**This position will be: Hybrid: In-Person and Remote**
The After School Arts Program (ASAP) launched in January 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. We received a $15K Grant from the Boston Public Health Commission to offer virtual filmmaking workshops to disadvantaged youth impacted by Covid-19 (17 - 24). ASAP had perfect attendance with 15 students for several weeks. The workshop was sponsored by Final Draft, the leading writing software used by professional storytellers and Hollywood studios around the world. Final Draft gifted our students with the free program for a year. From January to February 2021 we offered high quality education in the art of filmmaking and storytelling, in addition to offering a 1 hour mentor session, for 4 consecutive Saturdays. Our creative mentors are working film directors, producers, actors and screenwriters who have written for NAACP nominated shows, including HBO's "LoveCraft Country". Since our launch, one of our students has nearly completed her first book and another has gone on to work in a few theatrical productions at her college. We recognize that this is a delicate transition period for youth easing out of isolation and back into school. Our launch year was successful, however inadequate funding caused a halt in services. In order to prevent a gap in services, we were able to receive a micro grant of $4000 to continue the Final Draft writing program. This year, we are excited to expand our program to more students throughout Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan. Our goal is to offer 3 workshops per year to 16+ students which will take place in the Summer, Fall and Winter Season each year. We are now able to provide 200 Boston Public School Students with the gift of Final Draft. We have an optional Expressive Arts Therapy component.
**This position will be: Hybrid: In-Person and Remote**
The Pathway Initiative, Inc. (TPI), is a non-profit and community-based organization. TPI was formed/registered in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2020 and received IRS 501c3 designation in November of the same year. It is governed by a 10-member Board of Directors and managed by an Executive Director. A Board of Advisers supports its Board and Management. Working Board committees that are responsible for fundraising, program development, managing finance, undertaking community outreach and marketing. TPI is a unique and socially responsible organization, which strives to support African American, Hispanic and Latino students on their path to achieving success in the medical education/profession, while paving the way for them to become responsive leaders and worthy exemplars of the U.S. and Massachusetts underserved communities. We will have our first cohort of students this spring 2022, which we are excited about and look forward to reporting that data and subsequent ones going forward as we partner with the City of Boston.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status.
The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status.
The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status.
The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status.
The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status. The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status. The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
**This position will be: Complete In-Person
In the early 1900s we opened our doors as the Bird Street Gym, owned and operated by the City of Boston. Budgetary constraints forced the City to close the gym in the 1970s. The residents of Upham's Corner, recognizing a serious community need and organized to reopen the facility in 1978 as a non-profit youth center through a then-unique private-public partnership with the City of Boston.
**This position will be: Hybrid: In-Person and Remote
Global Youth Philanthropy GYP-USA is a non-profit organization registered in Massachusetts USA since March 2020. GYP-USA has 501 (c ) (3) US Federal tax exemption status. GYP-USA is also a certifying organization for President's Volunteer Service Award. Its missions: 1) to promote intercultural understanding and racial harmony through students' philanthropic programs; 2) to provide the platform and opportunities for youth to learn about philanthropy as a tool for creating social change and character-building; 3) to help youth gain larger world perspectives through students volunteering experiences; Currently, it run by about ten parents volunteers and serves to about one hundred students, the majority in Boston area and others in other states of USA.
The programs of Global Youth Philanthropy: 1) online Courses for students from disadvantaged families; 2) students ran the ""Zero Hunger ""philanthropy project, 3) students intercultural chat on zoom, 4) students' philanthropic project mentoring.
Independent community school Toddler Program through Grade 6
**This position will be: Complete In-Person The mission of the Library is focused on four core areas: reading and literacy, spaces and programs, reference and instruction, and special collections and cultural heritage. Our commitment to be ‘Free to All’ is carved into the façade of the Central Library in Copley Square, and we are proud to welcome everyone equally regardless of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, faith, or economic status. The Library’s twenty-five branches are spread across the city, and each location is a civic hub offering WiFi, citizenship information, computer access, and collections. Young people of all ages participate in storytimes, sing-alongs, technology classes, arts and crafts, homework help, and annual themed summer reading events. Adults can participate in everything from yoga to ESL and book club groups. Ongoing renovations and facility upgrades across the system are transforming and modernizing these beloved community gathering centers.
