Progress Report on that day.
As soon as the final report
is available it will be posted here. Keep checking back.
I am pleased to say the forum was a
success, not just in the numbers.
Goal 1: To recruit at least 75pp to
attend the forum.
Results: Over 130 people registered and just over 100 people showed
up!! 50 of them were youth from around the city.
Goal 2: To engage the community to support
the activities of the grant
Results: 94% of people are likely to engage in activities to support
the grant
Goal 3: To gain support for the 4 community
mobilization activities ( adult survey, forums, town hall meetings and
study circles)
Results: 77% likely to participate in activities; 85% agreed to be study
circle participants; 60% agreed to be study circle facilitators.
We showed a movie from Scenarios USA
called "Choices We Make". You can preview the video HERE
on the Scenarios website. We have a 3 question survey for the youth
after they watched the movie. Click here
to read their comments.
The feedback from people that we spoke
with at the forum and after was very positive. Many of you were excited
to see the youth and mentioned that you enjoyed the adult-youth conversation
that happened at the end of the day. Unfortunately for us the surveys
didn't ask as many "touchy feely" questions that we would
have liked. But we have sent out a satisfaction survey and will share
those comments with you when they are collected.
Notes of concern: Two topics which seemed to really concern
those who were present:
1)How do we help young people who have mental illness and what are we
doing to address trauma? Young people are suffering and confused and
there are things they need to know or need to be addressed before you
talk about contraception.
2)Where is the Latino community? Proper outreach was not extended to
engage them.
Equally as important are the questions
we encountered about compensation for parents when we are implementing
the adult surveys. Also how we will accommodate parents who will find
it difficult to take a 7 page double sided survey... maybe 30 questions.
We have heard you and we are looking
at ways to establish partnerships with other agencies in the community
who can help us meet the needs of the community that are outside the
scope of this grant.
Dates for the first wave of community
activities is coming soon!
