- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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34 people are interested
Help us Build/Redesign our Website.
ORGANIZATION: PUBLIC HOUSING YOUTH ACDEMY INC
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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34 people are interested
Looking for an individual or team to help a small nonprofit rebuild/redesign our old, tired, never updated website.
SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS:
- ABLE TO DESIGN/DEVELOP/BUILD WEBSITES, USING WORDPRESS AND OTHER WEBSITE PLATFORMS.
- KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
- KNOWLEDGE OF GOOGLE TOOLS ADDED PLUS.
- If you are overseas/out of state, you cannot do this, because volunteers will need to meet with us first, in person, before volunteers are engaged.
- Volunteers will be expected to work remotely on the website.
Phya is a micro-nonprofit: a handful of public and subsidized/housing tenants who've decided to take responsibility for our outcomes.
In 2017, the 3 public housing family developments in South Boston, MA housed nearly 2-thousand families with about 43-hundred members. Half were younger than 24 with the largest single population aged 6-13. While median income for gentrified South Boston was $87K in 2017; median income for the 3 housing developments FELL from $14K in 2015 to $11K/2017. Many families earn less than $11K/year. This income level is also true for public housing tenants across Boston, and nationally. Using the lower end of the median rent in Boston (about $3K for a 2-bedroom condo), the average renter spends on rent, about 4 times the annual income of a public housing tenant.
As a tenant-led nonprofit, Phya is working to give public housing tenants a voice and a role in determining their future by putting them in the driving seat. We strongly believe CHANGE occurs best when it’s generated from the bottom-up.
Nationally, one-in-10 public housing households are educated below 9th grade level; 25% did not attend school beyond grades 9-12 and have NO high school diploma. Just 1-in-4 households are educated past high-school level!
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About PUBLIC HOUSING YOUTH ACDEMY INC
Location:
PO BOX 170922, BOSTON, MA 02117, US
Mission Statement
Linking public housing youth to opportunity
Description
PHYA has a STEM focus. A report by the United Way of Massachusetts finds that nearly all the new jobs in MA require STEM skills, but about 2-in-3 employers say they can’t find employees with the right skills. Blacks account for 9% of the STEM workforce. Hispanic workers make up just 8%. Black and Hispanic workers are less likely to get degrees in STEM, and that’s remained unchanged since 2016. Women overall remain underrepresented in the physical sciences, engineering, and computing.
I started PHYA after a summer 2017 spike in gun violence at my former housing development, mostly involving teenage perpetrators and victims. Two weeks after a news-making shooting, a gunman went up my street in broad daylight firing while youth were playing basketball. Gun violence fed by drugs/gangs is prevalent in these housing developments.
Despite the millions of dollars poured into public housing, the self-sufficiency programs and partnerships with large service agencies, public housing remains in crisis. Nationally, one-in-10 public housing households are educated below 9th grade level; 25% did not attend school beyond grades 9-12 and have NO high school diploma. Just 1-in-4 households are educated past high-school level! As a tenant-led nonprofit, PHYA is working to give tenants a voice and a role in determining their future by putting them in the driving seat. We strongly believe CHANGE occurs best when it’s generated from the bottom-up.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 15, 2022
SKILLS
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Interactive/Social Media/SEO
- Social Media / Blogging
- Google Apps
- Web Design / UX
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Flexible
- Must be knowledgeable in WEBSITE DESIGN, preferably having worked in that area and developed competency.