Colorado Youth Health Partnership

Group 1: Kindness, outgoingness, courage, supportive, compassion, understanding, community service, leadership, risk taking, love, caring, passion, health(physical/mental), respect

Group 2: Commitment, love of community, companionship, empathy, freedom/carefree, elation, friendship, love, tolerance, generosity, bravery, connecting, supporting, loving, caring, trust

kids laughing and playing kickball and hide and seek.

Parents on their porches talking and reading.

No traffic.

Bright sunlight.

Birds.

Parks.

No poverty and no excess.

BBQ's.

snow.

Community orientedness - people wanting to do good for their community.

Nice day

renovated/rejuvenated tourism, open shops

diversity-lots! (race/ethnic, people were accepted, same sex couples with kids, etc.)

local clinics

positive interactions.

land was pretty, no trash.

Every one on streets playing.

Park with trees, laughing.

Kids leading activities, arts and sports.

Independent business, people knew each other.

No roads-nature instead.

No cars-calm, no chaos.

Elders talking with kids.

Kids wanting to play.

people getting along, I saw an Iraqi visitor being welcomed with open arms

laughter, treating others with kindness, consideration, respect...a better world

utopian... norms are doing things collaboratively

family getting together to play soccer

fairs

people collaborating to meet social needs

taking responsibility so work continues

sun, no rain, plant a seed and it grows in an hour!

people helping others, smiling faces, making a difference,

families live close together: a place for grandparents, children

institutions and public services not marginalized -- they have enough funding to be effective

police do their job

school and support structure for students, have better counselors, extracurriculars

integrated racially, differences are embraced, less judgmental - focus on positives-not delusional positives-REAL.

Combined accountability-everyone taking responsibility for making community better, everyone responsible for everyone else's wellbeing

no need for guns and weapons, getting along

columbine...uzis...no need for access to weapons like that

community practice of strategic planning together and use of resources, better collaboration and use of resources

information is centralized and available to all

kids who are really different from each other -- from diffferent "cliques" -- actually get to know each other

high quality education

everyone can afford healthcare

everyone with a place to live

community events where adults and youth engage together -small ones/block parties-invite everyone

no gangs

people at the park

acceptance - people treat everyone as friends

people are proud of their community

you are treated with compassion always -- not only if something goes wrong in your life

we feel connected

families live within their means- AND the means are good -- there is enough to go around.

everyone is encouraged to meet their full potential

live music/dj

everyone's employed

government isn't in dept -balanced budget

families communicate well and get along better-there are workshops for this; they enjoy spending time together

siblings are together for important "first times"

connected/caring community of adults and youth

youth support youth

free swimming, free basketball courts etc.

I was inspired and kept it going -- rather than being an initial organizer

appearance of town changed- I made sure there was organization and leadership to support change

everyone was engaged, change in diversity; I brought everyone together, role modeling openness, leading by example

people didn't judge each other, people worked as one with each other and environment-I mediated

community turned into a circle and community center was in the middle, state and local organizations worked together, public and private partnerships everywhere, I promote/lead facilitate partnerships

non-profits work together, churches get involved without religious pressure, families/youth/communities were involved from get go, community art-murals

everyone loves going to school: build school around what kids want, kids have a say in curriculum, time for learning what they want, money for electives, enough books and resources, schools are safe without being like a prison, more surveys to get student opinions, have government involved in schools-come visit students-get opinions, people asking 'how was it' for real. Connected teachers who care, are nice, who understand where we're coming from

no nuclear bombs

no labels-no goth, preppy, gangster; color blind society when it comes to race, everyone interacting(classroom) - not sectioned off-young people reflect that in homes, communities, with peers, my role: I do this-I talk to everyone from all races.

I don't want to be judged for appearance so I don't judge by appearance.

Open arms, getting to know one another, respect for different ideas and opinions.

Let's love our enemies-- be open to understanding why they do what they do.

Surrounded by friends, community members young and old.

Build the appearance of community, love thy neighbor as thyself.

Community garden

Happiness, acceptance, appreciation, love, opportunity.

Eliminate discrimination-especially white privilege. Create relationships with other groups with different cultures talking; I just be myself-don't try to change myself and don't ask others to

Rearrangement of government funding...instead of spending money on war, give money to communities.

all improvement efforts not dependent on money-instead creativity, capacity, creative use of resources, community goals

helping others-other countries-- help with your money and vice-versa (hospitals...Afghanistan)

global awareness...finding/being aware of...Darfur

free college tuition; more schools/internships, schools allow students to sit in on college classes...welding...look at your interests.

pursuit of happiness-allowance to be happy in ways that make you happy in US focus on the 'best' -"the best...car, house...best seller list.

more respect to environment-recycle, envoi friendly products;

address root  causes, not symptoms

free healthcare;

dept that goes away;

how you look shouldn't matter- look at inner beauty

media-talk about positives, advertise without creating fear and cultivating our sense of inadequacy to sell us stuff;

we're so scared we won't be perfect: 'without this I am a step further from imperfection; I wouldn't treat the media as I would right now;

we'd have an unbiased media-stating facts rather than opinion (news); media...fear...so much bad news. Fear factor;

we know we're not perfect so we don't try to be;

no tv's -- or, we use TVs differently-not to tune out parents;

welcomed and appreciated at schools, no cliques-open to others even if they're different

still have core friendships while being open to socializing with broader groups;

can just walk up to anyone and say hello even if you don't know them;

less competitive

no hierarchy, more collaborative and supportive;

everyone is seen-no one is invisible,

overhaul of prisons-don't have prisoners sit there and do nothing, don't have people in prison for petty crimes

no illegal drugs

pursuit of profit and purpose balanced-profit at what cost?