Communities of Practice

Cultural Competency CoP Overview: Purpose/ Goals/ Objectives: 

How can we take a reimagined youth driven and centered vision and make it a reality? Where do we start? Why does it still matter? These are the questions that are assumed to come up within the work of community leaders and practitioners. Although not in totality the answers are in the direction of cultural competency.

The goals and objectives of this proposal are centered on experiencing growth and success: 

• Build a plan that serves the participant and overall organization that’s reflective of cultural competence and empowerment 

• Provide and collect data that generates information that leads to stronger strategies 

• Empower participants and organizers to practice and implement best practices of cultural competency

Youth-Driven Spaces CoP:

The Community of Practice (CoP) in Youth Driven Spaces (YDS) is a unique partnership between the Michigan Afterschool Partnership and the Neutral Zone. The aim is to serve a cohort of youth-service agencies across Michigan to strengthen youth voice and decision-making and to help grow and sustain youth-driven practice. Over the course of six months, participating agencies will move through a learning and coaching process designed to deepen youth–adult partnership and embed youth-driven practices across programs and organizational components.