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What do Afterschool for All Partners
believe?
Afterschool for All
partners believe in the importance of universal
access to afterschool for all youth in the
U.S. Partners agree that
afterschool programs:
- Provide safe, challenging, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills.
- Work in collaboration with schools and community resources to offer children and youth an array of accessible and diverse services and opportunities.
- Promote positive relationships among children, youth, families and adults.
- Engage children, youth, families, schools and community partners in ongoing design, implementation and evaluation of activities.
- Invest in diverse, skilled and committed staff.
What are the responsibilities of Afterschool for All Partners?
There are no stated requirements for being
a partner in Afterschool for All. Individuals
and organizations are invited to join Afterschool for All based upon a commitment to and
belief in afterschool programs.
How will the Afterschool for All Partner list be
used?
The Afterschool for All Partner list illustrates
the broad range of organizations and sectors
that believe afterschool is critical to
children and their families. A list of Afterschool for All Partners will be distributed with
Afterschool for All materials and press
releases and appears on the Afterschool
Alliance and the PAfterschool for All websites.
If partners wish, we can set up a link to
their websites from the Afterschool for All
site, and partners are welcome to place
a link to the Afterschool for All site from
their own sites.
How can Afterschool for All Partners
get involved in the effort for Afterschool
for All?
Partners are offered opportunities to convey
positive messages about afterschool, and
to participate in efforts to communicate
powerful, far-reaching statements about
the importance of afterschool. These may
include discussing the benefits of afterschool
programs at events and forums; joining rallies
such as Lights
On Afterschool!, testifying at hearings
and meeting with decision-makers; authoring
guest editorials and letters-to-the-editor
and appearing on news and talk shows; connecting
Internet visitors to afterschool resources;
and helping keep afterschool in the public
purview.
Click here to
share ways in which you have used Afterschool for All to build support for
afterschool in your community. We would love to share your experiences
with the Afterschool for All community
For more information about how to get involved
in Afterschool for All, please contact info2010@afterschoolalliance.org
or visit www.afterschoolalliance.org.
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