Using the "Untie the Knot" activity I will have the chance to make a serious connection between the importance of communication (using your voice) and maximizing community resources. This activity offers the space for youth to practice thinking about the real application of successful communication and it's use for them in the real world. Pairing this with a community mapping activity using their bodies as props will give the resource context and possibly the opportunity to do some acting and role-playing (utilizing persuasion).
As I work to inspire people young and old to commit to my program for strategic persuasion and community resource use I need a unifying call. Now, I've taken note of many healthy food champions rhetoric and their use of guilt to mobilize but I would like to use a vision of "maximizing the good" instead. The health of the youngest is what needs protecting and any reasonable minded adult can relate to a theme of "doing the most with what you have". It is this process of "maximizing/doing the most" that requires organization and education, because truthfully we all advocate (push for a vision of our community) any time we interact with our neighborhoods, businesses, churches, schools, etc. Now, imagine formally forming a proper advocacy crew through teamwork, critical thinking, persuasion skills, mapping skills, and utilizing personal creative talent. Like a Y, from divergent directions this team would find unity in a common purpose.
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