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One of the Access, Equity and Opportunity Groups talks about the county recommendations with facilitator Charles Brown.

To all our State Conversation Delegates - thanks for your participation and support in the Conversations on Youth Development!

All of the dialogue and input is being typed up from the flip chart sheets. The report from our State Conversation will be available online through this website by the end of January and shared with Governor Bush at a press conference next month. Florida will send a delegation to Washington, D.C. in February for the National Conversation on Youth Development.

One of the Exceptional People, Innovative Practices groups talks. Facilitator Karen Henry and Mrs. Cheng took lots of notes!

Polk County 4-H agent and facilitator Nicole Walker and recorder Aimee Huskey work to get priorities hammered out with their Power of YOUth group.

Recorder Glenda Warren writes down suggestions from one of the Power of YOUth groups.

Facilitator Stacy Ellis and recorder Justin Rees talk with a Power of YOUth group about resources needed to support youth development.

Facilitator Nancy Peterson pays attention to points made in the Extraordinary Places to Live and Learn group.

Nancy Peterson and recorder Kathie Ivey make sure they've got the priorities listed the way the group thinks they should be.

Indian River County 4-H agent Judy Wakefield facilitates one of the "Extraordinary Places to Live and Learn" groups.

Alachua County delegate Horace Moore talks about what is needed for youth development.

Levy County 4-H agent Stacey Ellison facilitates and Manatee County 4-H agent Diana Smith records for one of the "Extraordinary Places to Live and Learn Groups.

State 4-H Leader Damon Miller listens in on some of the group discussions and said he was very impressed with the quality of input offered by delegates and the dialogue.

The Farm Cooperatives Display near the entrance helped participants learn about the value of cooperatives. The funds to support the State Conversation came through the Rural Cooperatives Fund at USDA.

Youth discuss some of the options available for support for youth development on a statewide basis.