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We believe young people are intelligent.
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We believe our message and mission have tremendous potential for impact in
the lives of youth, parents, and all members of our community.
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We believe in honest interaction and mutual respect.
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We believe in honoring our commitments to one another and ourselves.
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We believe that well-informed parents can help their children make good choices.
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We believe that exposure to diverse people and experiences can promote human
understanding.
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We believe youth need guidance to realize their potential.
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Our pragmatic and philosophical goals center on providing means and opportunities for communication, learning, and growth within media-driven programming designed to reach young people and enable them to reach out to others.
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Provide a moderated forum through which a culturally diverse group can interact,
learn, and share viewpoints.
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Use television, radio, the Internet, and other media to give young people
a platform through which to explore, define, and articulate their ideas and
feelings, and share lasting, meaningful experiences.
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Use distance-learning tools to make these experiences and this information
accessible to all youth, providing them with opportunities to engage in and
grow with the resulting dialogue.
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Help dispel myths and misconceptions, enabling young people to see that our
similarities outweigh our differences.
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Provide consistent quality, trustworthiness, and fairness in all our activities
and endeavors.
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the end of our first year, we anticipate a variety of positive, measurable
outcomes.
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A culturally diverse youth audience in the 11-19 age bracket.
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Long-term relationships with partnering organizations to develop ongoing
programming and resource sharing.
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Interlocking use of various media (television, radio, the Internet, public
events, outreach programs, etc.) to promote interaction, learning, and access
to resources.
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Development of a website to assist youth and families in understanding and
participating in our programming, act as a portal for our sponsors, and collect
feedback and information via surveys and questionnaires.
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Creation of relationships with other groups and organizations (youth, religious,
non-profit, neighborhood, school-based) to create outreach programs and live
events.
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Statistical measures of our projects' impact through follow-up phone calls,
mail, e-mail, surveys, questionnaires, faxes, and face-to-face communication.
In turn, these statistics will enable us to refine and expand our delivery
methods, activities, and partner relationships.
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Our long-term strategic outlook will enhance our programming effectiveness
through targeted mandates and activities.
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Involve and recognize youth in meaningful leadership roles throughout the
organization, including Board membership, paid and volunteer positions, planning
and production, and follow-through statistical monitoring.
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Quantify our programming impact on participant perspectives and attitudes
through pre- and post-show surveys.
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Empower youth to assume community leadership roles, identify resources, and
use them effectively.
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Strengthen our distance-learning programs by developing marketable materials
including classroom presentations, counseling tools, discussion guides, video
presentations, and diversity workshops.
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Reach audiences beyond Central Indiana through our website, additional
programming, and partnerships with larger regional, national, and international
programs.
Our short- and long-term objectives all support our overarching goal of
self-sustaining operations. Within this framework, specific initiatives directly
support operational self sufficiency.
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Development of marketable products for sale to schools, teachers, adults,
young people, and the community at large. These will include video and audio
products, books, newsletters, discussion guides, and souvenir merchandise.
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Development of broadcast media programming suitable for syndication and
commercial sponsorship.
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Development of partnerships with other non-profit organizations whose concerns
and missions compliment and enhance our focus on youth and on core issues
which concern youth, parents, families, and the community at large. These
partnerships will aid our efforts to develop programming and resources which
are central to our objectives, benefit from the perspectives and expertise
of other groups, and interoperate with entities which will share in both
the developmental and the financial aspects of our work.
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Pursuit of private and public grant monies and donations, both of funds and
in kind. Sponsor relationships will emerge as a key to this initiative.
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Development of data-gathering services and analytical reports suitable for
fee-based provision to other not-for-profit organizations, educational
institutions, private research companies, and others for whom OYLYP's direct
access to youth can be a path to targeted research insights.
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