COMMUNITY ACTION PLACEMENTS

After a student has gone through the intensive summer program, she is placed in a progressive community organization that meets her interests and needs. She “interns" at the organization for approximately 8 months from mid-October through mid-May. A critical aspect of CAP is examining the structure and leadership of the organization, interviewing the staff and constituents, and developing a "report" on the organization. During this time, SNLP provides: curricular support, close oversight on the placements, as well as personal check-ins every month. The young women are paid for their work at the organizations by SNLP. CAP is a skill development, service learning, and leadership-training program.

Organizations that are part of our 2005-2006 CAP program: 

DWA FANM: (Sagina Tulce, Flatbush, Brooklyn and Judith Rosena, Canarsie, Brooklyn)
Dwa Fanm is a Haitian women’s advocacy organization that works the eradicate domestic violence, human trafficking, and all forms of discrimination against Haitian women and girls.  Sagina works with Dwa Fanm to provide translation and advocacy, and Judith is working with the Children’s Survivor Group. 

YWCA—Girls GIVE BACK (Simone Townsend, East Flatbush, Brooklyn and Jasmine Sneed, Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Through Girls GIVE BACK, Simone and Jasmine work with 4-8th grade girls at P.S./I.S. 298 in Brownsville, Brooklyn in an after-school program based on developing leadership and a community activism project. 

YWCA--The Networking Project  (Ashley Washington, Crown Heights, Brooklyn) Ashley is working with the YWCA’s Youth Disability program to develop leadership role modeling and workshops with youth with disabilities from all the boroughs of New York City.

YWCA—The Center for Girls (Linda Kung, Flushing, Queens) Linda is working with the Director of the YWCA Center for Girls to support the center’s multi-generational women’s leadership, mentoring, and education programs. 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: (Nurah Morgan, Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Yanick Jennett, Crown Heights, Brooklyn)  Nurah and Yanick are working with lawyers at LDF in the Voting Rights and Education civil rights working groups.

INSTITUTE FOR URBAN EDUCATION at New School University: (Jonathane Genard, Flatbush, Brooklyn) Jonathane is supporting the work of IUE in developing programming for youth in New York City.

BLACKOUT ARTS COLLECTIVE: (Tasheen Harris, St. Albins, Queens and Adetokunbo Samuel, Bronx) is a grassroots coalition of artists, activists and educators working to empower communities of color through the arts. Tasheen is working with Blackout in a spoken word workshop for youth is Queens; Ade is assisting with the production of Blackout’s “spokenwordical” What It Iz.

BREAK THE CYCLE: (Virginia Thomas, Coney Island, Brooklyn) Break the Cycle’s mission is to engage, educate and empower youth to build lives and communities free from dating and domestic violence.

CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) (Leanne Sajor, Jackson Heights, Queens) is an initiative building a powerful community-based movement bridging HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social and economic justice.  Leanne is working on involving high school youth in CHAMP’s initiatives.

iMentor-Far Rockaway Site: (Crystal Lane, Far Rockaway Queens)  iMentor's mission is to improve the lives of young people from underserved communities in New York City through innovative, technology-based approaches to youth mentoring and education. Crystal will be supporting the iMentor staff at the Far Rockaway site through peer education workshops.

PRO-CHOICE EDUCATION PROJECT: (Vivienne Layne, Jackson Heights, Queens)  The Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP)'s mission is to educate young women ages 16-25 about reproductive freedom and choice.  Vivienne is working with PEP staff on developing a school outreach program.

ColorLines (Kyla Lino, Crown Heights, Brooklyn) ColorLines is the first national, multi-racial magazine devoted to covering the politics and creations of communities of color. 

YWCA- POLLY DODGE EARLY LEARNING CENTER-Manhattan (Tajreena Tabasoom and Farjana Doha, Astoria Queens)  Tajreena and Farjana are working with four and five year olds at Polly Dodge in their after-school program.