Creating a Thriving
Organization for the
Next 100 Years!
Connie Schneider, Director
ANR Statewide Youth, Families and Communities Program
Monday, February 11, 2013
Two Centennial Celebrations!
• 4-H – 2013
• Land Grant Universities - 2014
– Smith Lever Act
Overview
• What is our history?
• What is our future?
The Beginning of LGU
In two Congressional Acts (1862 & 1890), specific universities designated
as land-grant universities. Mission: Teach agriculture and mechanic arts.
The 4-H Seed: Teaching Children to Teach Adults
4-H evolved to address the needs of the changing environment
http://4-hhistorypreservation.com/History/Clover/
1914 Smith-Lever Act: Cooperative Extension
Mission: Educational Training and Assistance
1. Agriculture
2. Home Economics (Family and Consumer Sciences)
3. 4-H Youth Development
4. Community Development
Helping
communities to
thrive during
WWI and WWII
A great bunch of kids
“I was down to the Los Angeles Livestock Show, and I
saw these hundreds of farmer boys that had fattened
and cared for a calf, or pig, or sheep, themselves. It's
a thing called the 4-H Club. Somebody was inspired
when they founded that. It's all over the country. By
golly, they are a great bunch of kids, and they have
some fine stock." - Will Rogers, 1934.
http://4-hhistorypreservation.com/History/4-H_Quotes
/
4-H Volunteers
• Major roles over the
last 100 years
Donate continual gifts
• Time
• Resources
• Experience
• Inspire and empower
youth
UC 4-H has evolved to address the
needs of the changing
environment
over the past 100 years in
California
UC Agriculture and Natural
Resources - the bridge
between local issues and
the power of UC research.
UC 4-H assess issues and
teaches solutions based on
evidenced-base research.
Healthy Families &
Communities
Special Edition
Jan-Mar 2013
New UC 4-H Era
• Changing
environment
• Needs of young
people
• Commitment to
volunteerism
4-H Sustainability
Appreciation for supporting 4-H
and being a part of building
sustainability and capacity
As we embark in a
new 4-H era and kick
off the next
100 years!
This will take energy
– lets start with
dining together.
References
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Braverman MT, Franz, NK, Rennekamp RA.2012. Extension’s Evolving Alignment of Programs
Serving Fameilies and Youth: Organizational Change and Its Implications. JOE.50:6.
http://www.joe.org/joe/2012december/pdf/JOE_v50_6a1.pdf
Editors. UC land grants: A photo history. 2012. California Agriculture 66(2):46-49. DOI:
10.3733/ca.v066n02p46.
http://ucanr.org/repository/cao/landingpage.cfm?article=ca.v066n02p46&fulltext=yes
UC Berkeley, Taking the University to the People: University of California Agriculture and
Natural Resources Oral History Project
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/anr/about.html
UC CA 4-H History http://www.ca4h.org/About/History/CaliforniaHistory/
Fritz-Metcalf collection, UCB - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/fmpc/