8 pages, Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth are identifying and communicating their identities earlier in childhood than generations before as a result of more awareness and more acceptance of gender identity and sexual minorities by society. A qualitative study of U.S. 4-H program leaders and Extension directors generated an emergent theme around the importance of serving LGBT youth and the resulting implementation challenges. The administrators of 4-H, the largest youth serving organization in the country, recognize the presence of LGBTQ+ youth in 4-H and believe the organization must be inclusive. But challenges remain in ensuring youth experience inclusion at all levels of the organization and to manage political and societal pressures resulting from shifting focus friction.
Flautt, Maci (author), Giaccaglia, Laura (author), Hutchinson, Thomas (author), Twiner, Ann (author), Whitt, Anna Lyn (author), and Boggan, Ricky (author)
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28247
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06718
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Cover title: "4-H learning experiences in communication."; AGRICOLA CAT 90937991, Athens, GA : Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia, College of Agriculture, [1985?]. 31 p. : ill., This is a communication project manual for 4-H'ers at the Junior High level. The manual is sub-divided into three sections: communicating with yourself, communicating with others, and communicating with lots of people. In the section of communicating with yourself, attention is given to self examination of ideas and problems that enhance or hinder communication. An exercise included is creating a collage of self-expression. On communication with others most information involves one-on-one communication and interaction. The key concept conveyed is the importance of feedback between people via verbal and body responses. One activity includes you and a friend listing common activities, interests, etc. Another suggestion is to learn a foreign language. With regards to communication via broadcast media and print media in news and advertisements. One suggestion for communication with posterity is the creation of a time capsule to be opened at a later date. (original)
