Brenda H. Stewart's Comments

Thanks for joining the group.  You'll see that much of my focus is on how communities can build and sustain non-school volunteer-based organizations that bring extra adults and experiences into the lives of kids who are in high poverty areas.  This site is supported by the Library of links I've been building over the past 18 years as well as a variety of ideas that I share on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC site.   I believe that youth could be digging into this information and learning to share it with peers and adults in their communities as a form of learning and service that is similar to what the Asia Society was suggesting.   In doing this they could be supported by volunteers from area businesses who serve as mentors and who also help open doors to jobs and life opportunities.  If you and others who use this site bring people from your own community to the site you can use it as your own discussion and planning forum and begin to apply the ideas where you are located.