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6th International Conference

Exploring our Past to Strengthen Youth and Community Work Today

June 25-27, 2008
St. Paul, MN

• How can we best connect with the natural “strengths” of our youth, rather than fall back into trying to “fix” them?

• How can we be most helpful to immigrant and migrant youth and families as they attempt to enter society’s mainstream with an intact sense of cultural continuity?

• How can we best serve youth when professional expertise and community expertise disagree?

Important questions like these have challenged us for generations – through war and peace, through immigrations and migrations, through economic prosperity and depression. Over time, different answers have been tested. The results are available to consider in our work today.

Join scholars, youth workers, educators and community leaders for an opportunity to discover and discuss ideas from the past that can inform and influence youth and community work today.

We are certain you will see your work with a new perspective. If you are looking for practical ways to implement the lessons learned from history, join us!


 
 
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