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The 6th Annual Minneapolis PARTNERS with Youth Conference will be held
Friday, September 16th, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. This conference will bring together nearly
200 youth serving professionals for a great learning experience and the
opportunity to share knowledge and network.
Workshops offering inspiration, information, and engagement include:
- Reframing Family Engagement: A Relationship-Based Approach
- Leading and Working with a Racially-Conscious Lens
- Supporting Staff SEL
Skills: Practical Strategies and Tools
- Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door to Services for Sexually Exploited Youth
- Blueprint Approved Institute- Capacity Building with a Focus on Youth
Violence Prevention
- Collecting and Organizing Data for the 2017 M3 Huddle
- The Trauma App
- Providing High Quality Work Experiences for Minneapolis Young People
- LGBTQA Youth 101: Terms, Resources, and Language
The PARTNERS with Youth Conference is sponsored by Minneapolis
Employment and Training, the Minneapolis Health Department, the Minneapolis
Youth Coordinating Board, Youthprise, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Tickets are $10 and include lunch. To register, click
here. September
9 is the last day to register.
 (Top) Employer of the Year award winners Jennie
Carlson of U.S. Bank and Matt Halley of Cookie Cart. (Bottom Left) Supervisor
of the year presenters and winners from left to right: Former Minneapolis mayor
R.T. Rybak, Christine Kim of Briggs and Morgan, Anthony Emmanuel of Hope
Community, Meghann Gordon of Commonbond Communities, Allison Berg of Children’s
Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, and Richard Davis of U.S. Bank. (Bottom
Right) Mayor Betsy Hodges speaks to the supervisors and interns.
On Thursday, August 18, STEP-UP hosted its
13th annual End of Summer Celebration at the Guthrie Theater. Over 800 STEP-UP
interns, supervisors, employers and supporters gathered and filled the room
with excitement as they celebrated nearly 1,700 internships!
At the event, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy
Hodges, and STEP-UP co-chairs former Minneapolis mayor R.T.
Rybak, now President and CEO of The Minneapolis Foundation, and Richard Davis, Chairman and CEO of U.S. Bank, announced
the 2016 Employer, Intern, and Supervisor of the Year awards.
The Employer of the Year award winners are
Cookie Cart, a STEP-UP partner since 2010, employing over 200 STEP-UP interns
to date, and U.S. Bank, a STEP-UP partner since the program’s founding in 2004,
employing 346 interns during that time.
The event was hosted by a STEP-UP Alumnus
Aajaze Davis with reflections from two current STEP-UP interns. The celebration
featured performances by InterMedia Arts and the Patrick Henry High School
Elite Step Team.
Learn
more about STEP-UP.
The Minneapolis
Health Department was awarded funding from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance and expand the
Department’s extensive youth violence prevention work.
The project, budgeted at
$1,697,255 over five years and to be wholly funded by CDC, is intended to
prevent youth violence and teen dating violence in North Minneapolis by
addressing shared risk and protective factors. It will include implementation
of two community-based prevention strategies–the Coaching Boys into Men
curriculum to be used with high school athletic teams, and street and community
outreach–as well as enhancement of the City’s violence prevention strategic plan.
Partners will include the Youth Coordinating Board, Minneapolis Public Schools,
and community agencies. The activities align with the City of Minneapolis
Blueprint for Action to Prevent Youth Violence. The project will be managed by
the Adolescent Health and Youth Development Division under Project Director
Josh Peterson, Senior Public Health Specialist – Youth Development.
What’s Up 612! is an online
resource of things to do in Minneapolis. The program finder is a citywide
resource where youth, parents, educators, youth workers and persons who know young
people can find afterschool and summer activities for children and young adults
ages 5-21.
Seeking Talented Young People
1 Way Entertainment is
looking for talented youth who would like to participate in the production and
development of creating a hip hop song and music video about youth violence
prevention in Minnesota.
They are looking for •rappers •singers •graphic artists •songwriters
•music producers •videographers •studio engineers •video directors •dancers and •volunteers
If you would like to be a part of this project, please email XROSS at xross@1wayentertainment.com<.
Please be sure to put "YVP Song" in the subject line of your email.
Also include your full name, address, age, your talent/skill, school, and a
valid contact number.
APIASF Jump Start College Tour
Join the Asian & Pacific Islander
American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) and University Minnesota (UMN) at the APIASF
Jump Start College Tour, a FREE workshop for high school students and parents.
Saturday, September 10, 8:15 am to 3:30 pm
U of M
Free event, free food, workshop for high
school students and parents
Information on scholarships and financial
aid, career planning, college planning, and a college tour.
YouthLink Opportunity Center Calendar
Fall into Fun in Minneapolis
Parks
Stay busy and active this fall with the help of Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board's (MPRB) latest Park Highlights brochure. The publication
features a sampling of MPRB activities, programs and events, fall foliage
viewing locations, upcoming park improvements and long-term projects underway,
registration dates for upcoming sports leagues, volunteer opportunities, and
everything else the parks have to offer between September and December.
You can find the brochures at MPRB buildings (including recreation
centers), Minneapolis libraries, coffee shops near parks and other Minneapolis
locations. The brochure is also available on the MPRB website for online viewing and downloading.
Coping with Grief after
Community Violence
Witnessing community violence and death can be traumatic experiences
that can lead to negative mental health outcomes. SAMHSA's fact
sheet, Coping With Grief after Community Violence, introduces some of the
signs of grief and anger, provides useful information about how to cope with
grief, and offers tips for helping children deal with grief.
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