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Community Involvement

Community Involvement challenges participants to learn about the importance of civic activism. Skills such as analyzing and charting survey results are reinforced though computer activities. Participants identify the assets and challenges in their community and begin formulating a plan for addressing them. They learn how to conduct a survey and how to write a report. They create a report based on Internet research, and first-person interviews. This module concludes the core program, and ends with preparation for a graduation ceremony. Preparation for graduation includes making closing presentations to each other and making sure their portfolios are complete.

 

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  • Sexuality and Family Planning:  Participants focus on the sensitive subjects of Sexuality and Family Planning, as well as gain useful knowledge of current birth control options.
  • STI Awareness and Prevention:  Participants will become aware of the different types of STIs, their symptoms, and how they are transmitted and treated.  
  • Substance Abuse:  Participants will learn abut the dangers of drug use and abuse.  They will develop an awareness of why people use and abuse alcohol and drugs, and understand the role that peer pressure plays in substance abuse.
  • Healthy Living:  the focus of the healthy living module is for participants to learn to create lifestyle plans for healthy diets and exercise.
  • Budget and Banking:  budget and banking teaches personal skills such as money management, and methods for making and keeping a budget are formulated.
  • Educational Planning:  participants strengthen their internet research and application skills by creating web pages and doing research on improving their educational opportunities.
  • College Preparation:  During college preparation participants gain the opportunity to research their college options by learning to apply for college entrance and financial aid.
  • Job Seeking:  job seeking gives participants the opportunity to research their career options.  using the internet and their word-processing skills, they will create and post a resume and apply for a job.