From susanw at search-institute.org Mon Jun 2 17:04:31 2008 From: susanw at search-institute.org (Susan Wootten) Date: Mon Jun 2 17:15:20 2008 Subject: HCHY List: From SI Press--Vote for Your Preferred Mini-Poster Title Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please take a moment to vote for ONE title for Search Institute Press's new mini-poster featuring actions adults can take to empower young people. Send your e-mail to susanw@search-institute.org: * Trust Me: 50 Ways to Empower Youth * Give Me a Guitar...and 49 Other Ways to Empower Kids (The titles mix the use of "youth" and "kids." Please let me know if you have a strong preference for either term.) Thank you for your thoughtful consideration, Susan Wootten Associate Editor Search Institute Press 612-692-5526 *What's new at Search Institute Press? Plenty! www.empoweryouthleaders.org www.engageeveryparent.org www.helping-teens.org www.bestofbuildingassets.org* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From kellycurtiswriter at gmail.com Mon Jun 9 08:40:33 2008 From: kellycurtiswriter at gmail.com (Empowering Youth) Date: Mon Jun 9 08:51:44 2008 Subject: HCHY List: Positively Speaking - June Message-ID: <772237210806090640s45fcd4f2se26e6594a8467f67@mail.gmail.com> Hello all! Positively Speaking has been published for June. I link to the article here: http://2passthetorch.com/2008/06/08/pass-the-torch-roundup/ Thanks to everyone who has sent me good news about youth! If I haven't blogged about it yet, I promise it's still to come. Have a great week! -- = Kelly Curtis, M.S. Author - Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things. Now available at Search Institute Press: http://www.empoweryouthleaders.org/ . My research-based educational games and curricula: http://www.empowering-youth.com . Want to share good news about youth and the adults who empower them? Let me know and I'll tell the story on my blog -- http://2passthetorch.com/category/kids/torch-tuesdays/ . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 609/a66d56ae/attachment.htm From calliep at search-institute.org Tue Jun 10 08:32:04 2008 From: calliep at search-institute.org (Callie PaStarr) Date: Tue Jun 10 08:43:25 2008 Subject: HCHY List: How are you working with the Developmental Assets? Message-ID: Greetings, Asset Builders - Here at Search Institute we are overhauling our web site to make it more useful and user-friendly. One of the new features will be mapping software that will allow users to scroll across a map and pop up a page for any location willing to share their asset building activities. Each location, whether it is a Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative or a school or congregation or youth serving program will have its own page and you can submit short articles that help tell your story. If you don't currently have a web site for your initiative, the SI page for your group will have its own URL, so you can use it to direct folks to your information. If you do have a web site, we would be glad to post your link so others can find you. This will replace the static list of community initiatives currently on our web site. We will be spending the next month adding the first round of asset building initiatives and organizations to the site, with an intent to launch the new pages later this summer, and continue adding pages throughout the year. If you are interested in having a page on our web site to showcase your efforts, let us know! Here are the kinds of information we are seeking: 1. Name of your initiative, school, congregation, program or other asset building group and an address for the initiative (this is for the mapping feature- it won't actually show up on our site). 2. Name of a contact person with email address and a phone number. 3. ONE paragraph about your initiative or organization 4. Any stories you want to share about events, projects, asset builders who exemplify your work, sectors that are engaged and how, your history... 5. Any upcoming events, if you would like to use this feature to promote (date, time, place, description) 6. Pictures (If you put the HCHY logo on your water tower, or created a great tee shirt or your police department hands out positive tickets...folks would like to see it.) 7. Any documents or resources you'd care to share with others. (This can include print based items such as manuals, posters, essays, reports, activity descriptions, or links to other media such as news clips, videos you have created, audio files, and so on. Contact us with your questions.) Numbers 1 through 3 are required in order to have a page on our site. Stories (number 4) help all of us learn from each other. Numbers 5 through 7 are optional, depending on what you have to share and how you wish to use the page. Questions? Contact either Callie PaStarr, Promise Fellow 800-888-7828 ext 546 callie-@search-institute.org or Nancy Tellett-Royce, Community Liaison 800-888-7828 ext 227 nancyt@search-institute.org We look forward to hearing from you so we can showcase your asset building efforts! Our goal is to post information that will help asset builders learn from each other and share great ideas. We look forward to hearing from you! Callie and Nancy -- = Search Institute, Promise Fellow 615 First Ave. