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5 people are interested
Mentor Louisville's Young Advocates with the KY YMCA
ORGANIZATION: KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION
Please visit the new page to apply.
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5 people are interested
Want to make Louisville a better place? Interested in engaging youth in critical thinking about their communities? Serve as a volunteer Facilitator for the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association's Metro Youth Advocates Program!
The goal of Metro Youth Advocates (MYA) is to create an annual cohort of young people inspired, informed, and engaged to effectively advocate for change at the community level. This program serves as an instrument for elevating the youth voice across the city and engaging young people more substantively in the issues that impact them, both with policymakers, community leaders, and among one another.
Volunteers are key members of our MYA team; they serve as Facilitators that guide our students through the program and work closely with small groups of students to help them develop advocacy plans related to issues of the students' choosing. Facilitators should be passionate about youth development and community advocacy but do not need to be experts in a specific field!
To apply to serve as a facilitator, complete the application at the following link by December 2, 2019: https://ymcayag.tfaforms.net/113
Please reach out if you have any questions or want more information! You can email elizabeth@kyymca.org or reach out through VolunteerMatch.
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About KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION
Location:
91 C MICHAEL DAVENPORT BLVD, FRANKFORT, KY 40601, US
Mission Statement
Mission Statement: The mission of the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association is to develop engaged citizens and servant leaders, inspired to affect change in their school, community, Commonwealth, nation, and world. Through experiential learning, service, and community activism, the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association fosters critical thinking, leadership, and social responsibility in teens. Diversity & Inclusion Statement: The Kentucky YMCA Youth Association is an antiracist, multicultural organization. We enthusiastically welcome persons of every ability, age, background, ethnicity, faith/religion, gender expression/gender identity, income, nationality, race, sex, or sexual orientation. The Kentucky YMCA Youth Association believes that in a beautifully diverse world, we are stronger when we are inclusive and when everyone has an equitable opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.
Description
The Kentucky YMCA Youth Association serves as the home of Kentucky’s YMCA Youth and Government programs. We provide middle school, high school, and college students across the Commonwealth with opportunities for service learning, civic engagement, and personal development.
In addition to our model government programs, we also offer winter and summer leadership development conferences as well as an intensive service-learning program and local advocacy programs.
Kentucky Youth Assembly | KYA
Kentucky United Nations Assembly | KUNA
Go For It! Conference | GFI
Leadership Training Conference | LTC
Y-Corps
Metro Youth Advocates | MYA
Young Kentuckians' Advocacy Program | YKAP
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
301 York St.LOUISVILLE, KY 40203
DATE POSTED
October 4, 2019
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Youth Services
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Nine three-hour sessions on Tuesday evenings from 4 to 7 pm, in addition to one three-hour training prior to the beginning of the program. Dates begin in January and end in April.
- All volunteers must submit a background check, complete an in-person training, complete an online child safety training, and sign the KY YMCA volunteer code of conduct.