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Summer Youth Employment Program Associate

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Summer Youth Employment Program Associate

Salary: $11.00 Hourly
Location: Hampton (City Wide), VA
Job Type: WAE – Hourly Intern
Department: YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Closing
3/18/2022 11:59 PM Eastern
Function
The purpose of this job within the organization is to shadow and learn from departments across the organization and partner employment sites in the community. The purpose of the Summer Youth Employment Program is to offer youth economic opportunity and job skill development, provide a pathway to future employability, and prevent youth violence. The program will introduce high school students to careers in local government and partner employment sites in the community. Provide opportunities for students to experience how local government works, and offer a valuable educational experience for the student, the supervisor, and the city. This job works under close supervision according to set procedures.
Examples of Work
  • Learn about the business culture by observing the typical day of an employee.
  • Engage in the day-to-day activities of employees within different departments.
  • Develops crucial problem-solving and public speaking skills while attending business meetings and participating in projects.
  • Develops a corporate business sense by learning how each department contributes to the overall organization.
  • Learns how each employee contributes to the city’s growth.
  • Performs related work as assigned
Qualifications
Entry-level education for this position does not require completion of high school.
No prior experience is required. Interested Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on or before June 1, 2022. *Applicants must live or attend school in the City of Hampton.*
Features
Requirements:
•Arrive at the designated work location on time as scheduled.
•Attend all scheduled SYEP (Summer Youth Employment Program) activities.
•Maintain an accurate record of hours worked.
•Comply with all applicable policies and procedures of the City of Hampton and/or partner employment site.
Apply
Go to https://hampton.gov/2991/Summer-Youth-Employment-Program and then click “Complete Application Now” and search for Summer Youth Employment- Then you can “apply.” 
For students with special needs, please contact Sherry J. Hildebrandt and she will ensure that you have the supports you need to be successful in this program!

Call for Youth Artists | Juneteenth

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Theme: “JUNETEENTH”

What is Juneteenth?

Also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of Black people and all others who had been enslaved in the United States. It took two and a half years for the news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to be enacted in Texas. The official proclamation was on January 1, 1863, but was not declared in Texas until June 19, 1865, hence we celebrate June 19th as Juneteenth every year.

Juried Exhibition Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021

Location:

City Hall Lot, 22 Lincoln St.,
Hampton, VA 23669

Eligibility:

Youth between the ages 10 and 24 are invited to submit up to 2 entries. No reproductions will be considered. Two-dimensional works should not exceed 36” on any side.

Requirements:

  • All works must be original in design.
  • Artwork is to be free of profanity, and appropriate for families.
  • Entry data with title, dimensions, medium, price, age, and name
    should be submitted along with a picture of your artwork via email to rpresssr@aol.com.
  • Jurors: Artwork will be selected by a committee of professional
    and working artist who encourage, and support youth art.
  • Awards will be given in three categories: Ages 10 to 14 —— Ages 15 to 19——Ages 20 to 24

Winners in each category will have his/her work displayed in Art Central Gallery in Hampton, VA for one month. A reception will be given on the last day to invite family and friends to view the winning piece, as well as other works of their collection.

Summer Internship w/ the ELA Department!

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The ELA department, in collaboration with the office of Innovation and Professional Learning, is excited to provide a unique opportunity for students this summer! They are hiring three high school students to review and provide feedback on the high school English curriculum. These are paid positions!

Students will be required to attend two half-days of training (June 28 and 29) and to review and provide feedback Mon.-Thurs., again for half-days, July 12-30.

Apply by following the directions found here. The deadline for applications is midnight on Friday, May 14, 2021.

Please send all applications and questions to Ms. Jennifer Butler: jbutler1@hampton.k12.va.us. 🙂

Extra Credit | April BBCJA

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Bruins,

The Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals has an upcoming Journalism Academy on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 7:00 pm (Eastern). If you are interested in attending, use this link to join the Zoom.

The purpose of the Byron Burney Community Journalism Academy (BBCJA) is to give students an opportunity to express themselves, utilizing whatever media format they are most interested in.

