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CHJCC Youth Programs Find New Home

by admin on May, 14, 2012 in Blog, Home Slideshow - 5 Comments

New YAM Building After several years of sharing a space with the Shalom Center on Albany Avenue, the youth programs of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council have finally found a place to call their own. The new store front premises of 268 Brooklyn Avenue, at the corner of Lincoln Place are now if full operation. Situated just around the corner from Oholei Torah, at the center of the Crown Heights community, the new location is a second home to Mesivta-age students, providing weekly social gatherings and exciting, creative activities such as photography, art, crafts and music.

According to 20-year-old Shmuel Maytales who has been a member of youth program since 2006, “The after school program has been a wholesome experience. I’ve been able to build my skills and confidence, through choosing from a variety of engaging projects and activities.”

 

The program is a project of the CHJCC to provide support and guidance to Crown Heights teenagers through fun, engaging, recreational and educational mediums. Some nightly activities include a Thursday night beis medrash where volunteers and participants enjoy one-on-one learning followed by food, fun and a farbrengen; GED classes; Life skills training courses; along with art and musical outlets such as mosaic art projects, drawing lessons and music lessons.

 

“Everyone is welcome to stop by and check out our programs,” says Rabbi Levi Kaplan, CHJCC Director of Youth and Prevention Programming. “We look forward to repeating our highly successful Chaburas Hakayits [summer break] program with evening programs for day camp counselors this summer, and to creating more programs for the benefit of young people in our community.”

 


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  3. Claudine O. Sweet says:
    May 18, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    Save Our Streets: S.O.S. seeks to end shootings and killings in Crown Heights. Highly-trained outreach workers – hired for their street credibility, their knowledge of the neighborhood, and the positive changes they have made in their own lives – work evenings and nights to prevent violence. The outreach workers also assist with GED classes, job interviews, and counseling, and they consistently teach and show that there are other options rather than violence. Workers also organize marches and vigils whenever a shooting occurs in the 77th precinct. Working with local clergy , residents and business owners, S.O.S. has one goal: to end the spread of violence and show that shootings and killings are not acceptable in Crown Heights. For more information, see the S.O.S. blog .Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets: The youth organizing arm of S.O.S., YO S.O.S. aims to empower young people, ages 14-17, to become community leaders and organizers. Through a combination of experiential workshops and service learning opportunities, YO S.O.S. participants will develop a the skills needed for tomorrow’s leaders, such as community organizing, networking, public speaking, job training and real-world work experience. Participants’ youth development activities will be supplemented by one-on-one case management to provide additional services when needed. Participants who successfully complete the inital program components will receive a stipend and will be placed in paid summer employment opportunities.

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    Pastor Jones was unable to attend to accept the award and S.O.S. Senior Outreach Worker, Derick Scott accepted the award on Pastor Jones’ behalf. In his acceptance remarks, Derick highlighted Pastor Jones; role in organizing pastors of churches across Crown Heights to work beyond their own congregations to engage with the most at risk and the most needy people of the community, particularly young men and women. Derick also explained the work done by Pastor Jones to help create safe havens for women and young people who have experienced violence and remain at risk.

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