2008 Civil Discourse-Related
Events in Arizona
8/1/2008-12/15/2008
Youth and Government & Model Legislature
Arizona YMCA Youth & Government is a statewide youth civic education and leadership development program in which YMCAs, schools, and community organizations involve high school students in a five-month hands-on experience. Since its inception in 1948, the Arizona program has used a variety of activities to build, encourage and strengthen those life assets and character traits that will help high school youth become involved and responsible citizens. The tool used is a high-quality experiential and educational simulation based on Arizona’s state government. The program is comprehensive, and its impact on the youth participants is dramatic. The purpose of this highly regarded program is exemplified in the program’s motto: “Democracy must be learned by each generation.”
Sponsor: YMCA
Location: Various locations and State Capitol
Location Details: Various locations and State Capitol
Time: All Day
Cost: $350 plus local fees
Category: Youth
Phone: 602-252-2963 X101
Email: eahebert@vosymca.org
Website: www.azymcayag.org
Arizona YMCA Youth & Government is a statewide youth civic education and leadership development program in which YMCAs, schools, and community organizations involve high school students in a five-month hands-on experience. Since its inception in 1948, the Arizona program has used a variety of activities to build, encourage and strengthen those life assets and character traits that will help high school youth become involved and responsible citizens. The tool used is a high-quality experiential and educational simulation based on Arizona’s state government. The program is comprehensive, and its impact on the youth participants is dramatic. The purpose of this highly regarded program is exemplified in the program’s motto: “Democracy must be learned by each generation.”
Sponsor: YMCA
Location: Various locations and State Capitol
Location Details: Various locations and State Capitol
Time: All Day
Cost: $350 plus local fees
Category: Youth
Phone: 602-252-2963 X101
Email: eahebert@vosymca.org
Website: www.azymcayag.org
9/15/2008-3/15/2009
Model United Nations
Students in grades 6-9 learn about another country, YMCA values, and the global community. Teens learn about the basic structure and function of the UN. They work in teams to research a foreign country, write proposals, and create a display about their country. Clubs meet weekly at various locations. Many leadership opportunities are available. The program concludes with a two-day Model UN Assembly where countries propose and debate solutions to international issues. This program involves an overnight stay in a local Phoenix hotel.
Sponsor: YMCA
Location: Various locations
Location Details: Various locations
Time: All Day
Cost: $215 plus local fees
Category: Youth
Phone: 602-252-2963 X101
Email: eahebert@vosymca.org
Website: http://www.valleyymca.org/teens.php
Students in grades 6-9 learn about another country, YMCA values, and the global community. Teens learn about the basic structure and function of the UN. They work in teams to research a foreign country, write proposals, and create a display about their country. Clubs meet weekly at various locations. Many leadership opportunities are available. The program concludes with a two-day Model UN Assembly where countries propose and debate solutions to international issues. This program involves an overnight stay in a local Phoenix hotel.
Sponsor: YMCA
Location: Various locations
Location Details: Various locations
Time: All Day
Cost: $215 plus local fees
Category: Youth
Phone: 602-252-2963 X101
Email: eahebert@vosymca.org
Website: http://www.valleyymca.org/teens.php
10/14/2008-10/15/2008
Group Facilitation Methods
This is an intensive methods transfer course for participants to learn the three collaborative methods that are the foundation of the Technology of Participation: focused conversation, the consensus workshop method, and action planning.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
This is an intensive methods transfer course for participants to learn the three collaborative methods that are the foundation of the Technology of Participation: focused conversation, the consensus workshop method, and action planning.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
10/22/2008-10/23/2008
Group Facilitation Methods (in Spanish)
This is an intensive methods transfer course for participants to learn the three collaborative methods that are the foundation of the Technology of Participation: focused conversation, the consensus workshop method, and action planning. In Spanish.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
This is an intensive methods transfer course for participants to learn the three collaborative methods that are the foundation of the Technology of Participation: focused conversation, the consensus workshop method, and action planning. In Spanish.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
10/23/08
Lorraine W. Frank Lecture in the Humanities
Dennis Ross, a former U.S. Ambassador and leading negotiator in the Middle East under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will speak on "The Future of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East." The Lorraine W. Frank Lecture in the Humanities was established in 1990 to honor AHC’s founding director upon her retirement in 1989. The annual event is intended to enhance awareness of the humanities through addresses by prominent speakers and to bring together the friends and supporters of Arizona’s humanities community.
Sponsor: Arizona Humanities Council
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Location Details: 4027 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free, reservations required
Category: Public
Phone: 602-257-0335
Email: info@azhumanities.org
Website: http://www.azhumanities.org/
Dennis Ross, a former U.S. Ambassador and leading negotiator in the Middle East under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will speak on "The Future of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East." The Lorraine W. Frank Lecture in the Humanities was established in 1990 to honor AHC’s founding director upon her retirement in 1989. The annual event is intended to enhance awareness of the humanities through addresses by prominent speakers and to bring together the friends and supporters of Arizona’s humanities community.
Sponsor: Arizona Humanities Council
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Location Details: 4027 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free, reservations required
Category: Public
Phone: 602-257-0335
Email: info@azhumanities.org
Website: http://www.azhumanities.org/
11/2/2008-11/5/2008
Arizona Town Hall
93rd Arizona Town Hall will concentrate discussion on finding solutions for filling the need for workforce/affordable housing.
Sponsor: Arizona Town Hall
Location: Grand Canyon
Location Details: Grand Canyon
Time: All Day
Cost:
Category: By Invitation
Phone: 602-252-9600
Email:
Website: http://www.aztownhall.org/
93rd Arizona Town Hall will concentrate discussion on finding solutions for filling the need for workforce/affordable housing.
Sponsor: Arizona Town Hall
Location: Grand Canyon
Location Details: Grand Canyon
Time: All Day
Cost:
Category: By Invitation
Phone: 602-252-9600
Email:
Website: http://www.aztownhall.org/
11/11/2008-11/12/2008
Participatory Strategic Planning
Participants learn a systematic and comprehensive participatory strategic planning method for organizational change and transformation. (Prerequisite: GFM)
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
Participants learn a systematic and comprehensive participatory strategic planning method for organizational change and transformation. (Prerequisite: GFM)
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $545
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
11/19/2008-11/21/2008, 2/27/2009-2/29/2009
Mastering the Technology of Participation
This course was created for those wishing to become highly skilled ToP® facilitators. It provides a theoretical foundation for the methods as well as opportunities for practice and feedback. A learning community is created that supports and deepens the participant's journey. Included are mentoring opportunities for participants in their own practice and with other participants.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $4,000
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
This course was created for those wishing to become highly skilled ToP® facilitators. It provides a theoretical foundation for the methods as well as opportunities for practice and feedback. A learning community is created that supports and deepens the participant's journey. Included are mentoring opportunities for participants in their own practice and with other participants.
Sponsor: Partners in Participation
Location: Partners in ParticipationOffices, Phoenix
Location Details: 4208 North 25th Street, Phoenix
Time: All Day
Cost: $4,000
Category: By Registration
Phone: 602-468-0605
Email: info@partnersinparticipation.com
Website: http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/
