Dear 4-H Military Colleagues,

You may be receiving this from other sources, however, I wanted to share this with our military-connected partners on this listserv. These resources were developed through the 4-H Program Leaders Working Group (the entity providing national leadership to the implementation of 4-H) and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.  

A resource guide for youth ages 12-18, has been developed for those who work with youth and are seeking support to have meaningful and direct conversations on potentially uncomfortable topics.

The Just in Time Equity Dialogue Guides provide facilitators with a framework in which to have honest and transparent conversations with youth on current social justice issues.  Drawing from news headlines and current events, youth will be challenged to critically think about topics such as race, racism, and marginalization.  The goal in developing this guide is to provide a format to support educators’ and youths’ learning and understanding of current social justice and equity issues we are facing as a nation.  We believe the deliberative format will allow youth the space to develop and sustain conversations vital to becoming informed and engaged citizens.  

The Just in Time Equity Dialogue Guides are meant to simulate conversations and spark  greater questions for youth as well as educators.  In order to support these efforts, the guide which entails six (6) lessons, is also accompanied by a resource guide of readings, videos, and other informative content on covered and related topics. 

In order to support educators with use of the guides, the development team will be hosting a webinar on July 23 at 2p ET.  The zoom information can be found below:

Just in Time Race Equity Dialogues for Youth:  A webinar discussion on the newly created resources for guided dialogue with youth. 
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/99192173426?pwd=RGhsL2ZhTXZnRTlkVzd2ZUJBRVJ6QT09

Register for the webinar HERE or at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61Lk6wTXlUDshGtZGvMb8RE_9UQkRTMVFKU0lYUDZHMkw1RU04SUw1MzNaUC4u

All participants are welcome to learn more about this timely 4-H resource.  We believe we have developed a guide that will begin to open the door for meaningful and honest conversations with and among youth, educators, and staff who support them across the 4-H system. 

Contact Laura Goss at milcamps@uga.edu for the downloadable resource. Also, the GA 4-H Military partnership team is pulling together a resource list to help guide conversations, prepare staff, and a curriculum resource around this topic. The resource guide is being reviewed by our State 4-H Leadership Specialist and it will be shared once it is approved.

Thank you,

Casey D. Mull, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Extension, 4-H Youth Development Program Leader
College of Agriculture

Agricultural Administration Building
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN