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Building civic literacy, leadership

Programs combine classroom and community – K-12 civic education lessons/resources

– Kids Voting mock election

– Charlotte-Mecklenburg Youth Council– Youth Leadership Charlotte-Mecklenburg– Other initiatives

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50,000 local students in 2014-15 activities

• 180,000 in 2012-2015, including Election 2012

15,000 contact hours of programming

100+ standards-based lessons and tools for classrooms in 170+ schools

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Narrowing the learning opportunity gap

Discuss issues with public officials Find out how and why a city grows Write news headlines See how local government works Deliberate policy in a mock council

meeting Create and deliver a team presentation Read and prioritize a budget Build civic leadership and interests Analyze a speech and speaker’s skills Cast an informed mock vote on real topics Plan a city Collaborate with different kinds of people

Learning opportunities connect students with real-life experiences for college, career, and civic life

Pitch an economic plan for the city Learn legislative process in Raleigh See where and how people do their jobs Negotiate a deal Share solutions with civic leaders Interview a business leader Explore different parts of the city Follow and understand news Learn law through a mock trial Get leadership lessons from leaders Report on civic issues and events Be an active citizen

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Thanks for meeting with youth!David Howard

John Howard

Charles Keller

Terry Lansdell

Vilma Leake

Justin Lehmann

Luis Lluberas

Nyema Mathis

LaWana Mayfield

Ed McKinney

Tim Morgan

Pat Mumford

Tom Murray

Amy Hawn Nelson

Brooke Adamson

Maggie Akers

John Arwood

April Bethea

Allison Billings

Andrew Bowen

Charles Bowman

Erin Brighton

Michael Bryant

Ron Carlee

Cheryl Carpenter

Ann Clark

Dan Clodfelter

Brian Collier

Carrie Cook

Warren Cooksey

Ed Driggs

Ericka Ellis-Stewart

Holly Eskridge

Dale Fite

Annetta Foard

Trevor Fuller

Jennifer Green

Tom Hanchett

Rebecca Hefner

Wilson Hooper

Jake House

Susan Patterson

Heidi Pruess

Moira Quinn

Leslie Rhodes

Young-Sun Roth

Ella Scarborough

Sheila Shirley

Nancy Smith

Nicole Storey

Tom Tate

Steve Wood

Hyong Yi

And other friends!

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100% of youth participants

• Interact with, discuss issues with community leaders

• Learn about, apply knowledge to solve community

issues

• Learn about and interact with local government

• Meet and collaborate with youth from other schools and

backgrounds

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Impact after high schoolDemonstrate higher levels of civic leadership,

civic engagement, and civic literacy

As a result of their involvement in GenerationNation, more likely than peers to

• Serve in group leadership role (88% vs. 5%)• Vote (90% vs. 22%)• Volunteer (69% vs 28%)• Understand how government works (90% vs. 45%)• Regularly consume/understand news (100% vs. 70% )

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Diverse youth leadership

30+ schools– CMS/Non-CMS

Different neighborhoods, backgrounds, perspectives

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Participating high schoolsArdrey KellPhillip O’BerryButlerCato Middle CollegeCharlotte CatholicCharlotte Country DayCharlotte Engineering Early CollegeCharlotte SecondaryCochraneEast MecklenburgGaringerHardingHome SchoolsHopewellHoughIndependenceLake Norman Charter

Levine Middle CollegeMallard CreekMarie G DavisMyers ParkNorth MecklenburgNorthwest School of the ArtsOlympicPerformance Learning CenterProvidence Providence DayQueens GrantRocky RiverSouth MecklenburgVanceWest CharlotteWest Mecklenburg

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– Advise community leaders– Learn about issues and perspectives– Collaborate to solve problems– Build lifelong interests, skills, and friendships

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High school student advisory board for city, county, and CMS

Leaders through college, career, civic life

Building a leadership pipeline

Grades 9-10 learn about community, issues, leadership

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Youth LeadershipPresentations by emerging leaders in grades 9-10

GenerationNation Youth Leadership Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Class of 2015

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Team 1

Taylor BlakeneyTrinity RussellGrayson SandlinAlex SmithVernicia Ulysse

View presentationhttp://goo.gl/50ABGR

Watch presentationhttps://youtu.be/wq_Vu3WXE9A

Watch Q&Ahttps://youtu.be/GNU5MnrXvck

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Team 3

Asyia CuttsBrienna DiPietroMitchell LongoAvani MercadoJenica Myers

View presentationhttp://goo.gl/p9hM44

Watch presentationhttps://youtu.be/fyuAEK0gmNQ

Q&Ahttps://youtu.be/rMRSZCDZdU0

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Team 4

Rose Delle FaveMaayan EavesJosie FultonZachary GreenDes'rae Mitchell

View presentationhttps://prezi.com/imdaqlwzdgoa/their-big-city-our-small-town/

Watch presentation

https://youtu.be/XPX7LqXjs00

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Team 5

Arionna BarrettSierra DixonDa'Jhun MackMax MorenoAadithya NairJane Vaughan

Watch presentationhttps://youtu.be/pRvMth92UNc

Q&A

https://youtu.be/Q2NgC5H5qcc

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Team 6Hayley BogerKalen ClarkKaila HartGrant SheltonPiper StrzeleckiLuke Workley

View presentationhttp://goo.gl/qA1ixi

Watch presentationhttps://youtu.be/PnL2FS0adgw

Q&A https://youtu.be/uNexsbyuU3A

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“You’ll Never Walk Alone”

https://youtu.be/48M5qM2xeBo

Rickey BurchCharlotte-Mecklenburg Youth CouncilButler High School

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Thank you!