7:15 AM.
That's what time the busses rolled out of Kemptville,
Monday morning heading to Ottawa. Filled with delegates,
facilitators and staff they were taking part in a
mini-conference with adults from government and national
youth organizations.
After
registering, the adults were lead down the stairs by a
youth from their assigned team... blindfolded! Starting
with icebreakers, the hosts, TJ and Chris welcomed
everyone to the conference and gave a short overview of
the morning's activities. Barb led a panel discussion on
healthy sexuality with the group from Saturday's panel in
Kemptville. This discussion laid the framework for teams
to begin small group discussions and craft messages to be
used in the Agree/Disagree activity.
Following
a short break, which gave the opportunity to showcase the
teams various projects and have adults and youth mingle
and the Agree/Disagree activity, delegates were
encouraged to write themselves a letter that will be used
in the research process and mailed back in six months.
Stoney and Eric spoke about what was happening in the
future of the Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement
and the successful morning was wrapped up.
In short,
it was a great experiment in youth/adult partnerships and
a strong indicator that young people and professionals do
have much to share and a desire to sit together to have
meaningful discussions. It's exciting to think of what's
next for the Centre and the movement of youth and adults
working side by side!
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