Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915

LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan

********************************************************************

Funded Project to Support Development of Youth Advisories in Arts/Cultural Organization in MI

The Neutral Zone, headquartered in Ann Arbor is offering a unique youth leadership program for arts and cultural organizations in Michigan. Through a generous partnership with the New Leaders Council of the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) four arts or cultural organizations across Michigan will obtain support to increase teen engagement and voice in their programs and organizations.

The objective will be achieved by helping organizations build or expand a youth advisory council and through adoption of other youth driven strategies. Through these practices organizations will increase engagement and leadership by teens and help them play new roles to plan projects, curate programs, promote events, recruit peers, fundraise, facilitate their own meetings, and advise on organizational decisions. Agencies who are interested in applying should:

Serve older youth (ages 13-19)
Be committed to supporting ways to increase youth voice and engagement in their programs and organization
May have or are interested in creating a youth council
Reside in Michigan
Can identity and organize a leadership team of youth (8-15) and adult advisors (2-4) who can participate in an overnight retreat on October 21-22, 2017

Agencies participating in this initiative

Receive all training and coaching services at no cost, including the 2-day October residential institute
Travel costs to the October event will be the responsibility of participating organizations

If you are interested, please view and complete the YDS arts overview and application 2017

For additional questions, please contact John Weiss, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Neutral Zone (weiss@neutral-zone.org) – Due September 22^nd.

John Weiss, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Neutral Zone | Where Teens Lead, Create and Innovate

310 E. Washington | Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | 734.214.9995 ext. 222 | www.neutral-zone.org