Above:
Mayor Betsy Hodges poses with Minneapolis BUILD Leaders attending the
conference, along with their trainers David Carson (far left) and Connie Rhodes
(third from right).
On October 19th, 160 metro area youth work
professionals and community leaders gathered at the Whittier School &
Recreation Center for the annual Minneapolis PARTNERS with Youth Conference.
For the seventh year, the City of Minneapolis has supported the convening of youth
workers and provided workshops that speak to the expertise of youth work
professionals.
Attendees enjoyed workshops built around
creating pathways to equitable youth engagement that included tracks in
Healing, Activating, Sustaining, and Opportunity.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges gave a
welcome presentation that thanked youth work professionals for their
outstanding commitment and vision for young people in our community to be safe,
engaged, and thriving. National keynote
speaker Jason Sole also spoke to attendees while discussing his memoir, "From
Prison to Ph.D.: A Memoir of Hope, Resilience, and Second Chance".
The Partners with Youth Conference was
sponsored by Minneapolis Employment and Training, the Minneapolis Health
Department, the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board, and Youthprise. A special
thank you goes out to Hennepin County Libraries, Minneapolis Parks and
Recreation, Community Bridge, and Whittier Schools for their support in
coordinating this event and making it such a success.
STEP-UP is looking for partners to hire
STEP-UP interns for summer 2018. STE[-UP is seeking:
- Non-profits to engage youth ages 14-15 in entry-level internships. STEP-UP pays the interns’ wages and provides worker’s compensation insurance.
- Private sector businesses, public agencies and non-profits to hire youth ages 16-21 who are seeking more challenging positions.
- Trade or industry organizations to provide
an introduction to a specific trade or industry for youth ages 14-21 in a
cohort model.
Learn more.
After years of development, the Minneapolis
Youth Coordinating Board is launching its mobile-friendly psychological first
aid website MYCepaz.
MYCepaz was created to help teens manage
some of life’s daily stressors, such as academics, relationship issues and
family pressures. Through the use of journaling, music, mindfulness tips, games,
and yoga, it offers youth an intimate space to release their thoughts, tension
and hopefully find inner peace.
MYCepaz was developed with help from the
Minneapolis Youth Congress (MYC), in grades 8-12, whose motto is “No Change
about Us without Us,” in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health,
Minnesota Behavioral Health Medical Reserve Corp (BH MRC) and the Minneapolis
Youth Coordinating Board.
Propel SEL is a 12-month action learning
project for 2-4 person teams from organizations that offer out-of-school youth
development and mentoring programs for youth in grades 6-12 in the nine county
metro to increase intentionality of social-emotional learning practices in
their organization.
This collaborative project is funded by
Greater Twin Cities United Way and the Carlson Family Foundation, and
facilitated through a partnership between Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth,
Ignite Afterschool, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board and Sprockets with
professional development design by the Youth Work Learning Lab and Minneapolis
Beacons.
Apply to participate in the Propel SEL
Professional Learning Community.
Propel SEL Info Sheet Propel
SEL Info Sheet
Propel SEL Application (PDF) Propel
SEL Application
Propel SEL Online
Application (Link to SurveyMonkey applicaton)
Map Designed for Students with
Financial Aid in Mind
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education has launched an
interactive map of Minnesota's 135 Colleges and Career Schools to help students
easily find colleges that participate in a Minnesota-funded student financial
aid program.
Find the map here.
STEP-UP Applications Open
December 11, 2017
STEP-UP is the City of
Minneapolis internship program for young adults ages 14-21. Each year, STEP-UP
recruits, trains and places more than 1,600 Minneapolis youth in meaningful
paid internships with over 220 top Twin Cities businesses, public agencies and
nonprofits.
Find applications for STEP-UP on line here on
December 11, 2017.
Join PEACE (Pathways to
Emergency & Academy Career Experiences)
PEACE
is a career pathway program for high school juniors and seniors from select
neighborhoods who are interested in justice and emergency services careers (police,
fire, emergency services, law and legal services). PEACE also provides a paid
summer internship in justice or emergency service.
Link Eligibility Map
Employment
and Opportunity Guide for Minneapolis Youth
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.
YouthLink Opportunity Center Calendar
2017 Minnesota Holiday Food, Gift and Toy
Resources Guide
Afterschool Alliance
The Afterschool Alliance is the nation's leading voice for afterschool
and is the only organization dedicated
to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating
for more afterschool investments.
You
for Youth
Find professional learning, technical assistance and resources for 21st
Century Community Learning Centers.
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