Resources

This section features NCERA215 team products, presentations and publications as resources youth and community development professionals can access to inform audiences, build awareness, and communicate the value of social capital from their work.

Toolkits

Cover page of toolkit: Building Youth Social Capital on Purpose

Henness, S. & Anderson, C. (Eds.) (2023). Building social capital on purpose: A toolkit for youth and community development professionals. North Central Extension & Research Activity (NCERA) 215: Contribution of 4-H Participation to the Development of Social Capital Within Communities. (National 4-H Peer Reviewed).
An expanded and updated toolkit to develop a better understanding of social capital within the 4-H youth development context, and to design program experiences that more purposefully strengthen youth and community social capital. Includes an integrated youth and community development model, program planning and reporting template, and methods, tools, and resources for practitioners. Click here to download the toolkit!

Anderson, C., Baker, B., Brown, M., Calvert, M., Fields, N. I., Henness, S., Klemme, N., Nathaniel, K. C., Lonning, J. (2019). Contribution of 4-H participation to the development of social capital within communities: Social capital toolkit.  North Central Extension & Research Activity (NCERA) 215: Contribution of 4-H Participation to the Development of Social Capital Within Communities. (National 4-H Peer Reviewed)
The original toolkit on finding social capital in youth and community development frameworks, connections between social justice and social capital, youth social capital research with an adapted University of Minnesota survey, and programs of practice. Click here to download the toolkit!

Cover page of toolkit 1 - image with three youth looking at a laptop computer.

Curriculum

Fields, N., Chan, A., Gonzalez, M., Green, E., Massey, K., Moncloa, F. & Nathaniel, K. (2021). True Leaders: Culture, power and justice. A youth development approach to social justice. https://shop4-h.org/products/true-leaders-culture-power-and-justice

Webinars

Fields, N. (2018). Increasing Social Capital through Culturally Relevant Positive Youth Development. (Subject matter expert webinar). Children Youth and Families At-Risk (CYFAR). https://cyfar.org/resource/increasing-social-capital

Presentations

  • Emery, M., Henness, S., Klemme, N., & Anderson, C. (2023). “Spiraling up” together: Youth and community development.  National Association of Community and Economic Development Professionals (NACDEP). Coeur d’Alene, ID.
  • Anderson, C., Henness, S., Klemme, N., Lonning, J., & Nathaniel, K. (2021). Building youth and community social capital on purpose: A toolkit for youth and community development professionals. National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals. Memphis, TN. PDF available here
  • Fields, N. (March 2021) Social capital & social justice through positive youth development. Indiana Youth Institute Advancing Equity Summit. PDF available here.
  • Klemme, N., Emery, M., Henness, S., and Baker, B. (2021). Spiraling up together: Youth and community development. Community Development Society Conference (virtual conference). Fargo, ND. PDF available here.
  • Anderson, C., Henness, S., Kantor, D., Klemme, N., Lonning, J., & Nathaniel, K. (2021). Social capital: Relationships for building success & creating change. National 4-H Conference (virtual conference youth session). Chevy Chase, MD. PDF available here.
  • Henness, S., Anderson, C., Nathaniel, K., Kantor, D. & Klemme, N. (2020). Building social capital on purpose: a toolkit for youth and community development professionals. National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals (virtual conference). Boise, ID. PDF available here.
  • Henness, S., Klemme, N., Anderson, C., Lonning, J. (2019). National 4-H Conference: 4-Hers building social capital on Capitol Hill. National 4-H Conference. Chevy Chase, MD. PDF available here.
  • Fields, N., Henness, S., Nathaniel, K., Baker, B., Klemme, N., and Anderson, C. (2017). Building social capital in 4-H: Identifying and measuring program practices that strengthen communities. National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. Indianapolis, IN. PDF available here.
  • Calvert, M., Emery, M., Fields, N. & Baker, B. (2017). When is youth development also community development? Youth program practices that foster social capital. Federal Reserve System Community Development Conference (poster presentation). Washington, DC.
  • Henness, S., Baker, B., Calvert, M., Shettlesworth, K., and Bade, B. (2015). Empowering 4-H youth and adult volunteers with the community capitals framework. National Extension Conference on Volunteerism. Portland, ME. PDF available here

