YDEV

My other event was going to the open house here at Rhode Island College to support the youth development major. We talked to incoming freshman about the youth development program and our experiences in our college career. We were helping to build our YDEV community and that is one of our anchors in YDEV. Community is something that we have learned about in class. When working with youth and organizations we need to build a good relationship with the community. Being a part of the community is important as a youth worker because it helps get to know the area that you are working with. One day I hope to be a CEO of a nonprofit and a huge part of that job is being a part of the community. Using this event to help build our community and making the program known is a learning point. As CEO I hope to build and help the community that I work in and hope to have youth lead the community. As youth workers we can help lead youth to make decisions in their community. In this event we helping to

One of the events I attend was the Henry Barnard 2 nd grade class teaching students how to make lanterns for the president’s house. This event was held at the Alex and Ani school of arts building on campus. I went in and one of the 2 nd graders came and taught me how to make a lantern out of cloth, a few straws and some string. We would draw on the cloth Christmas themed pictures. The 2 nd grader taught me these things and I had a conversation with the 2 nd grader about how things were going. We talked about how school was going for him and what sports he played and other general stuff. This event showed how youth could be leaders and teach in their communities. The second grader was very good at teaching me how to make a lantern and it was cool to see someone at his age instruct a college kid. When I was that age I would be too nervous to instruct anyone let alone a college kid. This event is showing that having youth lead is good for youth and have them build leadership qualitie