Chinatown Beautification Day and Youth Conference needs a coordinator
With the success of last year’s Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD) weekend, CYI will continue CBD as a two-day event comprising of a Youth Conference and Beautification Day. The Youth Conference emphasizes the strength and importance of youth activism and solidarity, while Beautification day demonstrates unity in action.
CBD Coordinator Job Description
Title: Project Coordinator
Reports to: CYI CBD Advisor
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Chinatown Youth Initiatives is now hiring summer staff!
CYI is currently in search of candidates to fill the following positions:
Coordinator, Facilitator and Participant Outreach Committee Member
All positions are unpaid, but CYI is more than willing to work with colleges so that summer staff can receive internship and/or school credits.
All applications must be received by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, February 21st, 2010, via email to apply@cyinyc.org.
Summer Leadership Institute Program Description:
Website Launched!
Chinatown Youth Initiatives is happy to launch its new webpage. More features and more dynamic, CYI's new webpage will be an active, and useful reference point for not just information about Chinatown Youth Initiatives, but also a portal for news, announcements, volunteer opportunities and more!
Special thanks to Chhay Chhun of our advisory council for helping us through the setup, hosting our test site on his server, answering hair-raising questions about MySQL databases and the drupal interface.
WE DID IT! We won $25,000 in the Chase Community Giving!
Dear CYI supporters,
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!We are PROUD to announce that we are one of the top 100 winning organizations of the Chase Community Giving. YOUR votes and support helped us to win $25,000!
As you can imagine, we are THRILLED by this collaborative accomplishment and this generous donation will mean very much to us. We will be using this funding wisely to expand our organization so we can better empower youth to become leaders in their communities.
I’d like to take this opportunity to encourage you to learn more about us and to stay in touch! We have many ongoing programs that you may want to spread the word about or even to volunteer with, including:
• Summer Leadership Institute
• Chinatown Literacy Project
• Chinatown Beautification Day
• Citywide Youth Conference
• Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project & Exhibit
• Project C3: Counseling to Create Change, and
• Asian American Youth Action! Blog (AAYA!)
There are many ways to stay in touch with us. On Facebook, we have a Fan Page, Group, and Cause. Just search for us!
Facebook Causes: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/cyi
In addition, you can follow us on Twitter, or you can read more about our organization via our website. If you want to join our mailing list, please email us at info@cyinyc.org.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cyi_love
Once again — THANK YOU FOR VOTING & FOR SPREADING THE WORD! We want to give a special shout-out to all the youth who reached to their friends and family for this! The power that you demonstrated is undeniable!
We have been thoroughly amazed by the warmth and support that we have received from everyone, and we hope you’ll join our CYI family, if you haven’t already! If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
CYI LOVE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Toby Wu
Development Manager