This month’s session will focus on Race Relations, Law Enforcement, and the Role of Corporate America.

Activity #1:

Write an op ed article or create a political cartoon that answers one of the following questions:

  1. What is your opinion of police in wake of the following current events: the Derek Chauvin Trial, the shooting at Brooklyn Center, the police stop in Windsor and the shooting of a 13-year-old in Chicago?
  2. The All-Star Game recently pulled out of Georgia in response to the new voting law. What role should businesses and organizations play when it comes to race relations in this country?

Activity #2:

Interview your school’s resource officer or someone you know in law enforcement about their relationship with young people and minority communities. (Either replay the interview during Wednesday’s Academy session or prepare to share commentary on that interview.)

  1. What are their thoughts about the recent current events? 
  2. Has their view of the job changed at all due to recent current events?  
  3. What do they see as their role when it comes to building bridges?

Extra Credit:

Activity Points  Points Verification Task(s)
  • Attend and participate in the Journalism Academy on April 21, 2021, at 7:00 pm. 
 5 Comment below 4-5 detailed sentences about what you learned from this experience of participating in the Journalism Academy by 11:59 pm April 26, 2021. 
  • Complete Activity #1 or Activity #2.
 20 Submit your high-quality original story, interview, animation, or public service campaign to Bear Facts for publishing consideration. You must email me your creation by 11:59 pm April 30, 2021. 

Get Published in “Just a Phase”

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Are you interested in becoming a published author?

 

The Muse, in partnership with the Norfolk Academy, is calling for multi-genre submissions from local high schoolers for a literary journal called “Just A Phase” to be published later this Spring.


The deadline is April 1st. In the summer we plan to have a reading to celebrate its launch (hopefully in-person.)


The goal of “Just A Phase is to create a literary journal that accurately reflects what high schoolers are writing now (during the pandemic). Other than a limit of 2,000 words, the only other real limitation is that the student-produced work was written during the pandemic. However, your writing doesn’t have to directly focus on any aspect of the pandemic.

Email submissions to:

dkidd@norfolkacademy.org and remy.smidt@gmail.com

Extra Credit | Charles E. Cobb Lecture

NJHExtra Credit

Distinguished journalist, educator and activist Charles E. Cobb will deliver University of North Carolina’s 2021 African American History Month Lecture on Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30pm EST via Zoom. 

Cobb1 is a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists. As a field secretary with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), he originated the idea of Freedom Schools as a part of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. The memo he wrote described a project where schools should be designed to “fill an intellectual and creative vacuum in the lives of young Negro Mississippians.”

UNC’s African American History Month Lecture is an annual tradition that brings leading scholars and activists whose work centers on the lives of African Americans from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The lecture is open to the entire campus as well as the surrounding community and is the University’s major programming initiative to recognize the importance of African American histories nationally, statewide and on campus. 

If you are interested earning extra credit for attending this virtual event, continue reading below. 

CHALLENGE | What do you think of Mr. Cobb’s African American History Month? What did you learn? What was the most interesting about the lecture? What was the least interesting? Why? After watching the lecture, what questions did you walk away with? Explain in detail with examples to support your ideas. 

*Extra Credit:

Activity Points  Points Verification Task(s)
  • Attend the entire African American History Month Lecture at 6: 30 pm on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Click here for the Zoom link. 
 10  Successfully complete the verification form:

  •  Submit a screenshot a moment from the Mr. Charles E. Cobb Lecture
  • Respond to the challenge questions.

*Complete the verification form before 11:59 pm on February 25, 2021.

 

  1. Brief Biography: Charles E. Cobb began his career as a journalist in 1974 as a reporter for WHUR Radio in Washington, DC. In 1976 he joined the staff of National Public Radio as a foreign affairs reporter, bringing to that network its first regular coverage of Africa. From 1985 to 1997, Cobb was a National Geographic staff member. He is the coauthor, with civil rights organizer and educator Robert P. Moses, of Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project (2002) and the author of On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail (2007) and This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible (2014). While a visiting professor of Africana studies at Brown University in the 2000s, he designed and taught a course called “The Organizing Tradition of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.” His current work includes an essay in Ibram Kendi and Keisha Blain’s edited volume 400 Souls: A Community History of African Americans 1619-2019 and a forthcoming book for Duke University Press, tentatively titled Get in the Way!: Protest, Politics and the Movement for Black Lives. ↩

Enter the ACT-SO 2020-2021 Competition

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Click here to download the Student Application.

