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Youth Worker Opportunities

News, Events and Articles for Youth Workers

November 7, 2011

Youth Worker Opportunities

Events
Building Relationships with Young People Presented by City Year Chicago Date: Monday, November 14, 2011 Time: 6:00-7:30 PM CST Location: Loyola University Chicago, 6339 North Sheridan Road, Sullivan Center, Room 203 Cost: Free
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Webinars
Social Media and Mentoring Presented by The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Time: 12:00-1:00 PM CST Location: Online Cost: FREE Learn More & Register National Mentoring Month is around the corner. Maximize this annual opportunity to increase visibility, and recruit mentors, for your program by designing an effective social media campaign. The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, in partnership with Friends for Youth, Inc. and Mass Mentors, will share our "Top 12 for 2012" - a list of easy, practical tips that will help mentoring programs optimize their social media efforts. Features: Sarah Kremer, Program Director at Friends for Youth, Inc.; Rich Greif, Director of Marketing & Partnerships at Mass Mentoring Partnership; and Mindy Twetten, MPM Marketing Committee Member and Assistant Account Executive

During this free workshop, participants will learn the basics of building relationships with young people and how to incorporate these principles into your work with young people. This workshop will discuss the unique needs of students, particularly in schools in urban settings, and the importance of role modeling as a coach rather than simply a mentor or friend. Difficult conversations with students will also briefly be discussed, as well as how to redirect/respond to students in these situations.

Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair Presented by Teachers for Social Justice and Rethinking Schools Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011 Location: Orozoco School, 1940 W. 18th Street Cost: $5-$10 Donation at Door
Learn More & Register We have workshops for and by K-5 teachers, middle/HS teachers, counselors, popular educators, artists, parents, youth, union organizers, adult educators, bilingual educators, queer activists, anti-PIC activists, anti-school-militarization activists, youth workers, and MORE! Time: 10:00-5:00 PM CST

Engaging Youth Using Hip Hop and Social Media Presented by Project NIA and Black Youth Project

Date: Friday, Dec. 2 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM CST Location: Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Ave, Murray Green Library 10th Floor Cost: $20
Learn More & Register The workshop will be facilitated by Jasiri X, hip hop artist and organizer, on Friday December 2nd. Jasiri will share his journey from activist to Hip-Hop artist to the founding of the New Media Academy. The New Media Academy is "a tool to help Black young men critically analyze media messages, broaden their experience of media, and develop the creative skills needed in creating their own media. All too often the young African American male is either underrepresented or misrepresented in media. The mission is to improve self image, dispel stereotypes, and provide a positive forum of self expression. The program is offered to young Black men, ages 14-19, and will include, the art of blogging, video production, and social media."

Assistant Account Executive at COLLE+McVOY, an advertising agency in Minneapolis.

Funding Opportunities
Grants to Implement ParentChild Education Program Due Date: December 15, 2011 AVANCE, a nonprofit organization that promotes parent education, will this year award $50,000 grants to four nonprofit organizations serving low-income Hispanic families. The grants will be used to implement AVANCE's evidence-based parent-child education program as part of its Unlocking America's Potential Project. The project, funded by a $12.6 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, aims to expand AVANCE's parent-child education program across the United States over the course of three years. read more>> Gates Millennium Scholars: Scholarship Program for LowIncome Minority Students Due Date: January 11, 2012 The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at the college or university of their choice. Recipients are outstanding minority students with significant financial need. In addition to getting financial help to go to college, Gates Millennium Scholars participate in leadership programs and receive academic support throughout their college careers. read more>>

Articles
Mentor Training Curriculum Supporting Children and Youth: Mentor Training for Senior Corps Volunteers was developed to provide a standardized and easyto-use training curriculum for Senior Corps' Foster Grandparent Program and RSVP project directors who have volunteers delivering mentoring and other support services to children and youth at schools and community organizations. This curriculum is designed to enhance volunteer capacity and improve the quality of service delivered by the volunteers. In addition to providing an overview of services for children and youth, the curriculum meets the need for creative and practical strategies and ideas that volunteers can adapt when serving children and youth.
To learn more about the training curriculum and to access training materials, click here

Lessons Learned: Implementing a Male Ally Gender Violence Training

Written by Ed Mills & members of the Rogers Park Young Womens Action Team (YWAT) On November 2-3, 2007, fifteen young men gathered to participate in the Rogers Park Young Womens Action Teams Male Ally Training. T h e training was created by Ed Mills and members of the YWAT. Lillian Matanmi, a leadership team member of the YWAT, was the primary coordinator of this project. This report summarizes what took place and indicates some of the trainings strengths and weaknesses. It also discusses the participants both trainees and facilitators written and oral feedback, and contains a brief appendix with some of the activities, evaluations and facilitators afterthoughts. The YWAT hopes that this report will be of assistance to other individuals and organizations seeking to create similar trainings. Read the report here! Download the appendices (agendas, activities, evaluations and more) here! The Rogers Park Young Womens Action Team has developed a toolkit titled Where Our Boys At? Involving Young Men as Allies to End Violence against Girls. In the toolkit, YWAT shares some of the resources (including curricula) that it has developed and perhaps even more importantly discusses the challenges and accomplishments of its three-year campaign. The toolkit can be found here!

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