Annual Children, Youth & Young Adult Leadership Programming Report: 2012Offered through Milwaukee County UW Cooperative Extension Office

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Milwaukee County UW-Extension - 2012Program Sites

4-H Clubs

4-H Mind Storm Masters 53226

COA Youth And Family 4-H Club 53212

Einstein’s 4H Club 53207

Fernwood Fiddlesticks Frenwood Monessori 53207

Franklin 4-H Club Fernwood 53132

Hillside 4-H Club UWEX, 53226

Neu Life 4-H Club 53205

Northstar 4-H Club 53218

SUPAR 4-H Club 53215

Superkids 4-H Club 53204

TBA Tech Wizards 4-H Club 53208

The Lumens 4-H Club 53204

Village of Hope 4-H Club 53205

Walnut Way 53205

Wolfpack 4-H Club 53207

4-H STEM Groups/Camps

Trowbridge 53207

Fernwood 53207

St. Rafael 53215

St. Martini Lutheran 53204

La Causa Charter 53204

Milwaukee Recreation

Trowbridge Street School 53207

Fairview Charter School 53219

Hawley Road School 53213

Walt Whitman School 53220

Grantosa Drive School 53218

Pre-college Tours

North Division 53206

Milw Urban League 53212

UW-Madison

UW-Parkside

UW Richland

UW Waukesha

African Diaspora

Pan African Community Assn 53216

Boys to Men Rites of Passage

North Division 53206

Health Rocks

Brown Street 53205

Alice’s Garden 53205

Math Literacy Program

Boys and Girls Club 53212

Lafollette School 53206

Hartford School 53211

Healthy Cornerstore Initiative

Lindsey Heights Neighborhood 53205

Alice’s Garden 53205

Magic Foods 53206

Family First 53205

Eagle Foods 53206

Lead to Succeed Youth Leadership Development

The Milwaukee Water Council 53203

UW-Milwaukee

UW-Parkside

COA Community Center 53212

Robotics & 4-H Techwizard Robotic Program

MKE Masterminds Robotron Team:

SUPAR 53215

Neu Life Resource Ctr. 53205

COA Village of Hope Club 53212

Martin Luther King Jr. Center 53205

Texas Buffkin Christian Academy Tech Wizards 53208

Forest Home Library 53204

Center Street Library 53210

Nativity Jesuit Middel School 53215

Wisconsin Career Academy 53207

Our Next Generation 53208

Student Conservation Association 53226

Total Served 946

Other Youth Services

Nature in the Parks 11,776

Nutrition Education 4,251

4-H ProgramsRobotics & 4-H Tech Wizards Robotics Program is an international competition hosted each fall using Lego Robotics for middle school youth. (53 youth served).

Partners: MKE Masterminds Robotrons Team, SUPAR, COA Village of Hope Club, King Center, Texas Buffkin Christian Academy Tech Wizards, Forest Home Library, Center Street Library, Nativity Jesuit School, Our Next Generation, Neu Life Communit Center, Wisconsin Career Academy

4-H Clubs: In 4-H clubs, youth serve as leaders and decision-makers under the guidance of adult volunteers which focus on involving youth from K5 to 13th grade in a variety of subject areas ranging from animal science to engineering to visual arts (250 youth served).

Partners: 4-H Mind Storm Masters, COA Youth and Family 4-H Club, Einstein’s 4-H Club, Fernwood Fiddlesticks, Franklin 4-H Club, Hillside 4-H Club, Neu Life 4-H Club, Northstar 4-H Club, SUPAR 4-H Club, Superkids 4-H Club, TBA Tech Wizards 4-H Club, The Lumens 4-H Club, Village of Hope 4-H Club, Walnut Way, Wolfpack 4-H Club

4-H STEM Groups/Camps: Pre-college STEM is a program that focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for low-income, particularly Latino youth on the city of Milwaukee’s south side. Seventh through eighth grade youth undertake and complete a 4-H STEM Certificate which allows them to obtain three Continuing Education Units by the end of three years of participation.

4-H Summer programs offer direct instruction to youth engaged at Milwaukee recreation camps. Instruction focuses primarily on STEM education. (365 youth served).

Partners: Trowbridge, Fernwood, St. Rafael, St. Martini Lutheran, La Causa Charter Schools, Milwaukee Recreation, UW-Waukesha Continuing Education, Americorps Summer VISTAs, Milwaukee Public Schools Recreation Division, St. Joseph Academy

Milwaukee County Junior Fair Program: Each fall, youth have a chance to be rewarded for all their hard work at the Milwaukee County Fair. Their project will be judged and displayed for hundreds of people to see. The fair has many fun and exciting activities for youth to participate in and exhibits are designed to help a young person show what he or she has accomplished. (40 youth served)

Partners: Milwaukee County Fair Association

Youth Development ProgramsPrecollege Programming provides middle and high school youth with an opportunity to discover, prepare and plan for college and careers after completing high school (45 youth served).

