2015 SW Ohio Youth and Alumni Leadership Retreat

Marshmallow Towers Activity

• The goal of your group is to build the tallest and most stable tower possible

• Work as a team to come up with a design and a strategy

• Each member of your group should play an important role

Questions:

• What did you notice about how your group interacted during the activity?

• Purpose of Event

• What Is a Leader?

• Leadership Quotes – which was your favorite?

• What do you hope to learn by the end of the day?

Consumer & Social Movements•Civil rights movement

•Women’s suffrage

•Disability rights

•Faith movements

•GLBTQ

Where Was Your Voice?

•Design

•Delivery

•Evaluation

Foster Care Movement

•Youth in Care Network

•California Youth Connection

•Statewide youth advisory boards

•Foster Care Alumni of America

•International foster care movement

Risks and benefits of sharing our personal stories

 

Self Disclosure

Being Misrepresented or Misperceived

Double-bind:

The very thing that makes us credible…

“I am not a tragedy”

Not defined by what happened to me

Purposeful sharing

Reclaim, reframe

How much of your story should you share?

Power of stories

Sharing Effectively

Be Prepared

Be Professional

Talking to the media

What’s foster care like from

YOUR point of

view???

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