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•    A grant of $2,600 was awarded to the Center for Dialogue to support Youth Speak in Transylvania County. Youth Speak teaches students communication skills and how to become more active in their school, community, and government.

•    El Pueblo received $7,500 for the Latino Youth Fellowship Program, which fosters leadership, advocacy, civic participation, and engagement of Latino youth at local, state and national levels.

•    East Wake Television in the Town of Knightdale received $8,500 to partner with local high schools to teach 20 students the process of broadcasting local government content. During a 40-week school-year internship and a 10-week summer internship, students will attend government meetings, interact with local officials, and capture footage of significant government business that will be broadcast to their community.

•    The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe will use $8,250 to teach high school students in Haliwa-Saponi Tribal Schools about leadership and civic skills.

•    Funding of $8,000 will be used by Lincoln County 4-H’s Civics in After-School program to train Lincoln County 4-H after-school staff and volunteers to implement a project that will engage 400 after-school K-5 youth in civics and service-learning activities.

•    A grant of $9,000 will provide support to the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina for Teen Court, which targets at-risk youth ages 11 to 17 who have committed first-time, minor misdemeanors.
•    Onslow County Schools received $10,000 to create an After-School MicroSociety at Jacksonville Commons Middle School, where 75 middle school youth will work to create a micro-society fully equipped with a government and economy.
•    Jeans for Justice, a program of the Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County, received $4,000 to empower victims of sexual violence to speak out against the injustices they and other victims have encountered as they participate in a summer retreat, plan and participate in advocacy and outreach activities, and host community awareness events.

•    A grant of $6,000 will fund the Rocky Mount Family YMCA’s Youth and Government program for 20 high school students. After participating in local interactive sessions with legislators and lobbyists, youth will receive registration fee assistance to attend the YMCA NC Youth Legislature in Raleigh to apply their learned skills.
•    Students United for a Responsible Global Environment received $6,600 to engage 100 middle and high school students as they complete a series of trainings on citizenship skills and climate change that will culminate at the 2008 Youth Climate Advocacy Day at the N.C. General Assembly.