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If project is successful it will become part of the annual curriculum for the city's Youth Civic Engagement initiative, albeit on a smaller scale with a lesser number of Teen/Youth interns. The Youth Know project is fully in line with the ongoing activities of the Youth Civic Engagement Goal embedded in the City's Five Year Strategic Plan. The Library has been tasked with outreach to the community to increase the understanding and commitment of youth to the positive growth and development of their City. The Youth Know Community Innovation Project will focus the attention and efforts of our young people on the most urgent of our community's issues F. Activity Information. Activities are action(s) through which the intent or objective of a project are accomplished. Four activity types have been identified, each with select methods to help you describe how you will carry out this project. Indicate activity types that require a significant commitment of resources to the project (representing 10% or more of total project resources). ® Instruction - Involves an interaction for knowledge or skill transfer and how learning is delivered or experienced. (Check all that apply and provide a description including whether the format will be in- person, virtual, or both) ® Program - Formal interaction and active user engagement (e.g., a class on computer skills). ®—Presentation --Formal-interaerion-andpassiroe user-engagement�e:g:; an-auntorsta}kj, ® Consultation - Informal interaction with an individual or group of individuals (library staff or other professional) who provide expert advice or reference services to individuals, units, or organizations. ® Other Description: Youth Know Summer and Winter Civic Engagement Academy 1 st Cohort and 2nd Cohort: 50 Teen/Young Adult Volunteeers receive instruction in the following areas: A.) Learn about the issues from Community Experts: i.) Homelessness, ii.)Food Insecurity iii.)Community Sustainability, iv.) Health, B.) Learn to analyze and research media to separate fact from fiction, C.) Learn about local, national and global initiatives and innovations that target these issues, D.) Learn how to communicate with elected representatives regarding these issues , E.) Learn to Communicate and inform the public about these issues via the following workshops: l.) High Impact social media 2.) Marketing 3.) Create 1 minute Bilingual PSA F.) Participate in one "Good -for - Community " Service Project G.) Participate in one "Good -for the World" Service Project H.) Fieldtrip to Museum of Tolerance. Instruction and Learning will occur via a combination of Program, Presentation, Consultation and Other in the form of hands-on service learning, and fieldtrips. Youth Know Student Internships 1" and 2"d Cohort: 12 Student interns will be recruited from Summer and Winter academies. Interns with the guidance and supervision of city's Youth Civic Engagement admin interns and tutor/mentors will lead, and implement two Programs: A.) Kids Know: Buddy Story -time and Story -Book Project and B.)Community Know Computing for Civic Engagement.. Youth Interns will learn to engage, instruct and assist program participants via a combo approach of program, presentation and consultation formats, as well as other hands on programming work based learning formats. A.)Kids Know: Buddy Story -time and Story -Book Project 1" and 2"d Cohort: 120 children will participate in intern led special Story -times featuring children's books that shed light on important social issues. 60 Teen Big -buddy volunteers will pair up with little buddies to reflect on Story -times, create artwork and collaborate on creating a Kids Know Story -Book Instruction will include program, presentation, consultation and other hands-on learning by doing elements. B.) Community Know Computing for Civic Engagement 1 at and 2"d Cohort: 60 adults will be assisted by Teen Interns in special bilingual computer classes that will teach the public about various aspects of online civic participation like online petitions, emails to elected representative, credible online news sources, how to avoid online scams, how to be informed of local initiative, how to communicate effectively with social media. Instruction will include program, presentation, consultation and other hands-on learning by doing elements. Youth Know Social Innovation Academy: 12 interns and 30 Teens/Young Adult Volunteers will receive instruction in the following areas 1. Peer mentorship. 2.Leam about the Social Innovations and Social Entrepreneurships in 4 areas of i.) Homelessness, ii.) Food Insecurity iii.) Community Sustainability iv.) Health, 3. Participate in community engagement events to provide information, and gather community input, 4.) Do service learning at local community organizations to learn about various community initiatives and interventions in target areas, 5.) Brainstorm, collaborate and design community based social innovations for 4 targeted areas and 6.) Learn to write a grant, and EXHIBIT?,