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As Alabama's
population becomes more urban, outreach services must shift to
meet changing needs. This unit provides educational programs
to help the state's urban and nontraditional audiences adapt
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Multimedia
Publishing Procedures
| UNP-Form A
How to Write Effective Success Stories
[PowerPoint Presentation]
Adult Photo Release Form [Spanish] | Youth
Photo Release Form [Spanish]
(Wherever possible, use in conjunction with Extension
Photography
Talent Release form)
Dogs As Companion
Animals
Dogs are used to aid humans
in tasks such as hunting, herding and guarding. They are also
used to enhance the quality of life of individuals with disabilities.
FACTS on Families
A quarterly profile and an
annual report that presents data on social and economic indicators
for families in Alabama's MSAs.
Order
Form [pdf]
E-Waste Institute
Establised July 23, 2008 by
a Consortium of Alabama A&M University, the Urban Affairs
& New Nontraditional Programs unit of the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System, and King Electronic Processing in Huntsville,
Alabama.
Press Release
Faith-Based Gardens
Gardens have been recognized
by many cultures, groups, and religions for their functionality
and overwhelming benefits. They serve as therapeutic jewels to
provide social, emotional, environmental, and cultural outcomes.
Besides personal benefits, one of these outcomes may include
revived community pride and community asset development that
results in increased tourism!
UNP-72 A
Resource Manual for Faith-Based Gardens Order Form [Word document]
FYI--Forefronting
Youth Initiative
This initiative focuses on
building and engaging the service learning and prevention skills
of young people who dwell in Alabama's metropolitan areas to
promote positive citizenship and community development.
Parental
Consent Forms [MS Word document]
Health Rocks®
Health Rocks® is a healthy life program based on decision-making
and appropriate health knowledge with its beginning-level curriculum
targeted at youth ages 8 to 12, and intermediate level targeted
at youth ages 12 to 14. The experiential education program is
facilitated by teen/adult leadership teams to help youth learn
key health messages and skills such as critical thinking, how
to manage stress and peer pressure, how to communicate effectively,
and how to analyze media messages. Special emphasis is placed
on tobacco use prevention.
LifeSmarts...the ultimate consumer challenge
A game show competition for
youth from any school, group, or organization in the state, in
grades 9 through 12.
PYLI
The Points of Light Foundation
engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping
to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities.
Through the Points of Lights Institute training and a variety
of other programs, the Foundation encourages people from all
walks of life - corporations, faith-based organizations, low-income
communities, families, youth, and older adults - to volunteer.
Programación
en Español
A Spanish-only website devoted
to serving Hispanics in the U.S. The site contains:
- Links to more than 3,800
research-based publications in Spanish!
- A link to an English-friendly
version of the site [English titles of the Spanish text publications].
- A PowerPoint presentation
in English on demographics of Hispanics in the United States.
- Links to information on Spanish-speaking
countries in Central & South America, and the Caribbean [in
Spanish].
- Links to Spanish-speaking
countries' Embassies/Consulates and United Nations official web
sites where available [in Spanish].
- Links to program areas of
the Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs unit in Spanish.
Resource
Management
HELP to achieve your goals.
Sheep
and Goat Production Systems
Extension Team Project 11B:
Sheep and Goat Production Systems is designed to respond specifically
to production and consumer demands of alternative animal production
systems. Outreach efforts support integrated approaches to nontraditional
agriculture with a focus on sheep and goats.
Shiitake Mushrooms
Increase productivity of shiitake
mushrooms--evaluate shiitake strains, wood species, substrates,
soak tanks and substrate additives, and timing variables.
Shiitake
Mushrooms & Rainwater Collection: Renewable Resources Extension
Act (RREA)
Service-Learning Network
The Service-Learning Network
is an integrated network that encompasses all university units
and/or schools and is designed to meet the changing needs (educational,
emotional, social, and intellectual) of the community with a
commitment of serving underserved and hard-to-reach populations.
STAR
Saving Towns Thru Asset Revitalization
(STAR) is a statewide asset-based community development initiative
designed to provide urban greenspace activities, projects, and
experiences that impact human potential, family development,
and community capacity-building.
Urban Family Network
Providing training and educational
resources to strengthen coping and survival skills of individuals
and families in urban communities.
Activities Log [pdf]
UNEP (Urban Nutrition Education Program)
A USDA Food Stamp nutrition
education program that serves limited resource audiences, both
adult and youth, in Alabama's nine metropolitan areas.
Urban
Rural Interface Conference
This conference responds to
urban-rural interface issues and focuses on the importance of
building a working relationship with communities, organizations
and agencies to serve diverse audiences through more balanced
programming efforts. The activities are designed to educate participants
on how to collaborate, build partnerships, and establish coalitions
that enhance programs and services.