BCYF Holland programs include adult basketball, pee wee basketball, teen programming, soccer, and after school enrichment program. BCYF network of community centers offer a wide range of diverse features and program that are as unique as the neighborhoods they serve. Looking for an indoor rock climbing wall, after school program, computer lab, dance studio, teen center, indoor track, summer program, indoor or outdoor swimming pool, or recording studio.
**This position will be: Complete In-Person
West End House is a multi-service, community anchor in Boston focused on youth development and college and career success. Since 1906, we’ve empowered youth ages 8-24 to succeed in school, discover their artistic passions and skills, adopt healthy lifestyles, and become community leaders. Since March 2020 we adapted and served as a remote learning site for Boston Public School students, hosted vaccine and testing clinics, and distributed 500,000 lbs. of groceries in our community. Our members represent the entire city of Boston: 58% reside in Allston/Brighton, 27% in Dorchester/Roxbury/Mattapan and Hyde Park, 15% in Fenway, Roslindale, South Boston and East Boston. Of the youth we serve, 40% are Black; 41% are Latinx; 4% are Brazilian; 4% are multiracial 7% are Asian; 4% are Caucasian. Of the total enrolled West End House members in 2021, 311 participated in our youth development programs and 245 were alumni enrolled in our College and Career Success Program. Our youth development programs are hosted at our 42,000 square foot facility in Allston and focuses on four core program areas: Academic and College Success, Leadership and Career Development, Visual and Performing Arts, and Fitness and Nutrition. Our College and Career Success Program has a weekly presence at local college campuses and also hosts office hours online and at our Allston facility. Academic and College Success programming serves young people from 2nd grade through college completion. Our full and part time staff deliver programs including homework completion support; literacy and STEM programs; one-on-one tutoring; and social emotional skill development. We help youth with all elements of college preparation from exploration, financial aid, SAT preparation, and college tours. Our 3 full time College and Career Success Coaches provide 1-on-1 and group coaching on campus and remotely for 200 alumni pursuing a college degree. Leadership and Career Development: Our youth employment initiative is a unique, multi-year continuum designed to address the specific needs of our youth, positioning them for success as they achieve long-term career advancement. Our progressive employment pipeline supports youth ages 14-24 to bolster career readiness skills, engage in on-site and external employment, and complete career-aligned paid internships to bolster industry-specific skills. Visual and Performing Arts are delivered by full and part time staff who provide high-quality instruction in music, visual arts, media arts, and dance that helps youth develop mastery-level skills via progressive learning. Youth learn the basics then develop higher skill levels which culminate in a finished product or performance to share with their peers. In addition, our arts classes offer experiences that foster critical thinking and non-cognitive skill development. Fitness and Nutrition programming is designed to improve the physical health and nutrition of our young people with an emphasis on developing lifelong, healthy lifestyle habits. This includes providing dinner and snack made from scratch daily during the school year and lunch during the summer with access to whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean proteins. We also engage our youth in a wide range of physical activities designed to keep them moving for 60 minutes a day, and offer activities such as fitness classes, cooking classes and fitness/anatomy instruction. Family Food Program (Pandemic program in operation since March 2020, now part of daily operations): To meet the incredible demand for many in our community who are food insecure, we launched a full-scale grocery delivery program serving over 1,400 individuals from nearly 300 families. Since inception we have distributed over 250 tons (500,000 lbs.) of groceries. *Learning Hubs (Pandemic program that ran from September 2020-June 2021): We provided on-site access and support for our members to come in during the school day to be in an environment conducive to learning, with the full support of our staff members. Healthy, fresh, scratch-made breakfast and lunch were provided to our students
**This postion will be: Hybrid: In-Person and Remote
MONUM is seeking 3 Youth Civic Design Fellows to join our diverse team this summer. We are looking for individuals who are not afraid to think beyond what seems possible and want to look at city challenges at a systems level and a human scale. We’ll look to you to guide our work with your perspective and creativity. You must have a passion for cities and working with people. MONUM's work is about building trust, fostering collaboration, investing in relationships, culture change, and injecting a touch of delightfulness into government. Our Youth Civic Design fellowship is meant to provide young people with an immersive and project-based exploration of design in government. It is also an opportunity for our team to learn from and lean on your expertise to ground and guide discrete projects.
