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Teleconference Training – Using the Country Boys Documentary to Build Community Interest in Youth Development
December 5, 2005, 1:00-2:30p.m. Eastern Time
COUNTRY BOYS is an inspirational and gripping coming-of-age story about two boys from Eastern Kentucky's Appalachian region. Filmmaker David Sutherland (THE FARMER’S WIFE) interweaves the distinct narratives of two at-risk adolescents grappling with and overcoming daunting emotional and physical obstacles related to their unique family lives and the economic circumstances of this region. Their individual stories offer valuable insights into the universally complex problems that face all teenagers and those who love and support them. The film will air nationally over six hours on Jan. 9-11, 2006, at 9-11PM EST/PST.
This will be a national teleconference training. This training will feature:
- Locsi Ferra, National Outreach Coordinator, Independent Television Service (ITVS)—on the use of outreach materials to help you build community interest for youth development
- TJ Delahanty, 4-H Youth Development Extension Associate—on how this event can help promote youth development in your community and in your Extension programming
Using the Country Boys Documentary to Build Community Interest in Youth
Development
December 5, 2005
Time: 1:00-2:30 EST
Benefits from the training:
- Receive outreach materials and a preview DVD of the documentary in advance of the training (if registered by Nov.18th)
- Promote the dialogue on how 4-H, schools, and local communities can nurture the success of all youth, especially those at greatest risk for academic failure
- Learn of ideas to use the documentary in your own youth development programming
- Learn of potential strategies that can help you attract volunteers that will be motivated by the documentary to help support your community youth development efforts
- Support the discussion and build awareness of the developmental and emotional needs of boys and how they can be nurtured through adolescence
- Support alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention efforts through effective substance abuse prevention programs and policies in schools and communities
- Support initiatives that provide economic development opportunities and educational access to rural communities
What you need to do to attend:
Before November 28th (or before Nov. 18th to receive your free material packet) you need to:
- About a week before the teleconference we will email you with the telephone number to call for the training.
To get more information on the documentary and the outreach materials that
have been developed for it, go to the ITVS Country Boys Resource page at:
http://www.itvs.org/outreach/countryboys/resources.html
If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact me:
Bill Evans, evans@unr.nevada.edu