WECAN4U
A one-stop Web site that provides
employment, business, education, legislative, and financial information
for Alabama and West Virginia residents.
PRESS RELEASE: We Can For You (pdf)
Welcome To The Real World Reporting
Form [pdf]
Workforce
& Economic Development
To deliver multiphased training
and programs for education and training of the hard to reach
audiences in Alabama in the areas of CRD and Workforce and Economic
Development over a four-year period that includes: WECAN4U,
Welcome To The Real World, Work Force Preparation, & Job
Hunting Kit.
2008 Youth Career Summit
Program (pdf)
THANKS FOR ATTENDING
THE
Economic Development Conference
2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Downtown Huntsville, Alabama
Brochure
[.pdf] | Tentative
Agenda | PSA [.doc] | Event
Release [.doc]
The Economic Development
Conference (EDC) is designed to provide individuals, small business
owners, and service providers with the tools needed to achieve
and maintain economic stability. Besides the keynote speakers,
other outstanding panelists will be on hand to provide information
on employment tips, marketing and sales strategies, affordable
health care options, retirement planning, financial investing,
accounting and tax strategies, government contracting, and capital
planning.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Representative Phil Williams,
District 6, Alabama House of Representatives
- Bill Campbell, Alabama Small
Business Development Center Network, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
- "Individuals: Managing
Your Finances During Tough Times"
- "Small Businesses: Managing
Your Finances During Tough Times"
The EDC is being coordinated
by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Urban Affairs &
New Nontraditional Programs unit, the University of Alabama in
Huntsville's Small Business Development Center, and other local
partners.
Early registration is $25.00
through November 2, and on-site registration is $35.00. For a
registration form, please print the brochure
or contact Susan Glover at 256-372-4946. For partnership and
general information, please contact Dr. Dony Gapasin at 256-372-4965
or Jeff Smith at 256-824-6880. To exhibit, please contact Pat
Henderson at 256-372-4101.
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THANKS for ATTENDING
the
Successful Aging Initiative
Invest in Aging
Thursday, October 1, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Huntsville, Alabama
Brochure
[pdf format]; Flyer [pdf format]; Legal-Size Poster [pdf format];
Workshop Topics:
- Health & Aging
- The Law & Aging: What
is Your Legal Health?
- Finance & Aging
- Senor Lifestyles
- Wher are You Adam? [men
only workshop]
Highlighted Presenters:
- Dr. Richard Powers, Director, Alabama Bureau of
Geriatric Psychiatry for the Department of Mental Health; General
Keynote Speaker
- Mr. Kevin L. Jefferson, Managing Partner, Jefferson
Capital Partners, LLC
- Dr. Zaheer Khan, Geriatric Specialist, Center
for Aging
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THANKS FOR ATTENDING
the
3rd Annual Small Ruminant Conference
Saturday, August 8, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Joe Wheeler State Park Resort
Brochure [pdf format]
Press Release [doc format]
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If
You Missed This Year's, Don't Miss the 2010 Teens & Tweens
Empowerment Conference!
Planned Dates are June 28-30, 2010.
2nd Teens & Tweens Empowerment
Conference
June 29- July 1, 2009
James I. Dawson Building
Alabama A&M University
Press Release | Announcement
Flyer | Information
Packet [pdf format]
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Performance
Arts/Fashion Revue Registration Form [pdf
format] | Parental
Consent Forms [pdf format]
Information Packet
includes: objectives, registration information, chaperon requirements,
tentative schedule,
a list of what to bring to the conference, and a registration
form for both youth and adult participants.
Performance Arts/Fashion
Revue Registration Form includes: a registration form for a GROUP
ACT.
Prental Consent
Forms includes the following forms: Youth Concent Form with Publicity
Release, Youth Health History, Youth Code of Conduct. Survey
& Evaluation Release, and Verification, and an Adult Medical
Form with Adult Health History.
SORRY YOU MISSED THE
2009 Urban-Rural Interface Conference
Reducing Oil Dependency
through Alternative Energy Sources
Thursday, April 23, 2009
James I. Dawson Building,
Alabama A&M University Campus
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration: $40 (includes lunch)
Student Registration: $25
Lunch/Exhibits/Demonstrations
Engineering & Technology Building Auditorium,
Alabama A&M University Campus
This event is open to anyone
with an interest
in learning more about alternative energy sources.
Information
Brochure [.pdf]
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 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kepler Euclides Filho
Executive Director, EMBRAPA
Federate Republic of Brazil, South America |
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