Where young adults will want to stay and raise their families? Those at our September 21 event had several ideas about how we might support our youth, advocate for youth, and…
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Strengthening Our Community
Lots of thoughts were shared and ideas generated during our conversation on September 21. Members of the community identified many challenges, hopes, and needs as they explored three questions – what is St. Joe to you?, what would you change if you could? and what groups are working to strengthen our communities? As we reviewed…
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Listening Well
We had a great diverse group of engaged residents at our meeting on September 21. Comments received included “everyone was engaged and cares about improving our community,” “helpful questions,” “good organization and flow,” “a lot of different perspectives,” “everyone participated,” “many ideas,” “learned things from others I was not aware of,” “people were open,” “everyone…
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Next Conversation October 19
Our next community conversation will be Thursday October 19 at the Interserv Commons Room, 5400 King Hill Ave. Again doors open at 5:30, facilitated conversation begins at 6. We invite and welcome your involvement. Join us!
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Join Us September 21!
You can join neighbors from across St. Joseph on September 21, as we explore what St. Joe means to each of us, what we might change if we could, and connections and resources we can tap into to make those changes. These conversations are being hosted by All Voices St. Joe. Read about us on the…
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