Publications

  • Calvert, M., Nathaniel, K., Brown, M. (2022). Developing Social Capital as a Conduit to Social Justice Fields, in N. I., & Shaffer, T. J. (Eds.). Grassroots Engagement and Social Justice through Cooperative Extension. MSU Press.
  • Liphart, D., Klemme, N., Meeker, I., (2022) Civic Engagement and Advocacy in Rural Wisconsin: Youth Development Through Legislative Forums, Journal of Youth Development,  Vol. 17 Issue 3, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2022.1194
  • Haskell, J. E., Baker, B. A., Olfert, M. D., Colby, S. E., Franzen-Castle, L. D., Kattlemann, K. K., & White, A. A. (2019). Using ripple effects maps to identify story threads: A framework to link private to public value. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension 7(3), 1-23. Retrieved from https://www.jhseonline.com/article/view/899 
  • Henness, S. & Ball, A. (2019).  Engaging youth as influencers in leadership event planning. Journal of Human Sciences & Extension 7(1), 144-154.  Retrieved from https://www.jhseonline.com/article/view/813 
  • Olfert M. D., King S. J., Hagedorn R. L., Barr M. L., Baker B. A., Colby S. E., Kattelmann K. K., Franzen-Castle L., White A. A. (2019). Ripple effect mapping outcomes of a childhood obesity prevention program From youth and adult dyads using a qualitative approach: iCook 4-H. Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior 51(3S):S41-S51. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.08.002.
  • Fields, N., Moncloa, F. & Smith, C. (2018). 4-H social justice youth development: A guide for youth development professionals. University of Maryland and University of California.  Retrieved from 4-h.org. 
  • Olfert, M. D., Hagedorn, R. L., White, J. A., Baker, B. A., Colby, S. E., Franzen-Castle, L., Kattelmann, K. K., & White, A. A. (2018). An impact mapping method to generate robust qualitative evaluation of community-based research programs for youth and adults. Methods & Protocols 1(3):25. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3390/mps1030025
  • Chazdon, S. Emery, M. Hansen, D., Higgins, L. & Sero, R. (2017).  A field guide to ripple effects mapping. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute.  Retrieved from https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/190639 
  • Fields, N. I. (2017). The contribution of urban 4-H to social capital and the implications for social justice. Journal of Extension 55(6), Article 52.  Retrieved from https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol55/iss6/52
  • Henness, S., & Moncheski, M. (2017). Youth/adult partnerships impacting rural poverty: The case of Lamar, Missouri. In S. Chazdon, M. Emery, D. Hansen, L. Higgins & R. Sero (eds). A field guide to ripple effects mapping. (72-78). Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute.  Retrieved from https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/190639
  • Olfert, M., Colby, S., Franzen-Castle, L., Kattlemann, K., Baker, B., & White, A. (2016). iCook 4-H: Using mapping of community capitals following a 2-year iCook program. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 48(7): S144. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.320
  • Emery, M., Higgins, L, Chazdon, S, & Hansen, D. (2015). Using ripple effect mapping to evaluate program impact: Choosing or combining the methods that work best for you. Journal of Extension 53(2). Tools of the Trade, 2TOT1. Retrieved from https://archives.joe.org/joe/2015april/tt1.php
  • Fields, N. & Nathaniel, K. (2015). Our role in and responsibility toward social justice. Journal of Extension 53(5), 5COM2. Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2015october/comm2.php
  • Emery, M & Bregnedahl, C. (2014). Relationship building: the art, craft and context for mobilizing social capital necessary for systems change. Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society 45(3). Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15575330.2014.903986
  • Calvert, M., Emery, M. & Kinsey, S. (eds.). (2013). Youth programs as builders of social capital. Special Issue of New Directions for Youth Development. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.  NJ: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  Issue 138. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/yd.v2013.138/issuetoc
  • Nathaniel, K. & Kinsey, S., (2013). Contributions of youth engagement to the development of social capital through community mapping.  Journal of Extension 51(1), Tools of the Trade, 1TOT7.  Retrieved from https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol51/iss1/17

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