2015 hamilton leadership retreat morning
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2014 Hamilton County 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???
Choose – Connect - Claim