the gay nebraska youth network
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The Gay Nebraska Youth Network- evaluation plan, by Drew Heckman.TRANSCRIPT
The Gay Nebraska Youth Network
2012 C.V. Starr Social Entrepreneurship FellowshipDrew Heckman
● Spring Break○ PFLAG Speakers'
Bureau○ Picnic & Hunger
Games Event ● Succession Plan
○ Identifying Potential Leaders
● MA Suicide Prevention
Training○ NE Training
Project Updates
● Scale○ South Dakota
● Upcoming
○ NAP Fashion Show, Pride
○ New HRC President
Group LeadersTrainingTime
PlanningAt EventsOnline
Facebook GroupResource List
Community CalendarMoney to subsidize events
Logic Model, Inputs
Moderate online discussion boardPost about relevant news in politics, sexual health, etc.Diffuse public interpersonal conflictsPoll members about important decisions
Plan and facilitate group eventsMake connections with relevant community groups and find ways to collaborateMaintain community calendarContribute to community listserv
Logic Model, Activities
Events heldMembers gained/retainedIncreased number of youth who come out to their peers/family (demonstrated mental and physical health benefits of being "out")Decreased number of youth indicating feelings of isolation, loneliness, or depression because of their sexual identityIncreased average number of community resource organizations (LGBT and otherwise) with which members are involvedIncreased knowledge of sexual health and current political events
Logic Model, Outputs
Better psychological and social outcomesMore visible LGBT youth communityGreater sense of LGBT youth communityGreater organizational participation and cross-collaborationIncreased awareness of and access to resourcesYouth feel empowered to make active change in their own communities and beyondYouth actively and intentionally contribute to the shaping of the norms and climate of the communities they inhabitYouth leaders train others to leadBetter climate for LGBT populations in NE, eventually other places
Logic Model, Outcomes
OutputsTotal membershipEvents held & turnoutIncreased "outness" of members
Outcomes
Better psychosocial outcomesSense of young gay communityEmpowered and impassioned youth
Metrics & Measurement