Blog Post 5

I am interested in becoming a Program Manager later in my career. Before, becoming a Program Manager I am interested in becoming a site coordinator. The site coordinator main responsibility is to plan activities, collect data, and oversee the staff members. The Program Manager has similar tasks to complete too, but they have more responsibilities. I am interested in becoming a Program Manager because it will give me an opportunity to train the staff members about I have learned about working with youth. I am also interested in this position because you have that power to make many decisions. I gained interest in this position when I was a Program Assistant for the Bell Program (organization). As the Program Assistant, I was responsible for assisting the Program Manager. I had the opportunity to learn more about the position by witnessing her perform all her task. Although, it seemed challenging it seemed like a really rewarding job. It is more than just recording data, filing, and overseeing the staff members.

What education, training, or experience prepared the staff for the role?

Rebecca is the Program Manager at PASA. She has various experience working with the youth. She started her career as a support staff and later in her career became a Site Coordinator. Rebecca also participated in volunteer work with college students before becoming a Program Manager. All of the roles she played, helped her get the position she is has now.

Education - B.A in English (Rhode Island College)

New Urban Arts

NUA is located at 705 Westminister Ave. Their hours of operation are from 3-7 from Mondays-Friday.New urban arts serve young people in the community. The program empowers the youth to become leaders and develop creative skills. As stated on their website, NUA has mentors who work and support the youth. By helping them think outside of the box, use, be active, and creative in the community. New urban arts, also, helps their members with their homework, offer free snacks, and bus passes.

According to the “town charts” article, students with the zip code, 02907 have the highest portion of black and African American's. They also have the largest portion of non-citizens under the age of 18. The article so indicates that they have the higher percentage rate of high school graduates in this area. There are fewer individuals who earned their bachelors or associate degree. However, they have a large percentage of individuals employed and only a small portion of who are unemployed.

As I was exploring the “town chart” article, I noticed that most of the houses are family homes.
Meaning more than two families live in the household.

Theory of Change

Organization: The College Crusade

Mission: The mission of The College Crusade is to increase high
school graduation, college and career readiness, and college
completion for youth in Rhode Island’s low-income communities

Theory of Change, are long terms goals. It helps the organization understand what the goal they are trying to achieve.

Theory of change

What problem are they trying to change?

The organization is trying to decrease the high school dropout rate.

Who is helping the organization reach their goals?

The College Crusade have recent graduates working with the students.
The advisors work in middle and high school district. The advisors and inspire and support the students.Also, students are likely to listen to their advisors and make great connections with them because they are graduate students.

The college crusade has different programs for high school and middle school students. The programs give the students an opportunity to visit universities and colleges.The programs can help the students gain social skills, learn how to network, and prep for college. 

Saturday Programs: During the Saturday programs, students have an opportunity to meet

guest speakers that have their careers. The guest that come to

share the different obstacles they faced before having a career.

Play Box

PLAYBOX

As my partner and I were planning the activity we thought about the different ways everyone learns.
This is why we planned a powerpoint for the visual learners, led hands-on activities, and provided handouts. (article)

I enjoyed leading the activity for the class because everyone was engaged. While everyone wassharing their answers, and participating in the breathtaking activity that was led by my partner. I enjoyed listening
to all the different answers everyone shared for the first activity with the cards. Everyone seemed like they enjoyed hearing their response, and listening to what others had to say. The second activity was “mindful breathing exercises. Towards the end of our playbox, our classmates shared that not everyone was concentrating on the mindful breathing activity. I thanked them for the feedback because they helped us think of different strategies to use. Also, if I was to do the activity again I would make sure to role play
before leading the activity. Role-playing, before the activity, helps with time managing every task and
helps you be more prepared.

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

If I had to explain “Black Lives Matter” to a young person first I will state that Black Lives Matter, is as an organization. The organization was created in 2013, to create awareness about violence and racism towards black people. After I will share terms to think of when they hear Black Lives Matter, such as race and equality. Equality, because people who are part of the Black lives matter movement are fighting for equality by coming together and using their voice to create change. Race, because African American's are not being valued in our society and this is one of the reasons it started. Individuals who are part of it are also fighting for their human rights, racism, and police violence. The purpose of it is to create change and awareness of what is happening to black lives.
Is the black lives matter movement creating violence?

Questions

What activities can we do to help the youth understand black lives matter?

What age should the youth learn about “black lives matter”?