Youth Community Perceptions

Youth-Community-Perceptions Want to involve youth in your community? The Youth Community Perceptions program helps local young people to identify the needs and opportunities for a community's future, and work with local leaders to make improvements. The program can be used by schools or youth groups.

Contact our team for more information.

School-Specific Information

Program Forms and Templates

Opportunities for Action

Create a presentation

Create and show a presentation at a public event. Start conversations in your community and help people prioritize local needs.
Want to create a video? Be sure to follow the suggestions about privacy outlined in the Photography Guide above.

Before and After

Make collages of "before" and "after" photos to show how a project improved the community.
Create a video using your pictures, with free software. One application is Adobe Express (previously Adobe Spark), which can be easy to use, and the video is ready to publish on the web or social media.

Take Action!

Join or create your own community improvement group! Kansas Community Empowerment (KCE) community programs are great groups. Start your own group if your community needs one. The KCE program supports youth initiatives with opportunities for technical assistance, education and grants.

Tell Your Story!

Create announcements to go out in e-mails, via social media, on flyers, and more.
Have your facts straight, ask for help, and make your first sentence count.
Create a friendly atmosphere.
Work with local news. Ask for the KCE Guide Press Kit - just e-mail us!
Decide who to contact:
- Elected officials, community members, businesses, and organizations such as K-State Research and Extension.

Youth Community Perceptions

School-Specific Information

Program Forms and Templates

Opportunities for Action

Youth Community Perceptions - Community Vitality Team

Jan Steen

Jaime Menon