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 800-888-7828 x546 www.search-institute.org Please consider our environment- don't print this email if you don't have to. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 610/91c9e88f/attachment.htm From derek at icar-us.com Thu Jun 12 15:23:00 2008 From: derek at icar-us.com (Derek Peterson) Date: Thu Jun 12 15:34:32 2008 Subject: HCHY List: Medical research - hanging out with younger people good for your health Message-ID: Here is an article on WHY baby boomers might want to connect to younger people. I think Ayn Rand called it "enlightened self interest." ;-) Onward, Derek Live longer, hang out with young people By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 3:01pm BST 02/06/2008 Hanging out with younger, healthier people might help the elderly to live longer, suggests a study of fruit flies. The research also supports the notion that old people are more likely to thrive if with a younger peer group, or with their children and grandchildren, than if they are with their aged peers in a home. Scientists have already gathered a range of evidence that having a social network is healthier than leading a solitary life: the healthy effects of attending church could be as significant as those enjoyed by people who give up smoking, according to one study of 4,000 elderly people in North Carolina. Another study at the University of Chicago found that loneliness is a major risk factor in increasing blood pressure and could raise the risk of death from stroke and heart disease. However, the underlying reason why being sociable has health effects have not been well understood. Now, fruit flies are set to provide the answer, after the discovery that fast-ageing flies that socialise with normal flies live longer than if they live with their peers. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Drs Hongyu Ruan and Prof Chun-Fang Wu of the University of Iowa used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to examine the molecular networks that govern the effects of social interactions on the ageing process. The authors grew a particular strain of mutant fly with greatly reduced lifespan and raised the flies in the same vial as normal fruit flies. What was striking was that the mutant flies that lived with normal flies lived survived nearly twice as long as mutants housed with other mutants. In addition, flies with shorter lifespans housed with the normal flies had improved physical responses and better survived environmental stresses compared to those that remained among the mutant population, according to the authors. The mutation that cuts lifespan, by interfering with an enzyme that mops up harmful radicals, mirrors deficits in a number of age-dependent diseases in humans, including Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's diseases, leading the team to suggest that their research may aid in therapies for these illnesses. "Our results provide a definitive case of beneficial social interaction on lifespan and a useful entry point for analysing the underlying molecular networks and physiological mechanisms," they conclude. From kellycurtiswriter at gmail.com Fri Jun 13 11:18:19 2008 From: kellycurtiswriter at gmail.com (Empowering Youth) Date: Fri Jun 13 11:29:56 2008 Subject: HCHY List: Energizer Keep Going Finalists Message-ID: <772237210806130918x65ba5202m82e79e0686d4be9d@mail.gmail.com> Hello All, I wanted to let you know that there's an awesome contest underway right now for the Energizer Keep It Going Hall of Fame. Heather Wilder,one of the inspiring youth I interviewed while writing my book, has been named a top-ten finalist and could win $10,000. The other finalists are very deserving as well. You can vote once per day through June 25 - and Energizer is donating $1 per vote to charity as well. I mentioned the contest on my blog too: http://2passthetorch.com/2008/06/08/keep-going-hall-of-fame-nominee/ . Have a great weekend! -- = Kelly Curtis, M.S. Author - Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things. Available soon at Search Institute Press: http://www.empoweryouthleaders.org/ . My research-based educational games and curricula: http://www.empowering-youth.com . Want to share good news about youth and the adults who empower them? Let me know and I'll tell the story on my blog -- http://2passthetorch.com/category/kids/torch-tuesdays/ . