[Assets] Community Recognition

[Harris, Sandra]

Asset Champions,

Below is information that your community may be interested in applying
for.   In 2005, the America's Promise organization recognized the top
cities in California for being the most "youth friendly" and San Jose
was rated #1 because of it's "gang task force", "after school programs"
and "YMCA's Project Cornerstone, based on the asset approach.

America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth Invites Entries for 100 Best
Communities for Young People Competition 

America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth
<http://www.americaspromise.org/>  has launched the 2007 100 Best
Communities for Young People competition, inviting communities across
the United States to compete for the honor of having their locality
named one of the nation's great places to grow up. The program showcases
communities that do an outstanding job of fostering safe and caring
environments that effectively educate young people and help them become
productive citizens.

The 100 Best Communities receive national recognition. For example, all
of the 2005 100 Best winners received national media exposure in
Newsweek magazine, USA Today, and NBC's Today Show, plus local media;
opportunities to participate in national and regional 100 Best forums to
share ideas and best practices; and tools to locally promote the award,
including special 100 Best seals for each winning community, guidance on
developing celebrations, local media outreach assistance, and promotion
through America's Promise and Alliance partner Web sites and
publications.

All communities are encouraged to apply, and any community is eligible
for recognition. A "community" is defined as any town, city, or local
jurisdiction within the United States or U.S. territories, including
Native American reservations, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Local jurisdictions include legally defined geographic areas of
counties, boroughs, school districts and other locally recognized
boundaries.

In applying for recognition as one of the 100 Best, communities should
involve groups and individuals from multiple sectors to evaluate and
describe their efforts on behalf of young people. Civic and business
leaders, community activists, and elected representatives, and nonprofit
and faith-based organizations can all be involved in the application
process.

Community leaders can access the competition guidelines and application
at the America's Promise Web site.

 

 

Sandra Harris

Asset Specialist

YMCA of the USA

101 N. Wacker Dr.

Chicago, IL 60606

800 872-9622, x8381

312 419-8381 (direct)

312 339-7609 (cell)

312 977-1134 (fax)

sandra.harris at ymca.net <mailto:sandra.harris at ymca.net> 

 

 

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