[Insights and Evidence] New Issue: Building Bridges for the Sake of Youth

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Building Bridges for the Sake of Youth: Community- and Faith-Based Youth
Workers Have Much to Learn from Each Other Most youth workers in both
community-based and faith-based organizations share commitments to core
competencies of youth work, and most indicate that they would value
opportunities to learn with and from each other=97despite some significant
challenges in doing so.

Those are the key findings highlighted in the latest issue of the online
periodical, Search Institute Insights & Evidence. In addition to
highlighting key findings from the recent study, Is There Common Ground? An
Exploratory Study of the Interests and Needs of Community-Based and
Faith-Based Youth Workers, the article outlines implications for building
bridges in communities across sectors. Rather than focusing primarily
sorting through the issues first, the article's author, Eugene C.
Roehlkepartain, argues for acting locally as a way of learning. "Abstract
definitions and position papers may do less to stimulate shared commitments
than would shared experiences, stories, and actions that transcend sector,
organization, and worldview. Through stories and narratives, the work will
come alive and have meaning for youth workers. Through action, it will
become part of who they are."

To download the complete article or a one-page summary at no cost, go to:
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