We want team members who are comfortable self-starting their work, while also contributing to a highly collaborative office. The Youth Civic Design Fellows should possess, or be open to developing, the confidence and judgement to seek support when needed and be able to work independently.
**This position will be: In-Person
The Lena Park Program serves approx 52 youth between 5 to 18 years of age in the Dorchester neighborhood during the school year and summer months. The Program includes age-appropriate games, arts, crafts, physical activities such as dance, music and sports.
**This position will be: Complete In-Person
BCYF creates welcoming, inclusive, safe community spaces and meaningful services, in every neighborhood for all of Boston’s residents to come together and thrive.
**This position will be: Complete In-Person
In the early 1970's, as new school buildings sprang up all over Boston, residents felt strongly that these buildings should be used as community resources and offer community programming when school was not in session. This idea led to the establishment of Boston Community Schools in 1972. Overtime we added additional services, programs, and facilities; in 2001, our name was changed to Boston Centers for Youth & Families, and today we are the City of Boston's largest youth and human services agency. -Serves 60,000 Boston residents annually -Offers adult education classes for nearly 1,000 adults each year -Provides structured out-of-school time programming for more than 2,000 children and youth each day. -Offers sports and recreation programming for thousands of children and youth. Engages over 5,000 children in BCYF summer programs. -Enrolls over 600 children ages 2.9-4 years in preschool programs each year.
**This position will be: In-Person | COVID Vaccination Required**
Each year the YMCA enables more than 150,000 youth, adults, and seniors to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. Today the YMCA of Greater Boston ranks as one of the largest urban Y’s in the nation, staying true to its roots as a values-driven, volunteer-led, human service organization strengthening children, families and communities. The Y’s staff, volunteers, and constituents represent the broad spectrum of citizens, by any and all measures, who live in Greater Boston. The Y is the largest provider of after school programs and child care in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, offers the state’s largest summer youth employment program, involves more than 10,000 children in summer camps, and leverages resources to provide over $10.3 million in critical services at no cost to low income participants. As financial, demographic and social forces create a “New Boston”, the YMCA continues to provide centers of community life for children, families, and all others in the neighborhoods and towns of the region. In 1851 a group of evangelicals from several Boston churches, led by retired sea captain and lay preacher Thomas Valentine Sullivan, founded the first YMCA in the United States. Modeled on the original YMCA established in London in 1844 by George Williams, this new organization offered a safe gathering place, opportunities for socializing, bible-study classes and prayer meetings. Sullivan explained that the Y’s mission was to “meet the young stranger as he enters our city, take him by the hand, direct him to a boarding house where he may find a quiet home. . . and in every way throw around him good influences, so that he may feel that he is not a stranger.” Future evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who arrived in Boston in 1853 from his family’s farm in Northfield, Massachusetts, wrote home about the Y, a place where he could read “all the books I want free” and hear “smart men from Boston lecture.” The organization quickly outgrew its first home in fourth floor rooms at Washington and Summer