WHAT IS ACT-SO?

ACT-SO is a yearlong youth achievement program sponsored by the NAACP designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among high school students of African descent. The program relies on the dedication local NAACP branches and the commitment of community and business leaders who volunteer as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence. Through this collaborative effort, participating students develop the confidence and skills needed to excel in school and in life.

WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION? 

The local ACT-SO Competitions and Award Ceremonies showcase the results of the students’ hard work. Competition winners receive medals and prizes provided by local and regional sponsors and contributors. Local Gold Medalists advance to the National Competition and compete against more than 800-900 gold medalists representing approximately 200 NAACP Branches nationwide and have the opportunity to receive scholarships and other rewards provided by national sponsors.

For more details, click here to view the competition description and point requirements. 

WHO SPONSORS ACT-SO?

ACT-SO is sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, and receives support from schools, local businesses, community organizations, churches, foundations, major corporations and individuals.

WHO FOUNDED ACT-SO?

Vernon Jarrett (1918-2004), a renowned author and journalist, initiated the idea of a program that would promote and reward academic achievers the same way sports heroes are honored. The first national ACT SO competition, an Olympics of the Mind, was held in 1978 in Portland, Oregon.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE?

Students of African descent who are U.S. citizens enrolled in grades 9-12 and are amateurs in the competition categories are eligible to participate. 

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ACT-SO?

The ACT-SO program is first and foremost a learning experience culminating with both a local and national competition. Throughout the year, students work with local volunteer instructors, coaches and mentors to develop projects and performances specific to their competition category. Additionally participants receive youth enrichment opportunities, including workshops, tutorials, and field trips. 

ACT-SO TIMELINE 

ACT-SO currently includes 32 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, business, performing and visual arts, and local and national entrepreneurship/culinary competitions. 

LOCAL ACTIVITIES 

    • August / September: Local programs kick off annual ACT-SO activities
    • September through March/April: Local programs conduct mentoring and enrichment activities 
    • February/April: Local programs host ACT-SO competitions 

NATIONAL COMPETITION 

    • March/April through July: Students continue their local mentorship and enrichment programs to prepare for the National Competition.
    • July: Annual activities culminate with National Competition and Awards Ceremony

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ACT-SO 

Log onto the NAACP website at www.naacp.org/act-so. 

 

ACT-SO: DISCOVER, BELIEVE, MANIFEST. 

 

Extra Credit | Byron Burney Community Journalism Academy

NJHExtra Credit

Bruins,

The Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals has an upcoming Journalism Academy on February 17, 2021, at 7:00 pm (Eastern). If you are interested in attending, use this link to join the Zoom.

The purpose of the Byron Burney Community Journalism Academy is to give students an opportunity to express themselves, utilizing whatever media format they are most interested in.

This month’s session will focus on the COVID vaccine.

You are encouraged to investigate the new COVID-19 vaccines, interview someone about their experience either getting the vaccine, waiting to get the vaccine, or why they have decided against taking it.

Here are a few ways to capture an original story about the new COVID-19 vaccines:

  • Write a story from an interview about the new COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Record an interview using your phone. (Make sure you ask permission first.)
  • Create an animation surrounding the new COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Design a public service campaign about the vaccine.

Extra Credit:

Activity Points  Points Verification Task(s)
  • Attend and participate in the Journalism Academy on February 17, 2021, at 7:00 pm. 
 5 Comment below 4-5 detailed sentences about what you learned from this experience of participating in the Journalism Academy by 11:59 pm February 19, 2020. 
  • Capture an original story about the new COVID-19 vaccines.
 20 Submit your high-quality original story, interview, animation, or public service campaign to Bear Facts for publishing consideration. You must mail me your creation by 11:59 pm March 1, 2020.