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Public Forum: Be The Voice Of Change
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ME³ conducted its first ever public forum on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at the Talley Student Center at NC State University. The topic:
Community and Youth Engagement. It was one of a series of similar forums hosted across several southern states, designed by the Southern
Growth Policies Board. Panelists for the forum included: Mike Giancola, Director of the NC State Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, and Public
Service; John White of Generation Engage; Melinda Pearce of NCGives; Nicholas Turza, Vice President of ME³, and John Comer, Director of the
Raleigh chapter of ACORN.
A pre-forum pow-wow.
Page opened the Forum, revealing her own volunteer service history as a former
PeaceCorps volunteer.
John Comer, Director of the Raleigh chapter of ACORN,
joined us as one of our Forum panelists.
Page does a quick survey to see what level of community involvement audience members
have.
Panelists, left to right: Melinda Pearce, Mike Giancola,
John Comer, John White, and Nic Turza.
John White of Generation Engage
challenges young people in the
audience to run for a public office.
Melinda Pearce, panelist from NCGives, shares some insight about getting involved.
Nic Turza, ME³ Vice President, explains "When somebody
is frustrated about an issue, you know that it's because
they care."
Above: Audience member, Flo, talks about how everybody's
passions are different, but how each can be used to make the world
better. Left: Audience member, Ronnie, echoes Flo's sentiments,
explaining that "if you try to solve all the world's problems at once,
you'll go crazy."
After the main part of the Forum, the Southern Growth Policies Board
selected a few young audience members to form a focus group to get
further insight on community and youth engagement. Right: Audience
members meet and greet.