streets in downtown Boston. In the Y’s new quarters at the corner of Tremont Street and Temple Place, it offered many services for its members: library and reading room, gymnasium, classes and lectures, social gatherings, employment assistance, and a register of respectable boarding houses. Over the succeeding half-century the Boston YMCA evolved, serving Union Soldiers on the battlefields of the Civil War, supporting new waves of immigrants arriving to work in the factories of the industrial revolution, and establishing branches in several neighborhoods of the city. In the 1880’s the Y’s first physical education instructor, Robert J. Roberts, created the fitness movement in America through his new exercise program for “bodybuilding.” Classes utilized exercise drills, wooden dumbbells, “Indian Clubs,” and heavy medicine balls. Two lasting innovations of the new fitness movement were the invention of the game of basketball at the Y’s Springfield College in 1891 and volleyball at the Holyoke YMCA in 1895. In 1896 its popular self-improvement lectures were organized into the “Evening Institute for Young Men,” managed by Frank Palmer Speare. Demand was so high that in 1898 law classes were added, followed by polytechnic courses and business and engineering programs. In the next 20 years the Y incorporated these programs into its Northeastern College, soon changed to Northeastern University of the Boston YMCA. In 1929 the Y purchased the old Red Sox field on Huntington Avenue and broke ground for the first university in the country based on the work-study concept, becoming known simply as Northeastern University. Speare served as president of Northeastern until 1940. It was not until 1948 that the university and the YMCA became completely separate institutions. In 1899, the Y hosted its first summer camping season at Sandy Island Men’s Camp at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. In subsequent years the Y purchased or leased property to provide additional camping programs that continue today: Camp Dorchester (1923) at Ponkapoag in the Canton’s Blue Hills; North Woods (1928) and Pleasant Valley (1968) also at Winnipesaukee; and Camp Wakanda on Styles Pond in Boxford. Throughout the decades of the 20th century, the YMCA of Greater Boston continued and strengthened its tradition of service. The new flagship branch on Huntington Avenue was completed in 1912, dedicated by U.S. President William Howard Taft with 5,000 people watching, including Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald. New neighborhood branches and mergers of independent YMCAs fueled continued growth, in Hyde Park, Dorchester, West Roxbury, Chinatown, Roxbury, Brighton, Needham, Waltham, Woburn, Reading, and East Boston. In 1975, the Black Achievers YMCA was launched to recognize African American professionals for their career accomplishments and to develop a mentoring program for teens. Focused on social responsibility and creating a “college bound culture,” the former Black Achievers Program changed its name to YMCA Achievers in 2010 to reach a wider, more diverse audience of teens and professionals nationwide. In 1984 YMCA Training, Inc. program was created and later combined with the International Learning Center to provide workforce training, computer skills, and English as a second language. In 1995 the Huntington Avenue YMCA converted dorm-style rooms to create 88 affordable permanent and transitional housing units for formerly homeless single adults and families. In 2007 the formerly independent Boston Armed Services YMCA in Charlestown’s former Navy Yard, founded in 1917 became the Constitution Inn YMCA of the YMCA of Greater Boston. In 2011 the name was changed to the Charlestown YMCA. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the YMCA of Greater Boston continues to be the largest provider of social services in Massachusetts.
