{"id":4828,"date":"2013-07-17T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T22:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2013-07-18T19:58:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T00:58:40","slug":"april-diaz-on-redefining-the-role-of-the-youth-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2013\/07\/17\/april-diaz-on-redefining-the-role-of-the-youth-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"April Diaz on Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker<\/h3>\n<p>You know about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theyouthcartel.us2.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=dc519c1c7f2b8b64d2fc28ea3&amp;id=02ce00d4ab&amp;e=9764ebc887\" target=\"_blank\">The Summit<\/a>, right? TED for youth workers. Imagination ignition. Creativity jet fuel. The most diverse roster of provocative presenters who will\u00a0<em>melt your freaking mind<\/em>. Yup, that event. It\u2019s in Atlanta this coming November 8 and 9. But the early bird pricing of $149 for individuals and $129 each for groups of 3 or more ends friday night!<\/p>\n<p>To give you a little appeteaser of the event, here\u2019s April Diaz\u2019s fantastic presentation from last year\u2019s event, called Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. So many people were so stoked about her talk that she was asked to expand it into a book, which she\u2019s done, and it be released in early october (Just in time for The Summit this year!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theyouthcartel.com\/summit\/?utm_source=The+Youth+Cartel&amp;utm_campaign=c4bb1c6b45-the_summit_13_09&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b054994df0-c4bb1c6b45-305250653&amp;mc_cid=c4bb1c6b45&amp;mc_eid=9764ebc887\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4833\" alt=\"Screen_Shot_2013_07_10_at_8.03.28_AM\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/07\/Screen_Shot_2013_07_10_at_8.03.28_AM.png\" width=\"385\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/07\/Screen_Shot_2013_07_10_at_8.03.28_AM.png 641w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2013\/07\/Screen_Shot_2013_07_10_at_8.03.28_AM-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a title=\"Registration Information\" href=\"http:\/\/theyouthcartel.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=dc519c1c7f2b8b64d2fc28ea3&amp;id=62aef83ee1&amp;e=9764ebc887\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Registration Information<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=4828&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker You know about\u00a0The Summit, right? TED for youth workers. Imagination ignition. Creativity jet fuel. The most diverse roster of provocative presenters who will\u00a0melt your freaking mind. Yup, that event. It\u2019s in Atlanta this coming November 8 and 9. 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