Youth Survey
This is a survey for Friends in New York Yearly Meeting ages 13-18 who have not finished high school.  Please share the link with your friends.  We want to hear from you.
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How old are you?
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Do you go to Powell House youth conferences?
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Do you participate in JYM at summer sessions?
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Do you participate in programs for teens at spring sessions or fall sessions of the yearly meeting?
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Is there anything you'd like to tell us about Powell House youth programs, JYM, or youth programs at spring and fall sessions?  
When you're deciding whether to attend a Quaker gathering for teens, how much do each of these factors matter?
This doesn't really matter
This kind of matters
This is fairly important
This is very important
Whether my friends will be there
Whether the content sounds interesting
Whether the content sounds like fun
Whether the content will help me deepen/develop my own beliefs
How much it costs
How close it is to where I live
Whether I know the adults who will be facilitating
Whether I have input on what we're going to do
Whether I know ahead of time exactly what we're going to be doing
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Below are some types of activities that other yearly meetings do with their teens.  How interesting is each of these possibilities to you?
This isn't interesting to me.
This is kind of interesting to me.
This is quite interesting to me.
Please do this!
Chances to do advocacy work (such as attending demonstrations or meeting with legislators)
Creative projects (like theatrical productions)
Field trips with teen groups, to go see something interesting together
Leadership training for teens
A 24-hour program with teen dorms for high school students at yearly meeting gatherings
Projects that involve raising money for a charity
Sports tournaments (mini-Quaker-championships playing basketball or volleyball or something)
Teen-led worship for all ages at gatherings
Service projects (practical, hands-on things like painting a community center or volunteering at a food bank)
Online videos and resources that my local meeting could use for First Day School
A Quaker summer camp for teens within the boundaries of New York Yearly Meeting
Family gatherings for all ages (kids, teens, and adults)
Chances to participate in Quaker activities alongside young adults
Chances to participate in Quaker activities alongside adults of all ages
A single theme that connects all the NYYM teen activities for a whole year
Help knowing how to connect to communities in the larger Quaker world (national and international gatherings/opportunities for teens)
An adult mentor to connect with in your own local meeting
Movie nights or game nights for Quaker teens in someone’s home nearby
Pilgrimages to historical Quaker sites
Support in knowing how to transition from being a teen in Quakerism to being a young adult in Quakerism
Trivia games on Quaker themes
Weeknight evening gatherings for teens at a Quaker meetinghouse near you
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Which of these things do you think would make a difference in how well New York Yearly Meeting integrates and supports teens?
I don't think this would make much difference.
I feel like this might make a difference.
This really feels like something that would make a difference.
Support for adults in local meetings so that they can learn new ways to integrate and support teens
Part-time youth workers in local areas - an adult who lives in your area whose job it is to support Quaker teen activities
A full-time employee of New York Yearly Meeting whose job it is to advocate for the needs of children and teens
Teens participating in forming the business meeting agenda at yearly meeting gatherings
More ways for teens' voices to be heard when the yearly meeting is doing discernment about something
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Is there anything we didn't think of that you wish Quakers were doing to support teens better?
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