Partners: North Division, Milwaukee Urban League, UW-Madison, UW-Parkside

The African Diaspora Project fosters global education and emphasizes the uniqueness of African culture and heritage. It aims to broaden students’ knowledge and understanding of world

history, world politics and world oppression in order to expand their potential and willingness to prepare to be future leaders (28 youth served).

Partner: North Division

Boys to Men Rites of Passage allows adolescents to journey through the transition process of self-consciousness to self-discovery. It marks a time when a young person reaches a significant change in his or her life. Rites help young people to understand their new roles in society and better prepare them for the future. As one learns self-discovery, then one’s able to lead a fulfilled and enriched life (40 youth served).

Partners: Brown Street Academy, Alice’s Garden

Health Rocks is a healthy living program aimed at 8-16 year olds. The goal of Health Rocks is to bring youth, families and communities together to reduce tobacco, alcohol and drug use among youth (20 youth served).

Partners: Martin Luther King School, Boys and Girls Club, Lafollette School, Hartford School

Youth Leadership is designed to promote the capacities for learning, responsibility and cooperation for children ages 12-16 years. The workshop includes a series of activities developed for classroom work; although, they also may be used effectively with afterschool programs and other community youth groups (25 youth served).

Partners: CommUNITY Connection Consulting, LLC., The Milwaukee Water Council, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside, COA Community Center

Healthy Corner Store Initiative teaches youth community leadership skills as it pertains to growing, eating and advocating healthy food consumption. The goal is to employ high school age youth, teach them the process of farming/gardening, marketing and distribution as a way to provide knowledge and business savvy for youth and young adults (10 youth served).

Partners: Walnut Way, Lindsey Heights Neighborhood, Alice’s Garden, Magic Foods, Family First, Eagle Foods

Math Literacy Program The math literacy program weaves social justice issues throughout its mathematics curriculum to deepen students’ understanding of society and to prepare them to be critical, active participants in a democracy (60 youth served).

Partner: UWM School of Continuing Education

Natural Areas Management/ County Parks Department ProgramsAmericorps Job Training: Youth learn how to work in a team setting through activities such as hiking trail construction, erosion control projects, and invasive species removal. Individuals apply through the national AmeriCorps program. UWEX/Parks typically hosts 2-3 crews each year (24 youth served).

Partners: Shared crews with organizations such as Groundwork Milwaukee, River Revitalization Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy

University/College Internship Program helps young adults develop the skill sets that will be necessary in their future careers in Natural Resource Management. The initial internship is 3 months. (8 youth served).

Partners: UW-Milwaukee’s Conservation & Environmental Science Program, Alverno and Carroll University

Student Conservation Association (SCA): SCA crews, made up of high school age urban youth, are a critical Natural Areas Program partner each summer. Youth are provided training by their crew leaders and UWEX/Parks staff that guide them through the process of constructing community hiking trails, removing invasive species, building natural fencing, improving wildlife habitats, and educating the community. It is a five week program and the age range is 15-18 (50 youth served).

Partner: Milwaukee County Parks Department

In 2012, the Milwaukee County UW Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development, Natural Areas Management teams and our many volunteers reached nearly 1,000 children, youth and young adults to develop their skills as leaders.

These programs would not be possible without the support of the following funders: UW Extension, UW-Cooperative Extension, Milwaukee County Government, Milwaukee County Parks, Time Warner Cable, Milwaukee County Fair Association, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Milwaukee Public Schools, AmeriCorps, the SAY Foundation, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee County 4-H Council, Rockwell Automation, Office of National & Community Service, Metlife Foundation and Wisconsin State Fair Park (Agriculture Division), UW-Waukesha Continuing Education, UW-System Pre College Fund, Division of Public Health Minority Program, and LISC /Partnership: Walnut Way Community Association and Medical College.

A special thanks also goes to our volunteers: 4-H Club leaders, 4-H Council members, Dr. Kristine Ropella, Julieanne Avila, Saana Muheisen, Carolyn Ettlie, Sam Martinez, Jill Crowder, Alyssa Wolfe, Amanda Starkweather, Catherine Murphy, Dave Gahl, Gene Brittain, Holly Wojnicz, Jackie Shanti, Jed Johnson, Jenni Vaughn, Jennifer Johnson, Jessica Namaste, Joan Rady, John Alex Cain, John Parr, John Wamser, Katherine Stein, Laura Jeski, Matt Brian, Melvin Reynolds, Pamela Swain, Peter J. O’Connel, Quinn Derenthal, Rachel Witt, Tyrone Miller, Expansion and Review Committee and Wansheba Barnes.

Milwaukee County UW Cooperative Extension Children, Youth & Young Adult Leadership Programs

2012

Jolene Arnold Demetrius Brown Michelle Gonzalez

Steven Jacowski Eva Terry Mary Thiry

Brian Russart Jenni Vaughn

Staff involved in youth and young adult leadership programs are: