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This afternoon was our first day of 4-H Citizenship Focus. What are we focused on you might ask? That is a good question. Today we explored our youth voices. Our youth learned that they have a voice and are able, in this day in age, to communicate important thoughts and issues for their age group, their communities, and help bring light and change to the world around them.
First let me back up and tell you about this 4-H opportunity. Usually we gather in Raleigh to learn about government and youth roles within government. Our youth meet with lawmakers and have the opportunity to see how things work. Thanks to COVID this 4-H program is taking a virtual spin. A spin that allows are youth to have an even more personal experience.
This year Brooke Canady and Maggie Love were gracious enough to take part in this first ever virtual Citizenship event. Today they had the chance to meet other 4-H youth and learned about telling their story. They had the opportunity to create a hashtag for something they wanted to share a message about.
They took those messages and found a way to express them in 240 characters or in a photo for social media platforms such as Twitter. Then they expanded upon that to an elevator speech or a longer post such as a blog or even Facebook.
Our youth created the hashtags #farmerstrong and #bethevoice. The message behind #farmerstrong has to do with people's lack ofknowledge andappreciation for farmer's and what they do. After all we would be naked and hungry without them. #bethevoice is an inspirational message for generation Z of standing tall, standing together, and making a difference through coming together rather than splitting apart. Both had very strong and important messages we should be listening to.
Our youth will reconvene tomorrow afternoon for the next few sessions of NC 4-H Citizenship Focus. Stay tuned to see what else they have to say. To learn more about telling their story please go to https://passthemicyouth.ces.ncsu.edu/
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