- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Mental Health Volunteers for the Brave New Voices Festival (Day 4!)
ORGANIZATION: Youth Speaks
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Brave New Voices - Mental Health Volunteers - 07/20/2024
This July 2024, over 100 youth poets and spoken word artists worldwide will compete in Washington DC for the title of Grand Slam Champions at the Annual Brave New Voices International Festival.
We're seeking Mental Volunteers to support the Mental Health & Decompression Station in various locations in Washington DC.
Mental Health Volunteers will support BNV staff and our youth artists as they navigate the festival and any topics that might be difficult for them. Mental Health Volunteers will play a crucial role by:
Engaging in active listening
Running activities
Creating a mutually helpful and supportive space
Building people's confidence by encouraging and motivating them to overcome any barriers during the festival
Other Requirements:
First Aid Certification
Recommended but not required Mental Health Certification
Mental Health volunteers will be supported by our Mental Health Coordinator.
About the Brave New Voices Festival
Brave New Voices is the only national youth poetry festival of its kind. Every year, hundreds of young poets and the nation’s leading artists convene in a different U.S. city for four days of arts education, performance, and civic engagement. This year we are returning to D.C. eight years after the last time we tore it down. Back for another election year, we will be speaking truth as always and honoring the loss of a towering femme, Cydney M. Edwards. Cyd was a fixture of Brave New Voices, being festival director many times, including last year.
Femme..is NOW
3 Shifts
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Sat Jul 20, 2024
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06:00 PM to 08:00 PM EST
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Spots available: 4
Shift #2 - Location: Howard Theatre
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Sat Jul 20, 2024
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04:00 PM to 08:00 PM EST
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Spots available: 1
All-Evening Shift located at Howard Theatre
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Sat Jul 20, 2024
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04:00 PM to 06:00 PM EST
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Spots available: 4
Shift #1 - Location: Howard Theatre
More opportunities with Youth Speaks
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Youth Speaks
Location:
265 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, US
Mission Statement
Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high-quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change.
Description
Youth Speaks understands & believes that the power, insight, creativity, & passion of young people can change the world, Youth Speaks has long been recognized for innovative arts education & youth development practices. Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks launched comprehensive programs for teens in & out of school, producing the first youth poetry slam in the nation in 1997, before launching national programs like the Brave New Voices Festival in 1998. Youth Speaks sustains an integrated series of programs, performances, and convenings that engage tens of thousands of youth locally, and hundreds of thousands nationally and globally. We continue to provide responsive and accessible programming during Covid-19 through online workshops, residencies, open mics, special events, campaigns, and publications.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Washington, DC 20001
DATE POSTED
May 17, 2024
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Mental Health
- Theater Arts
- Program Management
- Storytelling
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Please complete the Brave New Voices 2024 - Mental Health Volunteer Form: https://forms.gle/6uoMYkZCJant3xWr7