{"id":44218,"date":"2021-10-15T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/youth-roots-program-brings-leadership-philanthropic-skills-to-montezuma-county-teens\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:18:00","slug":"youth-roots-program-brings-leadership-philanthropic-skills-to-montezuma-county-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/youth-roots-program-brings-leadership-philanthropic-skills-to-montezuma-county-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Roots program brings leadership, philanthropic skills to Montezuma County teens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The School Community Youth Collaborative was awarded two 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants in July. Above, a Youth Collaborative health fairs for teens. (The Journal file)<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The School Community Youth Collaborative has launched a local extension of the national Youth Roots program<\/a>, which encourages high school students to institute change in their communities.<\/p>\n

Angela Adams, high school programs coordinator for School Community Youth Collaborative, is excited about bringing the endeavor to Montezuma County. While she\u2019ll be facilitating it, the program is largely youth-led, she said.<\/p>\n

Any student from ninth through 12th grades who resides in the county may participate.<\/p>\n

The program will help highlight students\u2019 natural leadership ability and will endow them with team-building experience, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese young people are going to be able to make a change and be a help in our community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In the program, students will identify issues that affect young people and that they feel passionate about addressing. Then, they\u2019ll embark on fundraising efforts and will solicit donors to help support their chosen causes.<\/p>\n

After building a financial backing, the students will disburse grants to local nonprofits to be used to back their causes.<\/p>\n

Students who take part will receive $200 from SCYC, which the organization hopes will encourage teens to engage with the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to be a lot of work, and they\u2019re going to need to be committed and to come to 80% of Youth Roots meetings through the end of the school year \u2014 and the end of this process \u2014 in order to receive that stipend,\u201d Adams said. \u201cIt\u2019s also like a reward for their hard work.\u201c<\/p>\n

Youth Roots meetings will take place on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and will be held at the Cortez Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

The first meeting was Thursday.<\/p>\n

The program will be embedded in SCYC\u2019s Youth Leadership Council, which has been around for about 15 years, Adams said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re going to end world hunger, but even if we\u2019re making a change in a small group of people\u2019s lives, we\u2019re impacting our community in beautiful way,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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