On July 24th 2015, two communities came together to offer opportunities
and possibilities to a group of young people over grilled hot dogs and
hamburgers. The meet and greet took
place at the S.O.S Crown Heights Mediation Center where youth from Bedford
Stuyvesant and Crown Heights gathered to hear about innovative youth
programming offered through the Brownsville Community Justice Center.
Participants we’re excited to find out that
Justice Community Plus (JCP) came to recruit and usher in the next cohort for
the upcoming year! Our Justice Community Program Coordinator, Kayin Latson and
Youth and Community Engagement Specialist Tarisse Iriarte introduced
the benefits of the JCP program to over 20 attentive listeners.
Potential participants learned that they have
an opportunity to earn OSHA certifications through Click Safety, take courses
like graphic design through our partners at City Tech and explore a wealth of
career options through our job readiness intensive. Additionally, youth were
excited to know they would be giving back to their communities by participating
in community benefit projects in Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. Tarisse explained how rewarding the program
is to young people who are in pursuit of their goals and just need support getting
there.
We are looking
forward to the community celebrating these young leaders while ushering in the
newbees! This will be a memorable time
for everyone as we are so proud of all the great work our youth have done and
will continue to do in the Bedstuy/Crown Heights Communities.
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