How is the Fellowship organized?
Each year there is a new theme, upon which all of the activities and projects are based on. The 2008-09 year’s theme is “Conflict Navigation.” All Fellows attend monthly general meetings revolving around the theme, where they meet leaders across all sectors and engage in discussions and workshops. In addition, fellows are divided among four different committees—which give them a more hands-on approach and training to dealing with the issues at hand.
This year’s committees are:
Shared Resources for a Shared Future:
Fellows hold their own fundraiser, create an RFP, and present mini-grants to various organizations.
Engaging Workplace Diversity & Corporate Internship:
Fellows meet with professionals to learn about corporate social responsibility in preparation for their six-week summer internship. Placements are in a variety of sectors, including law, business, non-profit, and government.
Diversity Lens and Youth Summit:
Fellows will spend the first half of the year working with a professional photographer to gain an appreciation of cross-cultural perspective through a camera lens. The latter half of the year will be spent planning the Youth Summit, a conference for over 350 high school students based on issues of diversity and community as decided by the fellows.
Social Marketing and Media:
Fellows learn how to use the media and internet effectively in order to promote social change and YouthBridge-NY by creating their own videos, press releases, and newsletter.
Is that all?
Absolutely not! Fellows also participate in:
* Meetings and round-table discussions with major decision makers in government, corporations, and non-profits
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Hands-on experiences with local community-based agencies
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Tours of diverse neighborhoods
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Community service projects such as the annual 92nd Street YM-YWHA Teensgiving and Habitat for Humanity Martin Luther King, Jr. Builds.
Contact:
Emily Loubaton, MPA
Loubatone@jcrcny.org, 212-983-4800, x 126
YouthBridge–NY is a joint inter-agency effort of:
The Arab-American Association of New York • ASPIRA of New York Inc., fostering the development of Puerto Rican youth • The Chinese-American Planning Council • The City Kids Foundation, running youth outreach programs, training and counseling for inner city youth • Common Cents New York, dedicated to advancing social justice and equal opportunity • Council of Peoples Organization • Habitat for Humanity • Ishmael and Isaac, promoting the reconciliation of Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs and Jews through collaboration with Jews, Muslims, and Christian Americans • Jeter's Leaders, a youth leadership development program sponsored by Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation • Jewish Child Care Association • Manhattan Neighborhood Network's Youth Channel • The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust • The New York Tolerance Center • Ramaz Upper School, a co-ed Jewish high school on New York's Upper East Side • The Red Hook Health Initiative • Metropolitan Schechter High School • SAYA • Thirteen/ WNET New York • Youth Venture, encouraging young people to start and lead their own organizations
YouthBridge-NY is managed by CAUSE-NY, a division of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York's Commission on Intergroup Relations & Community Concerns. JCRC is an affiliate of UJA-Federation of New York.
YouthBridge-NY receives funding from:
