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To Promote and Protect the health of youth in the city of boston through educational workshops and materials
Youth will understand the root causes of violence in their community. • Youth will understand the connection of racism and other inequities and negative community outcomes. • Youth will explore different ways of coping and healing from traumatic events in their community. • Youth will understand the public health/VIP approach to violence prevention. • Youth will develop and present a violence prevention plan to the VIP Initiative. • Youth will strengthen their leadership skills. • Youth will strengthen facilitation skills and present violence prevention workshops to schools, youth programs and other interested parties.
Research shows that one in three Americans is a member of a racial or ethnic minority group , however, while they make up 30% of the population they only account for 12.3% of all physicians, 7% of dentists, 10% pharmacists, and 11% Nurses (http://www.thesullivanalliance.org/cue/about/faq.html#5). BAHEC looks to close this gap by working with youth in Boston. BAHEC opened its doors in 1978 with mission of racially, ethnically, and linguistically diversifying the pool of health professionals in Boston. Since then, it has served nearly 2000 young people. BAHEC develops, implements, and evaluates in school, after school, and out of school time programming for middle and high school aged youth from Boston; most of which are from underserved areas. During the academic year, high school students participate in courses to learn more about public health concepts including social determinants of health and health equity. They also participate in field-specific courses including an Introduction to: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Orthopedic Technician, Global Health, Dentistry, Emergency Medical Technicians, etc.
Do you care about the mental health of teenagers? Do you want to learn more and create change in our city? Do you want a professional and challenging job working in a place that teenagers call “family, a second home, fun, and opportunity-filled?” If so, The Boston Project Ministries is for you! We are a neighborhood-based organization in Dorchester with 25 years of experience in youth programs, community organizing, and volunteerism. As part of your job, you will receive professional and career development and access to a Life Coach. Additional academic support, community service hours, and faith-oriented programs are also available. Make your school year job meaningful - where you are changed and you can help create change in Boston. Apply today. We are hiring 7-8 teenagers.
We Belong's objective is to foster leaders of the future by giving them the tools to be successful and expanding their networks. We believe in pushing youth to step out of their comfort zone and to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.
The objective for Planting seeds are ensuring our youth develop mentally and physically and take full advantage of the provided resources and opportunities.
Heal Boston is an organization created to help our youth, families and Community work together to create more opportunity, more Education, more resources and brighter outcomes for our people. Heal Boston believes in Community and the power of serving that Community to which you live. Many of the challenges in our neighborhoods can find answers in the people that live in it coming together. When the people unite positive change is in evitable! Heal Boston aims to teach our youth just that and expose them to the power each young person has inside of them to make their world a better place. Heal Boston also knows that the growing polarization between the police and the community can be reversed with communication, truth, understanding, hard work and a willingness to listen to each other on both sides. HB works to be part of the solution to this problem and a bridge to better relations between Community and Police.
For over 30 years, the Boston Police department has been a committed leader in Community Policing initiatives. Through the core concepts of partnership, prevention and problem-solving, BPD has succeeded in both a lower crime rate and a lower arrest rate in the city. Community policing starts with positive interactions on the streets and in school classrooms. It includes proactive prevention, and diversion for at risk youth and families, and also provides pathways away from violence for those who are ready to make a change. BPD is working every day with our communities to strengthen and build up relationships. Prioritizing relationships with youth and the community is the key to solidifying trust in our neighborhoods. In addition, the youth will explore the many different jobs offered in the police department such as the Boston Police Cadet Program, administrative, technical (Crime Scene Unit), 911 operations, Detectives, Gang Unit, Crossing Guards, etc., SWAT team and much more.,
G.R.O.W. is a community-based girl’s mentorship and youth leadership program. This program specifically focuses on young girls who live and/ or attends school on the inner city of Boston. G.R.O.W. focuses on promoting transition, self-esteem building, leadership building, problem solving development, interpersonal skills, growth and mentorship. The goal is to teach, inspire and support young girls throughout the city as they transition from adolescence to a young adult and into adulthood all the while giving them opportunities otherwise not available to them. With the support of women from the community, as well as community members with support mechanisms for this group of youth; we will Mission: Support youth through calendar school year get resources and support needed. Inspire and support young inner-city girls through, mentorship, engagement, leadership development and activities, as they transition into womanhood. Building and supporting Youth- Police community engagement and relationships. Target Population: 25 girls already in existing program, living in Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park (inner city urban areas of Boston). Students from various middle and high schools. Core age (11-14, allow up to age 17) Location: various/ base one Schroeder plaza/ 295 Freeport Street, Dorchester Ma. 02122
To mentor youth and provide workshops geared toward several different career paths
The objective of YLW is to empower youth by exposing them to different experiences centered on teaching them leadership skills, professional development skills, and creating a pathway to having a successful life.
