2008 youth summit

We're All Stronger than We Think We Are.

GPRC youth from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota joined their inner city Fort Worth, Texas counterparts for five days of prairie restoration, workshops and outdoor fun in Fort Worth and outback West Texas.

Pictures from the 2008 Youth Summit - July 22-26, 2008

Coletta Strickland, Jarid Manos, Evita Tezeno. July 22. The Great Plains Restoration Council hosted the Celebration Kick-Off for its 2008 Youth Summit at the Trinity River Trailhead, just east of downtown Fort Worth. The purpose of the event is to recognize GPRC Plains Youth InterACTION leaders from Fort Worth and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota who are attending the 4-day Youth InterACTION Summit. Photographer: Sharon Corcoran, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Blake Moorman, Troy Brave. July 22. The Great Plains Restoration Council hosted the Celebration Kick-Off for its 2008 Youth Summit at the Trinity River Trailhead, just east of downtown Fort Worth. Photographer: Sharon Corcoran, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Michael Cortez, Robin Shuler, Olivia Woodward, Kalule Kabuta. July 22. The Great Plains Restoration Council hosted the Celebration Kick-Off for its 2008 Youth Summit at the Trinity River Trailhead, just east of downtown Fort Worth. Photographer: Sharon Corcoran, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Tacie Lebeaux, Jerome Lebeaux, Spur Pourier, Gerome Gutierrez. July 22. The Great Plains Restoration Council hosted the Celebration Kick-Off for its 2008 Youth Summit at the Trinity River Trailhead, just east of downtown Fort Worth. Photographer: Sharon Corcoran, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Sir Marquis, Jaden Lebeaux. July 22. The Great Plains Restoration Council hosted the Celebration Kick-Off for its 2008 Youth Summit at the Trinity River Trailhead, just east of downtown Fort Worth. Photographer: Sharon Corcoran, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Fort Worth Prairie Park Prairie Dog

Some of the intensive Ecological Health workshops that were included in the 2008 Youth InterACTION Summit:

Conflict Resolution
Public Speaking
Stress-Reduction Techniques
“Training People How to Treat You”
Ecological Health
Story-telling – led by Sharon Balaban, director of the Morton H. Meyerson Family Tzedakah Fund – of Moses trying to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves leave Egypt and how, after first agreeing, Pharaoh’s heart hardened. “What caused Pharaoh to have his change of heart? If it’s something inside each of us, how do we recognize and control it?”
Astronomy in the Garden of the Wild -- Three Rivers Foundation/Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus (West Texas)

“Grassland Birds and a Buffalo's Wool – how each helps each other!”

“Bloodstreams and Creeks – Our Cardiovascular System”

“Our Digestive System – A Place for Litter?”

And many more. There was also experiential intercultural learning, basketball games, music, swimming, and other activities.