Program Area Participants

1. Basic Membership  2. Program Area Participants  3. Executive Committee (EC)  4. Program Sponsorship Partners  5. Advisors and Friends  6. Sponsors

Program Area Participants are eligible for all the benefits of - and must meet all criteria for - NYAC basic membership. In addition, Program Area Participants must:

1. Commit one youth and one adult from the organization [or oneself, for individuals] to participate in one or more program areas of the NYAC/EC.
2. Agree to the rules and commitments of program area members, chaired by EC members.

Programs

The four program areas currently available for NYAC participation are:

1. Youth in Action Awards.

   Members will:
1. Promote the awards program.
2. Set criteria for award selection.
3. Publicize award winners.
4. Evaluate the Awards program and make recommendations to the NYAC for improvements.



2. National Youth Platform.

   Members will:
1. Promote, distribute, and help create platform promotional materials.
2. Play an active role in the creation of the platform.
3. Guide the development of the platform process.
4. Represent the platform and the issues therein at events and other gatherings if necessary and possible.
5. Disseminate information regarding the platform and opportunities for involvement.
6. Evaluate the platform program and make recommendations to the NYAC for improvements.



3. Youth Action Guide.

   Members will:
1. Help to create the annual Youth Action Guide, based on the National Youth Platform.
2. Promote the guide.
3. Distribute the guide to membership and/or in the community, if and as possible.
4. Evaluate the Youth Action Guide program and make recommendations to the NYAC for improvements.



4. National Youth Conventions.

   Members will:
1. Shape the process leading up to, and through, the conventions.
2. Recommend partner organizations for the co-creation of the conventions.
3. Recruit participants in, and delegates to, the conventions.
4. Recommend media/public relations partnerships and coordinate their role in the conventions.
5. Facilitate the conventions' working groups.
6. Promote the conventions to membership and/or in the community, if and as possible.
7. Evaluate the conventions program and make recommendations to the NYAC for improvements.

Please note: the requirements for program areas above are only outlines. Actual requirements may be modified by the Executive Committee co-chairs as deemed necessary for the success of the programs.