Summer Internships Wanted
Greetings,
I seek your assistance in helping me find internships and summer jobs for the youth of Save Our Streets Crown Heights, and would like to tell you a little about the program.
Over the course of the last two years, the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center has formed a cadre of approximately twenty (20) youth living in western Crown Heights.
The youth are sick and tired of the violence that their peers engage in toward themselves and adults, and have received extensive training in how they (as youth) can play roles in stemming potentially violent situations before they get out of control.
An idea of the work they have been doing can be found by looking at their Facebook page
As a "perk" for doing this work, we are going to try to help them find summer jobs and internships.
I know the staff members of who operate this program and the youth being served, and hereby request that readers of Brooklynian help me with this task. We are starting "the hunt" in Mid-April, because we want every youth to get a chance to interview for a placement by the time school gets out.
Please contact the staff member pictured on the left side of the photo, Ruby-Beth Buitekant, to discuss any opportunities and questions you may have.
She can be reached via Facebook.
If you PM me, I will give you her email.
Sincerely yours,
Whynot_31
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Summer programs for teens are also a great option!
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More info RE: how these youth are spending their time:
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CHCA is helping spread word about this effort: http://crowhillcommunityassociation.cmail4.com/t/ViewEmail/r/E86F3F4BF249B665/49EACEC486F6E7F440EE66FE10287772
My thanks to them, and the folks that have already contacted Ruby-Beth.
P.S. Readers who live in other neighborhoods are welcome to help in this effort....
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Things like this work: http://rawfictionmagazine.weebly.com/
Thanks for keeping them coming...
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BTW, if you know a youth who might benefit from joining the group, new members are being sought.
You could give them this (if I may say so...) awesome recruiting video:
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Do you mind if I put this on Nostrand Park!
I love this!!!!!
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go for it!
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Update: Word has it that every youth has a placement for the summer.
However, if you have a potential placement, please contact me. Yours might be an even better fit than those we already have in the works.
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In case you wondered what these youth can look like when not dressed in matching purple tshirts, I provide a photo of the YO SOS graduation:
Off to their internships and the rest of their lives, they go!
Interviews for next year's cadre will begin soon. Do you know a youth in the catchment area? The square formed by Kingston ave, Eastern Parkway, Utica, and Atlantic....
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Update: The goal has been achieved! About twenty (20) youth have been accepted into the 2012 - 2013 Y.O. SOS team.
...today is August 29th, and applications were supposed to be completed by Aug 13th. However, YO SOS could accommodate up to ten (10) more. Know a youth who might be interested? It isn't too late....
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Over the past few months, some of you may have wondered just how many youth this program was able to successfully recruit for the next cycle.
Others may have wondered who decorated the storefronts along Kingston Ave for the holidays.
To answer both questions, I present a photo of this year's cadre, posing with certificates from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce for decorating Kingston Ave:
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It is February, but this year's youth and their case managers are already looking forward to summer:
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Mike why don't u invite the youths to the town hall meeting march 23 rd where they can voice their dreams of having a summer job merchants will be there
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They have already been invited. I think they will show up.In terms of unpaid internships we are looking for office settings, and placements will be screened to make sure they are a good fit.
In terms of paid summer jobs, we are helping them hunt on the open market. Coney Island has a lot of openings!
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Happy spring!
The efforts of the youth and their case managers is now in high gear. This year's group has 3 months to go until it graduates from the program. The goal at graduation is for everyone to have job or internship set up for the summer...
Here's the official pitch:
YO SOS Staff wrote: After the youth in YO S.O.S. graduate from the program, they spend their summers working, interning, or attending camps where they can continue to build on the skills they developed in YO S.O.S. In preparation for this coming summer, the staff and youth organizers of YO S.O.S. have begun searching for summer employment opportunities for program participants.
Both staff and youth organizers are on the lookout for promising jobs and internships. Over the next few months, staff will work with the youth organizers to find and identify organizations and activities the youth organizers would like to be a part of over the summer. YO S.O.S. will support the youth organizers as they apply and interview for these jobs and internships. The youths will then set out over the summer on experiences that will help them keep developing into effective messengers, advocates, and activists.
In the past community members and supporters of YO S.O.S. have helped in a variety of ways.
YO S.O.S. supporters have donated money to fund a Youth Organizer's unpaid internship
Local business owners have agreed to interview Youth Organizers for positions in their storesYouth programs with summer jobs components have opened their doors to YO S.O.S.
Programs and companies have hired Youth Organizers!Supervisors have written letters on behalf of Youth Organizers to encourage others to hire from YO S.O.S.
To reach this goal, YO S.O.S. is searching for opportunities far and wide. If you know of any organizations interested in bringing on talented and motivated high schools students over the summer, please be in touch with YO S.O.S. at 718-679-9414 or [email protected] [email protected].
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bump!
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Are there any specific fields the kids are looking to get into?
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There are, and Ruby ( [email protected]) is able to tell you about each participant and their specific goals for the summer. She has worked with closely with them for the last year!
With help, she is matching kids to opportunities that suit them best.
Here's the good news: She has about 25 kids in Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets, so there is a good chance that she will be able to match you with a participant regardless of the specific nature of the opportunity you have available.
Note, the unpaid opportunities (aka internships) are also screened to ensure that they have the potential to provide the kid with a genuine learning opportunity. Hence, it is unlikely that she'd send you a youth at an unpaid food service job, but she would seriously consider sending you a youth if you had an interesting office setting.
Paid settings of ALL VARIETIES are considered.
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This year's work is now complete.
The youth have all been matched with internships and jobs, and photos of graduation have been taken.
http://www.yosos.org/2013/06/graduation.htmlSee you in a few months, when recruitment will begin for next year's contingent.....
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Happy End of August!
As promised, here is the application form for the 2013 - 2014 cadre
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OfOtAH7kyX30XMTGLDrpYKLrBAHBUWqtsrgvkbRRX4E/viewform -
Last year's flyers worked well enough that they only slightly modified them for this year:
They still have spaces left!
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Although it's still January, the youth have begun practicing interview skills and creating a resume.Action shot:
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Bump!It is now the end of April, and prime time for these youth to start interviewing.If you know of any organizations interested in bringingon talented and motivated high schools students over the summer,please be in touch with YO S.O.S.at 718-679-9414 or [email protected]
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CB 14 seems very organized in how it is assisting its youth:
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