- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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36 people are interested
Help Build the Tiny House Village in the US for Homeless Youth
ORGANIZATION: Youth Spirit Artworks
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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36 people are interested
It takes a village to build a village! Help build the first Youth Tiny House Village in the US. Be an ally to homeless youth!
Youth Spirit Artworks is building a Youth Tiny House Village serving 22 homeless Oakland and Berkeley young people, ages 18 to 25, opening in August 2020 at 633 Hegenberger Rd in Oakland. We need your help!
Currently we have 13 Working Groups of volunteers engaged as allies in our youth-led project. Those needing volunteer support right now are:
--Murphy beds--we need people to help build and also paint murphy beds for the houses, contact: theandykahn@yahoo.com;
--Landscaping--we need people to help build and plant wooden planters, contact: Jilly@youthspiritartworks.org;
--Interiors--we need people to continue to help us gather all the furniture we need for the Youth Tiny House Village, and we need people to sew curtains and pillows, contact: jilly@youthspiritartworks.org;
--Bikes/Transportation--we need people who help us gather bikes and bike gear for the Village and to help build the bike shed, contact: Jilly@youthspiritartworks.org;
--Development: we need people to help fund raise for the Village, including approaching Bay Area corporations, contact: shindman@youthspiritartworks.org
--Tiny House builds: we need people to help finish construction of tiny houses for the village, contact Jilly@youthspiritartworks.org
--Murals--we need people to engage their congregations in helping paint prayer and blessing mural planks for our fence, contact: Simone@youthspiritartworks.org
More opportunities with Youth Spirit Artworks
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About Youth Spirit Artworks
Location:
1740 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703, US
Mission Statement
Youth Spirit Artworks is a 13 year old interfaith, youth-driven jobs training program serving young people, ages 16 to 25. Our mission is to use arts-anchored jobs training as a vehicle to empower and transform the lives of homeless and other under served Bay Area youth, giving young people the skills, experience, and the self-confidence they need to meet their personal and professional goals.
Description
Youth Spirit carries out its mission through four program areas: Youth Wellness, Community Organizing, Art Sales and Entrepreneurship, and Community Art.
To learn more, visit our web site at: www.youthspiritartworks.org Also, like and follow us on Facebook!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1740 Alcatraz AvenueBerkeley, CA 94703
DATE POSTED
June 26, 2020
SKILLS
- Construction
- Electrical
- Grant Writing / Research
- Home Repair
- Interior / Exterior Decorating
- Woodworking
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Flexible! Volunteers are working anywhere from 1 hour per week to 24 hours per week currently! We need all kinds of people folks with varying skills and ability to commit time.
- Youth Spirit is working with a base of 32 interfaith partner congregations in this project. Comfort working with folks from the progressive religious community is a must. Volunteers need to covenant to use healthy, nonviolent communication.