Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets: Participant Application

Applications for the 2012-2013 YO S.O.S. program are now closed.

If you are a young person interested in getting involved with the work that Save Our Streets does, check out our spring Arts to End Violence festival, including a youth art competition, by clicking here.

Applications for 2013-2014 will be available soon!

Who We Are

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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Participant Application