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 613/2f76eabf/attachment.htm From janiceintheshade at msn.com Fri Jun 13 15:02:11 2008 From: janiceintheshade at msn.com (JANICE BROWN) Date: Fri Jun 13 15:13:47 2008 Subject: HCHY List: Energizer Keep Going Finalists In-Reply-To: <772237210806130918x65ba5202m82e79e0686d4be9d@mail.gmail.com> References: <772237210806130918x65ba5202m82e79e0686d4be9d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: This is very cool, Kelly. You have the greatest stuff. I just attended an= event up in Harlem Wednesday evening, along with my DJ that was held to ai= d high school minority students in the New York tri-state area who demonstr= ate financial need and wish to study public or urban studies, law, accounti= ng and management. N Boutique hosted the event. = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/22HARLEM.html I had a blast. Those kids are soooo precious. I will definately log on to = help out Energizer cause. Thanks, = = = Janice = http://www.nhregister.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/BigDaily;jsessionid=3DG0LgL= H7CfQZH8YhcGYQ7Zhl7C60n8qd4p47mlyfZ2JS4QylGkn2s!722675290?_nfpb=3Dtrue&_pag= eLabel=3Dpg_article&r21.pgpath=3D%2FNHR%2FNews%2FNew+Haven&r21.content=3D%2= FNHR%2FNews%2FNew+Haven%2FHeadlineList_Story_2142757Janice BrownLicensed Re= al Estate BrokerPark Terrace.com(616) 498-0401 Direct(718) 369-0401 Office Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:18:19 -0700From: kellycurtiswriter@gmail.comSubje= ct: HCHY List: Energizer Keep Going FinalistsCC: hchylist@lists.search-inst= itute.orgTo: janiceintheshade@msn.comHello All,I wanted to let you know tha= t there's an awesome contest underway right now for the Energizer Keep It G= oing Hall of Fame. Heather Wilder, one of the inspiring youth I interviewe= d while writing my book, has been named a top-ten finalist and could win $1= 0,000. The other finalists are very deserving as well. You can vote once = per day through June 25 - and Energizer is donating $1 per vote to charity = as well. I mentioned the contest on my blog too: http://2passthetorch.com= /2008/06/08/keep-going-hall-of-fame-nominee/ .Have a great weekend!-- Kelly= Curtis, M.S.Author - Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to D= o Great Things. Available soon at Search Institute Press: http://www.empowe= ryouthleaders.org/ .My research-based educational games and curricula: http= ://www.empowering-youth.com .Want to share good news about youth and the ad= ults who empower them? Let me know and I'll tell the story on my blog -- ht= tp://2passthetorch.com/category/kids/torch-tuesdays/ . = _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy 5 GB of free, password-protected online storage. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_Refre= sh_skydrive_062008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 613/7f971d20/attachment.htm From mtremper at jbsinternational.com Fri Jun 13 19:36:57 2008 From: mtremper at jbsinternational.com (Mel Tremper) Date: Fri Jun 13 19:53:14 2008 Subject: HCHY List: science looks at altruistic behavior References: <004101c889fa$0a809f50$d801a8c0@SALLYVAIOPCNEW> <8CA581918DD5C90-8EC-3D15@webmail-stg-d08.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: this is from the internet scout report. = Greater Good Science Center [pdf] http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/index.html = Housed at the University of California, Berkeley, the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) is "devoted to the scientific understanding of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior." To achieve this goal, the GGSC enlists a broad range of scholars from various disciplines, publishes a quarterly magazine ("Greater Good"), and maintains an outreach program that includes a website designed for parents who wish to foster emotional intelligence in their children. On their homepage, visitors can look over the "What's New?" area to learn about recent findings, view webcasts with experts from the Center, and also read about their latest publications. Next, visitors may want to go to the "Magazine" area to read articles from the latest issue of "Greater Good" magazine. This publication has been nominated for a number of awards, and topics covered between its pages include the importance of play and the binuclear family. Finally, the "For Parents" area contains a number of fine resources on parenting, including a number of short videos that cover emotional literacy, how to praise, and the value of family dinner. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 613/270f2d8a/attachment.htm From mtremper at jbsinternational.com Thu Jun 19 15:34:20 2008 From: mtremper at jbsinternational.com (Mel Tremper) Date: Thu Jun 19 15:46:28 2008 Subject: HCHY List: webinars on using "social media" Message-ID: Sorry this is so late, I just got permission to repost this onto this list= serve. The session on using blogs was the one I thought might be most app= ealing to this list. Perhaps there is a way to access recordings of the pr= oceedings. = = CADCA Institute Announces New Webinar Series on Social Media CADCA=B4s National Coalition Institute will host a new three-part series of= Webinars focusing on the ways that community anti-drug coalitions can use = social media to enhance their day-to-day work. The sessions will be held on= Thursday, April 17, 2008; Thursday, June 19, 2008; and Thursday, Sept. 18,= 2008, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern. = LaDonna Coy, MHR, CPS, CDLA, New Media and Prevention Specialist and author= of the Technology in Prevention blog , will be the presenter for the sessions. Sue Stine, Senior Manager= for Dissemination and Coalition Relations for CADCA's National Coalition I= nstitute will be the moderator. = Sessions in the series are as follows: April 17, 2008: Content Communities for Coalitions: Getting Started with So= cial Media This Webinar introduces content communities - people organizing themselves = around an object in which they share an interest. Join in and learn more ab= out how content communities are a resource, a place to belong and a useful = tool for coalition marketing, presentations and networking. Discussion will= center around the current most popular content communities coalesce around= photos (Flickr) videos (YouTube) and online bookmarks (del.icio.us). = June 19, 2008: Blogs: Finding Your Coalition Voice, Expanding Your Coalitio= n Channel = While blogging isn't new, the application to the work of community coalitio= ns is. So just what is a blog? What does a blog have to do with community c= oalitions? This webinar answers these questions and more. Join in to learn = more about blogging and how it can be used as a free or low cost media sour= ce, information channel and all around narrative documentation of community= interest and action. = September 18, 2008: Social Networking: Building Your Virtual Neighborhood = When coalitions are asked, "What is the most important element of the confe= rence experience?" they often say, "the networking." With social networks c= oalitions can deepen and broaden their "neighborhoods," be exposed to diver= se ideas and solutions and make new acquaintances-virtually. This Webinar i= ntroduces social networking and how it supports coalitions in making the fa= ce-to-face networking experience even richer! = go to the Webinar Series page of the Institute's Web site . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080625/92d8dcee/attachment.htm From wacasta at msn.com Sat Jun 28 01:13:01 2008 From: wacasta at msn.com (Wendy Acosta) Date: Sat Jun 28 01:25:56 2008 Subject: HCHY List: Bethel & Anchorage In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greetings All! = I'm up in Bethel Alaska at the moment, and will be in Anchorage from July = 5th thru the 9th. Looking to connect with any asset builders in the area. = = Wendy Acosta Possibilities Unlimited, LLC Spokane, WA Bethel - 543-2417 Anchorage - 509-599-1514 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:20:03 -0400From: mtremper@jbsinternational.comSub= ject: HCHY List: another item on community involvement for youthCC: hchylis= t@lists.search-institute.orgTo: wacasta@msn.com = Changing the Paradigm: Positioning Foster Care Youth as Community Assets an= d Resourceshttp://ysa.org/Portals/0/PDF%20Documents/Changing_ppfcy_communit= y_assets_resrces.pdf This edition of the Youth Service Journal is intended = to be a starting point for understanding some of the promising practices fo= r engaging foster youth in community service. The ideas expressed in this d= ocument reflect the dialogue among participants at the Working Group. All y= oung people have a lot to gain from community involvement activities that w= ill last throughout their lives. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.search-institute.org/pipermail/hchylist/attachments/20080= 627/3afd4d6d/attachment.htm