Bridging Community Programming and Youth Work

Your Course Description

Your Competency Focus Area

The Field of Youth Work

Youth workers know there’s power in community. And finding effective ways to collaborate and engage with the communities you serve will lead to better outcomes for young people.
One model for doing that is based on Community Programmer practices, including four core values of discovery, community, wellness, and equity. Community programmers design activities and events and find and coordinate the resources to bring them to life.
In this training, you’ll explore what it means to be a community programmer and how to bridge those practices with your youth work to benefit young people. You’ll also learn about the core components of the Vivid Arts Program Model that can help you deepen your skills.

Your Learning Objectives

Define what a Community Programmer does and how that benefits young people
Explore Community Programmer best practices and consider how you can incorporate them into your youth development facilitation
Identify key advantages of an entrepreneurial mindset when leading youth-centered initiatives and programs
Learn about the importance of equity in youth work by discovering what is actionable and what is conceptual

Your Course Details

Completion Certificate
Youth Worker Track
This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.

Your Trainer

Nastaaja Johnson is the Founder and Leader of Vivid Black Paint, a 501(c)(3), Minnesota-based arts-centered organization. Outside of her more newly realized talent of Graphic Recording, Staaj is skilled in program design and re-design, envisioning, strategic planning, and the prioritization of belonging in the leading and organizing of persons, groups and systems, which she refers to as Radical Belonging. Vivid Black Paint is a dedication to Nastaaja‘s love of Color, Art, Circus and the beauty in fortifying a capacity to try. Nastaaja hopes to continue growing Vivid Black Paint's network year over year.