**This position will be: In-Person | COVID Vaccination Required**
Each year the YMCA enables more than 150,000 youth, adults, and seniors to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. Today the YMCA of Greater Boston ranks as one of the largest urban Y’s in the nation, staying true to its roots as a values-driven, volunteer-led, human service organization strengthening children, families and communities. The Y’s staff, volunteers, and constituents represent the broad spectrum of citizens, by any and all measures, who live in Greater Boston. The Y is the largest provider of after school programs and child care in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, offers the state’s largest summer youth employment program, involves more than 10,000 children in summer camps, and leverages resources to provide over $10.3 million in critical services at no cost to low income participants. As financial, demographic and social forces create a “New Boston”, the YMCA continues to provide centers of community life for children, families, and all others in the neighborhoods and towns of the region. In 1851 a group of evangelicals from several Boston churches, led by retired sea captain and lay preacher Thomas Valentine Sullivan, founded the first YMCA in the United States. Modeled on the original YMCA established in London in 1844 by George Williams, this new organization offered a safe gathering place, opportunities for socializing, bible-study classes and prayer meetings. Sullivan explained that the Y’s mission was to “meet the young stranger as he enters our city, take him by the hand, direct him to a boarding house where he may find a quiet home. . . and in every way throw around him good influences, so that he may feel that he is not a stranger.” Future evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who arrived in Boston in 1853 from his family’s farm in Northfield, Massachusetts, wrote home about the Y, a place where he could read “all the books I want free” and hear “smart men from Boston lecture.” The organization quickly outgrew its first home in fourth floor rooms at Washington and Summer streets in downtown Boston. In the Y’s new quarters at the corner of Tremont Street and Temple Place, it offered many services for its members: library and reading room, gymnasium, classes and lectures, social gatherings, employment assistance, and a register of respectable boarding houses. Over the succeeding half-century the Boston YMCA evolved, serving Union Soldiers on the battlefields of the Civil War, supporting new waves of immigrants arriving to work in the factories of the industrial revolution, and establishing branches in several neighborhoods of the city. In the 1880’s the Y’s first physical education instructor, Robert J. Roberts, created the fitness movement in America through his new exercise program for “bodybuilding.” Classes utilized exercise drills, wooden dumbbells, “Indian Clubs,” and heavy medicine balls. Two lasting innovations of the new fitness movement were the invention of the game of basketball at the Y’s Springfield College in 1891 and volleyball at the Holyoke YMCA in 1895. In 1896 its popular self-improvement lectures were organized into the “Evening Institute for Young Men,” managed by Frank Palmer Speare. Demand was so high that in 1898 law classes were added, followed by polytechnic courses and business and engineering programs. In the next 20 years the Y incorporated these programs into its Northeastern College, soon changed to Northeastern University of the Boston YMCA. In 1929 the Y purchased the old Red Sox field on Huntington Avenue and broke ground for the first university in the country based on the work-study concept, becoming known simply as Northeastern University. Speare served as president of Northeastern until 1940. It was not until 1948 that the university and the YMCA became completely separate institutions. In 1899, the Y hosted its first summer camping season at Sandy Island Men’s Camp at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. In subsequent years the Y purchased or leased property to provide additional camping programs that continue today: Camp Dorchester (1923) at Ponkapoag in the Canton’s Blue Hills; North Woods (1928) and Pleasant Valley (1968) also at Winnipesaukee; and Camp Wakanda on Styles Pond in Boxford. Throughout the decades of the 20th century, the YMCA of Greater Boston continued and strengthened its tradition of service. The new flagship branch on Huntington Avenue was completed in 1912, dedicated by U.S. President William Howard Taft with 5,000 people watching, including Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald. New neighborhood branches and mergers of independent YMCAs fueled continued growth, in Hyde Park, Dorchester, West Roxbury, Chinatown, Roxbury, Brighton, Needham, Waltham, Woburn, Reading, and East Boston. In 1975, the Black Achievers YMCA was launched to recognize African American professionals for their career accomplishments and to develop a mentoring program for teens. Focused on social responsibility and creating a “college bound culture,” the former Black Achievers Program changed its name to YMCA Achievers in 2010 to reach a wider, more diverse audience of teens and professionals nationwide. In 1984 YMCA Training, Inc. program was created and later combined with the International Learning Center to provide workforce training, computer skills, and English as a second language. In 1995 the Huntington Avenue YMCA converted dorm-style rooms to create 88 affordable permanent and transitional housing units for formerly homeless single adults and families. In 2007 the formerly independent Boston Armed Services YMCA in Charlestown’s former Navy Yard, founded in 1917 became the Constitution Inn YMCA of the YMCA of Greater Boston. In 2011 the name was changed to the Charlestown YMCA. With a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the YMCA of Greater Boston continues to be the largest provider of social services in Massachusetts.
