Call to Action Meetings: Georgetown, Triton and Amesbury

by TLos | Apr 23, 2018 | Community Partners, Events

Youth will present the regional results of the Attitudes and Behavior survey students’ in grades 6-12 completed this past fall. Attendees will participate in group discussions to identify current community assets, priority areas and possible projects.

The event will be held on the following dates:

Georgetown– Tuesday, April 24, 6:30-8 PM, Georgetown High School

Triton– Wednesday, May 9, 6-8 PM, Triton High School

Newburyport– Wednesday, May 16, 6:30-8 PM, City Hall

Amesbury– Wednesday, May 23- 6:30-8PM, Senior Center

All community members are welcome to attend. We all contribute to the development of the youth in our community, not just those who have or work directly with children. Community leaders, school staff, law enforcement, religious groups, non-profit agencies, business owners, youth, adults, seniors and concerned citizens all have a role to play. The more voices we bring to the table, the more successful this project will be.

Students from all four school districts involved in the project (Amesbury, Georgetown, Newburyport and Triton) will be presenting. This allows for discussion and identification of similarities across districts where we can pool resources to make the largest impact possible.

Each community has different resources and interests, but one commonality is that we want to help youth mature into successful, healthy adults. Each community member plays a role in that development, not just parents or teachers. Tina Los, Regional Project Coordinator for the ECAB Network acknowledged, “by joining together as a community we will create connections that will help not only the youth thrive, but help the community thrive as well”.

This presentation is possible through the work of the Essex County Asset Builder Network. A partnership of like-minded communities (Amesbury, Georgetown, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury and Newburyport) who are committed to using a positive youth development approach to providing supports and opportunities which help youth grow into successful, healthy adults.

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About Us The Essex County Asset Builder (ECAB) Network creates regional connections and supports for individuals, families and organizations from Amesbury, Georgetown, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury and Newburyport, in using a positive youth development approach to help youth thrive. Positive Youth Development

The Positive Youth Development approach engages youth with peers, family and community in a way that enhances their strengths and promotes positive outcomes. It can also be used as an approach to prevention that encourages healthy decisions.
A positive youth development approach to prevention is an effective, evidence based way to look at the opioid epidemic and how we can prevent future harm to our youth. Specifically, it uses a whole community approach rather than just relying on schools and social services agencies.

Being a part of the ECAB Network brings local and regional opportunities. Locally, communities have access to trainings, data, and best practices, and receive guidance on implementation and outreach strategies that build positive youth development possibilities. Communities also get the benefit of regionalizing efforts, where networking, combining resources, current policies, and a shared vision strengthen the towns and cities as well as the region. History Recently, the communities of Amesbury, Georgetown, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury and Newburyport came together to form the Essex County Asset Builder Network. Funded by a three year grant, the goal of this Network is to create a common language of asset- based youth development (creating protective factors). It has been shown that youth who have more assets are less likely to engage in risky behaviors. This grant will use the 40 Developmental Assets framework to build these protective factors and reduce risk behaviors by focusing on both the youth and the environment that shapes them. The community partnership will enhance the great work already being done to support youth and families, as well as expand community supports, opportunities, and resources. Additionally, the grant will collect and disseminate regional data, coordinate shared resources and bring educational opportunities for various sectors of the community. Goal To spread the philosophy and practice of the positive youth development approach through implementation of 40 Developmental Asset framework within communities across the region. We will accomplish this goal by:

Collecting and disseminating regional and community specific data that can then be shared and used among all agencies.
Increasing the number of community members who feel comfortable using the language of positive youth development and the 40 Developmental Assets approach
Increasing the number of community members who implement a positive youth development approach in their work
Increasing the number of developmental assets youth report

Mission To use a positive youth development approach to build networks within each community and across the region that help decrease risk behaviors in youth and produce a healthier community. Vision A network of communities that welcome, value and empower youth through meaningful opportunities and collaborative efforts to support and strengthen youth assets and increase healthy decision making.