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ORGANIZATION: Community for Youth
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Community for Youth's mission is to inspire and support the social, emotional, and academic development of students through mentoring, learning experiences, and a powerful community.
Our unique model ensures that both students and mentors benefit from being part of CfY. We match mentors with high school students following a weekend of community-building, fun, and collaborative learning.
CfY is not just a mentoring organization--we're a community. Based on our model of concentric circles of support, students and mentors meet weekly in a variety of group sizes, including 1-on-1, in larger workshops of 40 student-mentor matches and in small groups of 7 matches.
CfY serves high school students, ages 14-19 from South Seattle communities, who have self-identified as wanting additional support and community in their lives. We receive referrals from school staff as well as conduct general recruitment in schools. All students opt into the program.
Community workshops and other CfY activities take place each week on either Tuesday or Thursday from 6:00-8:30 for the duration of the academic year (September-June). You choose which night of the week works best for you!
If you're interested in mentoring, reply to this posting and/or complete our mentor application, which can be found here: http://communityforyouth.org/index.php/mentors/.
Once your application is complete, a staff person will reach out to you to schedule a phone interview.
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About Community for Youth
Location:
1225 South Weller Street, Suite 320, Seattle, WA 98144, US
Mission Statement
Community for Youth's mission is to inspire and support the social, emotional, and academic development of students through mentoring, learning experiences, and a powerful community.
Description
Community for Youth (CfY) is a Seattle-based non-profit with over 35 years of experience changing the lives of teens in South Seattle through 1-on-1 mentorship, community building, and facilitated skills workshops. CfY is not just a mentoring organization-we’re a community. CfY has a unique model that has students and mentors meeting weekly in a variety of group sizes, including 1-1, small groups, and whole community workshops.
CfY serves high school students, ages 14-19 from South Seattle communities, who have self-identified as wanting additional support and community in their lives. We receive referrals from school staff as well as conduct general recruitment in schools. All students opt into the program.
CfY offers a mentoring program that steps past traditional mentoring practices and offers a "Critical Mentoring" experience that centers the young person, addresses systems and environments that shape young peoples' experiences, and partners with each young person to provide opportunity brokering and social change. We leverage the mentoring relationship to resist racism and oppression and bring equity to our schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, and community.
Community Workshops and other CfY activities take place each week on Tuesdays from 6:00-8:30 for the duration of the academic year (September-June).
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
8400 55th Ave SSeattle, WA 98118
DATE POSTED
May 13, 2020
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Once per week for duration of academic year