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NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
RESIDENTS:
Build caring
relationships with young people. Express this caring through
dialogue, listening, and commending positive behavior.
Acknowledge their presence,enjoy their company and involve
them in decision-making.
BUSINESSES:
Address the assets of
support, boundaries, values and social competencies with
teenage employees. Also develop family-friendly policies and
provide mechanisms for employees to build relationships with
youth.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS:
Mobilize your capacity for intergenerational relationships,
education and supporting parents, constructive use of time,
values development, and service to the community.
YOUTH:
Find one special adult,
other than your parent(s), to spend time with regularly.
Take the initiative to promote assets for yourself and your
peers.
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SCHOOLS:
Place priority on becoming caring
environments for all students, providing a challenging
curriculum and opportunities for nurturing values deemed
crucial by the community. Use your connection with parents
to reinforce the importance of family attention to
assets.
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT:
Keep asset building and
community-wide cooperation in mind when planning, creating
policy and allocating funding within the municipality. Vote
with children and youth in mind.
YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS:
Train leaders and volunteers in
asset-building strategies and provide meaningful
opportunities for youth to serve their communities and to
build citizenship and leadership skills.
THE MEDIA (print,
radio, television):
Repeatedly communicate the
community's vision, support local mobilization efforts, and
report innovative actions taken by individuals and
organizations.
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