Civic Engagement Youth Fellowship
This past Thursday we kicked off the South Bronx Civic Engagement Youth Fellowship with 22 young people from Children’s Aid, DreamYard, HERO High School, HERE to HERE, BronxWorks and Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School. Fellows will engage in a comprehensive racial justice and civics education curriculum centered around local government structures and policies. This 8-month program will culminate in two major voter turnout efforts led by the cohort in Bronx CD3 for the primary and general elections.
Throughout this fellowship opportunity, we will be providing partners with resources for the upcoming elections in June and November in addition to highlighting the work these Fellows are doing in the Bronx!
We’re Hiring!
Our team is hiring for the following positions:
Collective Impact Manager of Organizational Partnerships
Parent Council Summer Associate (AmeriCorps)
Learn more about the positions and apply here!
Partner Corner
Apply for 3K
As of February 24, 3K applications have opened to the public. Families that have a child born in 2018 are now eligible to submit a 3K Application, and the deadline to apply is May 28. More information, including how to apply, can be found here.
Per Scholas Help Desk
The Per Scholas NY Help Desk is a free service available to local residents and small businesses in New York City. Trained and certified Per Scholas alumni can support you with the following technical issues:
Software: Microsoft 365, Zoom, Cisco WebEx
OS: Windows, Linux and Mac OS
Hardware: Printers, routers and other commonly used devices
Advice on virus removal and protection, data back-up, upgrades, device troubleshooting, networking and more
To access the Help Desk, click here.
DreamYard Events
Our partners at DreamYard have a variety of events coming up during the months of May and June. Be sure to check out these opportunities below!
Advocacy Corner
Expand Youth Justice in New York State
In an effort by the legislature to advance racial equity and economic justice in New York’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York and additional partners on the Raise the Age-NY campaign are working alongside the NYS legislators on the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus to advance legislation this session that confronts the criminalization of children, builds mental health supports for children and families in crisis, and expands the protections of adolescence for more young people who have contact with the criminal legal system.
Join efforts in calling on State leaders to pass this comprehensive package of legislation that would:
end the arrest of children under 12 S4051 (Bailey) / A4982 (Hevesi)
end the police use of chemical agents against children S4002 (Brouk) / A5449A (Meeks)
provide a second chance to apply for youth offender status for greater protections S282 (Myrie) / A6769 (Hyndman)
protect youth during police interrogation A5891 (Joyner) / S2800 (Bailey), and
invest in mental health resources for youth and families A4697 (Bronson) / S4814 (Brouk) and S3408 (Brouk) / A1716 (Jean-Pierre)
These actions are critically needed at this time to address the intersection of policing and mental health in our communities, expand youth justice and combat race inequity and economic injustice in New York’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.