4th Annual National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work
April 19th, 2006
From April Kunze of the Interfaith Youth Core: “The Interfaith Youth Core (www.ifyc.org) is pleased to invite you to our 4th Annual National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work, May 14- 16, 2006 at Northwestern University’s Evanston Campus. Register now at http://www.ifyc.org/nciyw.php.” (Read on for further details)
The Interfaith Youth Core (www.ifyc.org) is pleased to invite you to our 4th Annual National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work, May 14- 16, 2006 at Northwestern University’s Evanston Campus.
Register now at www.ifyc.org/nciyw.php.
This year, we are inviting leaders from religious communities, service organizations, and colleges & universities across the country to Chicago for a weekend of “Partnering to Build a Better World”.
The conference will focus on building partnerships between different communities involved in interfaith youth work and training individuals from those communities in the hands-on skills necessary for success. Through keynote addresses, practical workshops, and a “mock” interfaith youth service experience, participants of all levels of expertise can expect to gain new awareness, insight, and skills in the breadth and depth of the Interfaith Youth Movement. Additionally, all of the workshop sessions will be broken into five content categories, with workshops in each category geared toward the “how-to” of that specific area of interfaith youth work and presented by its leading experts.
The workshops will include:
- Core Methodology - Basic training on interfaith youth service work from an IFYC perspective.
- “Speed Faithing”- Gain insight into the most effective ways to engage specific religious communities and build relationships with their youth focused leadership. In this workshop, you will meet faith groups who will present overviews of their community and the most effective ways to engage them in interfaith youth work.
- Opportunities For Service- Learn about service organizations that would like to partner with your interfaith efforts.
- Project Sustainability- Get training on how to deepen and sustain existing interfaith youth service work.
- Exemplary Sustainable Projects- These workshops will showcase interfaith youth programs that are highly effective, well developed and year-round. For organizers who want to move from sporadic programming to more sustainable models, these workshops will give you excellent examples to get you started.
Please review the attached registration package for more information, or visit us on the web at www.ifyc.org/nciyw.php.
We look forward to seeing you there!
In peace and partnership,
April Kunze
Assistant Executive Director
Interfaith Youth Core