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Community Advisor, Newark
ORGANIZATION: MINDRIGHT INC
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8 people are interested
Community Advisor - Newark, NJ
Are you from Newark and looking to give back to the community? Join our team as a Community Advisor. MindRight is a Newark-based tech nonprofit with the mission of empowering youth of color to heal from trauma from systemic oppression, including poverty, violence, and discrimination. We provide mental health coaching over text message to teens. Our vision is to leverage technology to create opportunities for systemic healing in Newark and cities like Newark across the country.
As a Community Advisor at MindRight, you bring expertise from your lived experience in this great city. You educate our leadership team and volunteer coaches on community historical and current contexts of trauma. You co-lead in-person presentations and workshops to youth in Newark with other members of the MindRight team. You provide feedback on our service and advise our leadership team in developing community engagement strategies.
This is a part-time, volunteer role, with a minimum 2 hour weekly commitment. You will receive training on our texting service and work directly with our CEO and Co-founder in Newark. You will also work with our COO and Co-founder, Director of Coaching, and other Community Advisors.
Interested or have questions? Email us at founders@getmindright.org
Hear from one of our students here: https://vimeo.com/230341010
Featured in Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanamatos/2017/08/31/meet-the-startup-healing-trauma-one-text-message-at-a-time/1
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About MINDRIGHT INC
Location:
625 Broad Street, Suite 240, Newark, NJ 07102, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower youth of color to heal from trauma from systemic oppression.
Description
We provide personalized, on-demand mental health coaching over text message to high school students impacted by trauma from poverty, violence, mass incarceration, and systemic oppression. Our coaches check in with youth daily - reaching them before, during, and after moments of crisis. Our coaches guide students in building positive coping skills rooted in evidence-based practices such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
" Everyone goes through stuff, and some people shut down like I would have. [MindRight] helps me get back up again. " - MindRight user, Newark, NJ
We have served 90 students since our launch in 2016 by partnering with schools and nonprofits in Washington, DC, Camden, NJ, Newark, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA. Our work is guided by clinical advisors at the Stanford Lucile Packard Hospital and the USC School of Social Work. Through our service, we're making mental health support accessible to the 20 million children living in poverty in the U.S.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
89 Market StreetNewark, NJ 07102
DATE POSTED
September 11, 2017
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Case Work / Management
- Counseling / Mental Health
- Youth Services
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- 2 hours/week minimum
- Complete MindRight Coach Training