Agenda

National Rural Youth Assembly Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Afternoon        Registration – Inn at Santa Fe

5:30 PM           Shuttle transport to IAIA

6:00 PM        Welcome
                        Dee Davis, Center for Rural Strategies
                        Robert Martin, Institute of American Indian Arts

6:15 PM         Opening Dinner with Home Group

6:45 PM        Delegate Icebreaker and Introductions

7:00 PM        Assembly Context & Agenda Overview
                        Planning Committee Member

7:15 PM        The World Café

8:15 PM        Closing & Reflection

8:30 PM        Shuttle transport to Inn at Santa Fe

Friday, April 23, 2010

7:15 AM         Breakfast with Home Group– Inn at Santa Fe

8:00 AM        Shuttle transport to IAIA

8:30 AM        Introduction to the Day
                        Planning Committee Member

8:40 AM        Youth and Rural America
                        Invited Speaker, TBD

9:30 AM        Picturing Rural America
                                    (break included)

11:30 AM        IAIA Campus Tour

12:00 PM        Working Lunch – Policy and Framing 101
                          Kimberly Phinney, YouthBuild USA

1:00 PM        Connecting to the Rural Compact
                       Julie Bartsch, Rural School and Community Trust
                       Brian Dabson, Rural Policy Research Institute
                       TBD
                       TBD

2:00 PM        Break

2:15 PM        Policy Issue Discussions
            
Small group break out sessions:

            Quality in Education
            Julie Bartsch

            Health of our People
            Brian Dabson

            Stewardship of Natural Resources
            TBD

            Investing in Our Communities
            TBD

            
3:45 PM       Closing & Reflection in Home Group

4:00 PM       Shuttle transport to Downtown Santa Fe
5:00 PM         Dinner at Cowgirl Café

6:00 PM         Shuttle transport to Inn at Santa Fe

Saturday, April 24, 2010

7:00 AM        Breakfast – Inn at Santa Fe

7:30 AM        Shuttle transport to IAIA

8:00 AM        Introduction to the Day
                        Planning Committee Member

8:15 AM        Our Rural Truth to Power
                        Youth Assembly Delegates

8:40 AM        Plenary Speaker
                        Tim Dorsey, Soros Foundation

9:30 AM        Policy Area Mind Map:  Obstacles and Assets
                                    (break included)

11:30 AM        Visioning Exercise:  Mural of Young, Successful & Rural

12:00 PM        Lunch

1:00 PM        Young, Successful and Rural
                                    (please join your Home Group)

2:00 PM        Declaring our Rural Truth to Power
                        Youth Assembly Delegates

3:45 PM        Closure & Reflection

4:15 PM        Shuttle transport to Inn at Santa Fe

5:30 PM        Shuttle transport to Reception Site

6:00 PM        Reception & Dinner

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Morning        Shuttle transport to airport