BPD Visionaries objective is to provide resources to youth leaders and giving them the tools to be successful and expanding their individual networks. We believe if given the proper tools and resources the youth will become successful leaders in their communities. Just like the We Belong Youth Leadership Program we believe in and pushing the youth to step out of their comfort zone and to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.
Objectives: · Learn fundamentals of acting; dissecting a script, voice projection, movement, transformation · Enhance socio-emotional wellbeing through artistic creativity · Make connections with police in their community through dialogue and artistic interaction · Restorative Justice in Art workshop · Learn fundamentals of photography and video production · Create personal vision boards that reflect their goals in life · Record Public Service Announcements relating to change youth would like to see in the world · Create Resume that can be used in Arts
This winter, we are looking to hire a small team of high school students who are each an enthusiastic advocate for socially-engaged practice in the arts. Between October 2021 and April 2022, you will have new opportunities every week to demonstrate your ability to be a creative thinker and problem solver through a variety of creative projects. If you are a self-motivated person who has an interest in conceptualizing, designing, and fabricating large-scale art work, please apply to work with us!
To connect children with nature and to build their social and emotional skills by connecting them with others.
We use a variety of diverse pedagogical strategies, including competency based and project based learning, to provide our students with relevant and engaging experiences to accomplish our mission. Every project is comprised of at least one of our emancipatory and one of our core academic competencies to support our Black and Brown young men in gaining academic skills and learning to examine, critique, and act upon systems of oppression
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) founded in 1969 emplowers Asians and new immigrants to build healthy families, achieve greater economic success, and contribute to thriving communities by providing a broad range of innovative and family-centered programs and services to more than 8,000 children, youth, and adults every year.
Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service (YES) is a nonprofit 501c3 organization that has been providing culturally competent youth development services and programs for linguistic minority Asian youth, ages 13-18 for 43 years. YES's mission: "Inspire Asian youth to discover and actualize their greatest potential". YES provides high quality services and programs so youth are empowered with knowledge, skills, values, resources and opportunities supportive peer and adult relationships that will enable them to make positive choices, achieve goals, and be contributing member of their family, community and society. Direct services to youth whose lifestyles, personal and family situations have put them in high-risk situations, and their needs are inadequately met. Be a well-managed, responsive and accessible organization that offers culturally competent services to meet the needs and interests of targeted youth.
We aim to provide children and youth with the intellectual, physical, emotional, and personal growth and well being that is needed to become a successful member of society. Courts, social service agencies, schools and families trust Bird Street to help the community's low income/high risk children achieve important life goals and grow into young adults, change-makers, and leaders. Bird Street is a major provider of intentional programming for out-of-school and after school activities where generations of children have found a safe and caring place for growing and developing character and skills.
*This position requires on additional application: birdstreet.org/forms *
Bikes Not Bombs’ (BNB) mission is to use the bicycle as a vehicle for social change to achieve economic mobility and racial equity for Black and other marginalized people in Boston and the Global South. Over the past 37 years, we have shipped over 80,000 bicycles to overseas partners in 14 countries in support of economic, social, and environmental justice initiatives. We have provided over 4,000 youth from Boston’s most under-resourced neighborhoods with opportunities to connect, learn, work, and discover their potential. We have mobilized thousands of volunteers to engage in work that advances public health, environmental sustainability, and community empowerment.
