Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets: YOUTH @ CENTER: COMBATING YOUTH VIOLENCE--FEATURING REEAN CHARLES OF YO S.O.S.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

YOUTH @ CENTER: COMBATING YOUTH VIOLENCE--FEATURING REEAN CHARLES OF YO S.O.S.

YOUTH @ CENTER: COMBATING YOUTH VIOLENCE A few weeks ago, on March 21, Child Welfare Watch of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School hosted an event, Combating Yo...

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S.O.S. Crown HeightsMay 8, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Very proud of you, Reean. Continue giving the youth a voice.
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Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) is a youth development program that aims to empower young people, ages 14-17. to become community leaders and organizers. YO S.O.S. participants join an exciting anti-gun violence movement within Crown Heights, Brooklyn called Save Our Streets (S.O.S.), bringing the ever-vital youth voice to this pressing community issue.

Through a combination of experiential workshops and service learning opportunities, YO S.O.S. participants will develop a the skills needed for tomorrow's leaders, such as community organizing, networking, public speaking, job training and real-world work experience. Participants' youth development activities will be supplemented by one-on-one case management to provide additional services when needed. Participants who successfully complete the initial program components will receive a stipend and will be placed in paid summer employment opportunities.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

YOUTH @ CENTER: COMBATING YOUTH VIOLENCE--FEATURING REEAN CHARLES OF YO S.O.S.

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