Our Process| Our Process |
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Since our inception, the Youth Worker: Collective has been refining how we do our work. This process grew out of reviewing past events and what made them successful, exploring our core values, and aligning processes with the Four Points of Connection. This is how we do our work. Our Process (click point to learn more) Reflect - The art of connecting inward.We believe that the first step for any event, outcome, or project is to look inward and explore. It is in understanding ourselves that we can start to understand others. Listen – The art of hearing others storiesWe believe that active listening is essential to building community and support for each other as individuals. In this step of our process, we seek to share content, data, and knowledge on a topic specific to whatever event, outcome, or project we are working on. Inquire – The art of asking questionsWe believe after listening to others stories it is imperative that we start asking questions to gain deeper meaning and understanding. Connect – The art of rememberingWe believe that we all have connections that can help us make meaning of our work and enable us to become more effective and efficient in our work. Here we enable youth workers to remember that the resources exist and exactly where to find them. Dream – The art of visionOur work is always bigger than ourselves. We believe that dreams and visions are important to maintain faith and hope that we can accomplish more than just goals and objectives. We dream here so that these dreams become reality, based in all previous steps. Act – The art of personal commitmentWe believe that individuals have a commitment to realizing the dream created. Here we ask youth workers to make a personal commitment (no matter how big or how small) to realizing and achieving our dream.
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