Chinatown Beautification Day and Youth Conference Dates Announced.
This year's youth conference will be on Saturday, August 14th, in the Woolworth Building (233 Broadway, New York, NY)
The Chinatown cleanup will be on Sunday, August 15th, in the New York Chinese Community Center (62 Mott Street, New York, NY)
This year’s theme is “Our Town, Our Time, Our Campaign”. Town is Chinatown. Time means our generation, the youth of today. Our campaign is not just an environmental one; it also represents our initiative to become a leader and contribute to our community.
DESIGN: We need a T-Shirt for each of our participants, so that we can show our spirit and determination. If you are a creative person, we would love to receive designs from you. ou may use various shirt design website or drawing software. You can also draw it by hand. You may click here to view last year’s design. Please submit your design to cbd@cyinyc.org by July 12th. Here are a few things to remember:
- - the design should have something that represents our organization (i.e. CYI)
- - the design should have something that represents the event (i.e. CBD)
- - the design should have our theme of the year (i.e. “Our Town, Our Time, Our Campaign)
- - please use lighter color for the shirt, considering the possible warm temperature of the cleanup day
- - you only need to design the front of the shirt
- - make it funny, interesting, lovely, and appropriate
FACILITATE WORKSHOP: Most of our workshops will be conducted by experts from supporting organizations. However, we want to open workshop submission to everybody this year. So if you have great workshops in mind, please submit by completing the workshop submission form. If you have any questions or want to give us further information, please send an email to cbd@cyinyc.org. The deadline is Wednesday, July 12th. Here are a few things to remember:
- - the workshop should be directed toward youths
- - the content of the workshop should be age appropriate
- - the length of the workshop will be approximately one and a half hour long
- - the topic is not restricted, it could relate to identity, environment, leadership, community, sexuality, health, ethnicity, education, or any other area
- - facilitators with past experience are preferred
- - facilitators will be provided, by default, with papers, pens, large post-it pads; printouts need to be provided by facilitators
- - make it interesting
Summer Leadership Program 2010 Now Recruiting Participants
Application due JUNE 6TH 2010
send your application to apply@cyinyc.org !!
OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!
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Important Things You Need To Know Before You Apply:
-SLI starts on July 3rd and ends on August 21st
-Sessions generally run from 11am to 4pm on Saturdays
-Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD) is August 15th (a Sunday)
-SLI participants lead volunteer groups during Chinatown Beautification Day
-participants are expected at all sessions
Possible Workshops:
History of Chinatown (SCAVENGER HUNT?!)
Asian-American history
Asian-Americans in the media
Gender and Sexuality
Race and Privilege
Food!!
Past Speakers and Performers include:
Politicians
-John Liu
-PJ Kim
Spoken Word Artists
-Elijah Kuan Wong
-Kelly Tsai
Artists
-Tomie Arais
Photographers
-Corky Lee
Musicians/Groups
-Notorious MSG
-Taiyo Na
-Magnetic North
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10th Year Celebration a Success
Thank you everyone who came out in support of Chinatown Youth Initiatives.
Our 10th year celebration was an astounding success!
Celebrating the milestone of reaching its 10th year, the organization honored three great supporters of the organization. Gloria Chan, OCA-NY, and Corky Lee.
We at CYI would like to thank everyone who came to show their support.
Honorees:
Gloria Chan founded CYI in 1999 and held its frst summer leadership workshop in 2000 through Swarthmore College’s prestigious Eugene Lang Opportunity Grant Program, which provides seed money for social action projects such as CYI. Gloria is currently the executive director of the Asian
Pacifc American Caucus (CAPAC). Prior to her current position Gloria clerked for the Honorable Teodore H. Katz in the Southern District of New York.
OCA-NY (OCA- New York Chapter) is a national organization founded in 1973, and remains dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacifc Americans in the United States. OCA-NY has been a long-time supporter and partner of CYI and its mission. Both organizations have partnered together on Chinatown Beautifcation Day and the Hate Crimes Prevent Arts Project.
Corky Lee (bio in Asian American Journalists Association) is a self-taught photographer who documents the daily lives of Asian Pacifc Americans in lieu of historical moments in American History. Corky has been supporting CYI through his participation in the Summer Leadership Institute, serving as a guest speaker on Asian American voices in the media and arts.
Special thanks to our Cynthia Lin and Notorious MSG. Check out their work at http://www.cynthialin.com/ and http://www.notoriousmsg.com/.
For photographs from the evening, see Sky Li's photo album on facebook.
We would like to thank everyone for their support of Chinatown Youth Initiatives and its programs through the past 10 years. We would like to also express our appreciation for the individuals who have made the 10th Year Anniversary a success. It is through the dedication of everyone involved, our volunteers, sponsors and donors, the greater Chinatown community and the friends and family of Chinatown Youth Initiatives that today is possible.
Join our FINAL Census Advocacy Event!
We're in the final push of our census advocacy efforts, and Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) has organized a final Chinatown census outreach event for THIS SATURDAY, April 17th from 11am-4pm. We'll be meeting at 11am in front of AAFE office, 108 Norfolk between Rivington and Delancey (near F, J, M, Z, Delancey/Essex stop). We'll be doing both street outreach and phone banking, so bring your phones and chargers if you can. See the attached flyer for more info.
But wait, wasn't Census Day on April 1st, and hasn't that date passed?! As of right now, only a little more than 50% of New York residents have returned their census forms (compared to the 66% national average) - that's a lot of money the city won't get to allocate toward particular neighborhoods who do really need that funding.
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:
