Youth Voice is any expression of any young person anywhere, all the time, about anything. It doesn’t depend on adult approval, it doesn’t need specific spaces or energies, and is always present wherever young people are. The question generally is whether adults want to hear what’s being said. If a young person is talking in front ofContinue reading “Adult-Driven Youth Voice”
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SoundOut Student Voice Tip Sheet
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PETS: People-to-People Partnerships
Click here for other topics in this series… When we interact as neighbors, parents, coworkers, children, students, lovers, customers, or supervisors, we’re engaging with others, person-to-person. People-to-people partnerships are ways that we experience Personal Engagement in intimate, intentional connection with others. Intentionally formed, they can enhance, stabilize and deepen relations between people of all ages,Continue reading “PETS: People-to-People Partnerships”
The Tree of Engagement
Download this article from my website FREE! As a young man, I was taught the art of storytelling by one of Omaha’s greatest, Idu Maduli. His graceful, courageous work brought me into neighborhoods throughout my area of the city where most people would never go, fearful of poverty or people of different races. Idu went though,Continue reading “The Tree of Engagement”
PETS: What is the Community’s Job?
Click here for other topics in this series… The community around us includes our families, friends, work, neighborhoods, cultures, and other things we identify with. Our communities can influence, drive, cause, or otherwise influence our Personal Engagement all of our lives, from the time we’re babies through our old age. However, our communities do notContinue reading “PETS: What is the Community’s Job?”
PETS: More Than One Way to Engage
Click here for other topics in this series… More Than One Way to Engage There’s nothing that you have to do in order to be engaged. Your existence here is enough. Learning about Personal Engagement is intriguing to some people though. Yoga, art, science, and poetry are lovely, and a loving way to express yourContinue reading “PETS: More Than One Way to Engage”
PETS: What is Personal Engagement?
Click here for more topics in this series! What Is Personal Engagement? I define Personal Engagement as the sustained connection a person has to the world within themselves. A person can be engaged within themselves through many different ways, including creating art, working, family-raising, baking, construction, and meditation. There are many pathways that show theContinue reading “PETS: What is Personal Engagement?”
PETS: Why Live Engaged?
Click here for more topics in this series! Why Live Engaged? While its easy enough to see what Personal Engagement is, it may be harder to understand why it’s important to live engaged. Knowing that we’re engaged personally whether or not we’re conscientious of our engagements, it can be harder to pin answer the question,Continue reading “PETS: Why Live Engaged?”
PETS: CommonAction Personal Engagement Tip Sheet Series
Welcome! Welcome to the CommonAction Personal Engagement Tip Sheet Series! These posts are meant to be a simple, hands-on introduction to Personal Engagement. After introducing the concept back in 2011, I’ve continued to write about it sporadically. This series compiles tips, examples, and more that highlight different parts of Personal Engagement. Table of Contents TopicsContinue reading “PETS: CommonAction Personal Engagement Tip Sheet Series”
