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Headlands. So what we try to do is create a lot
more fluidity among these youth resources so
that we can compound the experiences. We
like to bring Marin kids down to the Santa
Cruz Mountains and into San Francisco. We
like to bring the San Francisco kids to Point
Bonita and to give them that type of exposure.
What is the experience of the kids who attend
the YMCA in Marin versus the kids who show
up at the Y in San Francisco? All kids are the
same, and all kids are different. Every Y, by
nature, has to be responsive to its community. Look at the Marin community and, as a
Marinite, you know that community is different than the San Francisco community, or
New York. Or the East Bay. There is a certain
Marin vibe, which is probably more relaxed
and more in touch with nature, just because
of its ever-presence. That’s the great benefit of
Marin County. But Marin also has extraordinarily high rates of high school drinking. And
binge drinking. It has a high rate of teen suicide. There are things in Marin that are very
important, if not disturbing, which have to be
addressed. Because kids, no matter who they
are, no matter what privilege they have, still
have to learn positive behaviors in order to be
successful adults.
How is the Y in Marin set up to deal with those
kinds of issues? Our youth court program in
Marin County is one of our most important
pieces of work because we are dealing with
alcohol and drug prevention, and learning to
look beyond that particular behavior to try to
understand the underlying issues that are getting kids into trouble. Marin has always been
a community where there has been a high
degree of experimentation and that experimentation can get you in trouble, whether
you live in Marin or you live in San Francisco.
That work is extremely important to us.
How much direct contact do you have in working with the kids? Every couple of years I take
about a dozen and a half kids on a big trip to
Europe, to the World Youth Festival. There are
some 10,000 young people from throughout the
world. Our kids get a chance to interact in this
polyglot multinational stew of kids who are all
together for 10 days. Learning about each other
