Summer Internships Wanted

This video features last year's cadre, but belongs on this thread.

From various other e-mail listservs:

NYCDOE is proud to offer many summer educational opportunities/internships for 

Good News!  




Thanks. I believe every youth obtained an internship this summer.

Recruiting has begun for the 2014 - 2015 group.

Recruiting for this year continues: http://www.yosos.org/p/participant-application.html?m=1

Photo of last year's cadre, as they complete the program:



They will help pass the torch to the group presently being recruited....

Photo of the 2014 - 2015 cadre:

March has arrived.

The work to find every member a summer job or internship has begun. Because the past placements have been a success, many of the prior employers have agreed to hire a new youth this summer.

If you have a placement and would like to join the mix, reach out to Heather Day. Her contact info can be found here:

http://www.courtinnovation.org/projectstaff/895

While paid internships are sought, if you were able to offer a "really good" internship that was unpaid she might be able to access some funding to pay the youth for the experience.

...all internships are screened for a good fit.

Hi everyone,

Our summer jobs search is in full swing for this year's YO S.O.S. cohort! We have 18 talented, dedicated young people eager to work this summer and we need your help to make it happen!

As has been said in past years, there are many ways that neighbors and local businesses can help:

• YO S.O.S. supporters can donate money to fund a Youth Organizer's unpaid internship
• Local business owners and community agencies can interview Youth Organizers for positions in their stores
• Supervisors and supporters can write letters on behalf of Youth Organizers and circulate the flyer below to encourage others to hire from YO S.O.S.

For more details see our latest blogpost: http://crownheights.org/can-you-provide-a-part-time-summer-job-for-yo-s-o-s-teens/ and contact Heather at [email hidden] or 646-789-1201

They should apply to the Summer Youth Employment Program for paid internships. The New York Historical Society and the Met have summer internships as well.

Thanks! We are looking into all these options, Brooklyneye. Unfortunately, since SYEP is a lottery, many youth don't get it. The Met program is also very competitive. We are looking into another Met as well though - the supermarket!

It'd be great if local businesses were able to bring on one or two youth this summer. They are a great group!

press:   http://jjie.org/the-credible-messengers-youth-organize-to-save-our-streets/108610/

"We hung out with five teens from Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets
(YO SOS) to talk about urban youth life-being stereotyped, teen violence
and what its like to grow up in Brooklyn.The conversation will continue
at our town hall Youth #‎BHeard Fighting For A Voice. We’re looking
beyond the violence gone viral and trying to connect with the real
issues facing urban youth. Join us on June 17th from 7-9 PM."

For details on Town Hall: http://bricartsmedia.org/events/youth-bheard-fighting-for-a-voice-a-community-town-hall

Updates:
1. Town Hall is this evening. Yours truly will be in the audience.

2. They graduated last week, and the staff member who organizes the group wrote up a summary of their year: http://crownheights.org/yo-s-o-s-graduation-celebrates-youth-leaders-in-the-anti-violence-movement/

3. I have been told all participants have secured an internship for the summer.

In a few months, recruiting for a new cadre will begin....

Wonderful young people. 

Thanks for the update and all your support whynot_31!

We had a great year and are so proud of the youth. We have actually secured jobs and internships for 13 out of 19 youth and the other 6 are still looking! If anyone has leads, please email [email hidden]

Shout out to a couple local businesses and supporting organizations who are serving as employers -- Deck Salon, Sorayah's Salon, Brooklyn Independent Media, and Diaspora Community Services!

Here are a couple photos from tonight's town hall - it was a great event!

Guy with baseball cap in first photo = Hot97 DJ.

Recruitment for 2015 - 2016 has begun:

Here is how a youth would apply: http://crownheights.org/y-o-s-o-s/apply-to-join-yo-s-o-s/

Readers could give the link to parents of local teens who live in eastern Crown Heights....

The 2015 - 2016 cadre has been formed, and is getting to work.

http://crownheights.org/yo-s-o-s-completes-first-month-of-programming-with-new-cohort/

Until this year, YO SOS has shared a storefront with the adult SOS and CHCMC.

This year, YO SOS was able to get its own storefront space on Kingston Avenue, and is creating a youth center.   Here's their wishlist:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3VP0A1H0JG09Z/ref=cm_sw_su_w

Newest video/campaign:

http://pix11.com/2016/04/26/brooklyn-organization-helps-teens-use-visual-arts-to-stop-gun-violence/

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160426/crown-heights/video-brooklyn-teens-call-for-peace-new-short-films-on-gun-violence

I am pleased to report that the majority o the 2016 cadre has secured internships for this summer, and that recruitment for the 2016 - 2017 cadre has begun.

BTW, I'm not alone in liking this program.  The feds really like this program and its director.

The youth recently released a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2R5hJanOQI

This is the last week to apply for YO S.O.S! Sign up by 9/16 for a guaranteed* interview! Youth voices are powerful - join us in the movement to end gun violence! Apply at crownheights.org/yosos/apply

*Eligible applicants are high school age; live or go to school in Brooklyn; and are available during the school year for meetings every Mon and Wed from 4-6pm.

Here's a photo of the group that was selected for 2016 - 2017.

Here's some of their work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8ISUrnVOckk