H&M and Armani Hiring!

Armani in the water tower is opening a new store and taking applications (apply: walk-in) H&M across the street is opening and taking applications, walk-in as well.

Urban Options: Annual Awards Ceremony

When: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Where: Gage Park Field House 2415 W. 55th Street
Time: 6:00 P.M.

We will be honoring our graduates for all their hard work!

• Refreshments will be provided
• Families and Friends are Welcome

Contact James Hollins with any questions (773) 476-3534 ex. 237

A Call to Service Conference

Connect.

Commit.

Change.

A Call to Service Conference: Closing the Gap through Social-Emotional Support for Our Children, Families and Communities

This one-day conference is a Call to Service and an opportunity to reflect and rediscover your commitment to making a difference for our children, families and communities! This conference is for educators, child care providers, parents, advocates, direct service staff and early care and education leaders to meet and collaborate on a range of topics such as School Success, Social-Emotional Development of children, teachers and families, Self-Regulation, Emotional Health and Well-Being, Anger Management, and more!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Olive-Harvey College

One of the City Colleges of Chicago

10001 S. Woodlawn Ave.

Chicago, Illinois 60628

The $35.00 registration fee includes lunch and a one-year membership to both Illinois Action for Children and the Black Child Development Institute - Chicago.

Space is limited - register by June 10th!

HIV Testing Information

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For information on HIV Testing Sites

Universal Family Connection, Inc.
773/881-1711
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Community Media Workshop:collaboration to take back black/brown media image

Essentially, it joins youth media and social justice programs, educators,
community organizations, free lance journalist, community based media ,
and everyday people to tell the positive stories about the things, people and
happening in our communities using many media forms (short writings,photos,
video, audio etc) and spreads them far and wide using our own
traditional and new media so that all generations see, hear,
learn,participate and
take hope and heart. The power is in the many voices sharing the stories.

Come to meet some of the key participants and media partners and learn more.

TUESDAY JUNE 28 - 10AM TO NOON
N.E.I University- Center for Inner City Studies 700 E. Oakwood Blvd. Chi. 60653
Host: Community Media Workshop - Chicago is The World

Hip Hop Is Bigger Than The Occupation: Screening by Existence is Resistance

Block Party

Thursday June 23
at IMAN 2744 W 63rd
From 1pm to 7pm

Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship: Teens That Work:

How to Make Your Money and Keep It!

Presented by

Echelle Mohn, Education Consultant

Wednesday June 29, 2011

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Southwest Youth Collaborative

6400 S. Kedzie, Chicago IL. 60629

· How to Start Your Own Business

· Banking

· Saving

· Budgeting

Co-Sponsored by IDCFS LAN 77 & Urban Options Southwest Youth Collaborative

Reshaping Chicago Together

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RESHAPING CHICAGO TOGETHER • A CITYWIDE SUMMIT • TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011

Transforming Our City into the Most Physically Active in the Country

You are invited to imagine a Chicago where physical activity is a natural part of daily life for every person in every neighborhood.

Join us on Tuesday, July 19, at the UIC Forum to begin to make this vision real in our communities:

· Learn about tools, programs, and policies that work.

· Meet experts and organizations that are committed to this vision.

· Explore ways to remove barriers to physical activity in our city, especially in communities with few resources or fear of crime.

· Propose next steps for a blueprint to transform our neighborhoods.

· Build and expand partnerships committed to this new, healthier Chicago.

Let’s make this vision a reality together.

Learn more and register for this free event at http://go.uic.edu/ReshapingChicago

Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science, funded by

the National Center for Research Resources (Award No. UL1RR029879), and supported in part by the

Sigmund Edelstone Fund of the Michael Reese Health Trust.

Englewood Summer Gardening Program Is Hiring

FYI

Openlands just found out that we will have funding from the state to run a Youth Conservation Corps program again this summer!! We are looking for someone in the community who must have a background in teaching and/or working with high school students and has experience or training in gardening and horticulture. The program has to start June 27^th with students, so please send me a resume by tomorrow at 10am if you are interested.

General Program Information:

This summer program will last 6 weeks starting June 27^th and will run through August 5^th. It will support school or community greening projects when schools are not in session (NOW!) and expose youth to employment opportunities in the greening industry. It is important that students work at their own school or home communities to make a positive impact that they will see on a regular basis. Openlands has been running summer youth employment programs for 12 years, incorporating current best practices and lessons learned.

Program Objectives

· provide summer jobs for Chicago youth in safe situations close to the students’ homes or at their school

· support outdoor learning landscapes at schools or provide skilled physical assistance to the adult managers of each neighborhood’s community gardens;

· increase students’ awareness of their own community and their desire to improve it

· promote positive inter-generational communication and respect;

· teach job readiness, team work, and good work and study habits;

· provide youth with a learning experience that broadens their horizons and opens their eyes to new possibilities for future schooling, careers and interests;

· youth will learn more about the natural environment all around them

Job Description – general:

• One Crew Leader will be hired to manage 10 students in community gardens or 15 students in a school site, 30 hours per week average
• Crew Leader will have to recruit, interview and hire students.
• 20 hours per week for youth because of summer heat and physical work
• Crew Leader training before program starts
• Youth orientation at beginning of program, training throughout the program

Julie Samuels
Outreach Coordinator

25 East Washington Street

Suite 1650

Chicago, IL 60602
T: 312.863.6256
F: 312.863.6251
jsamuels@openlands.org

openlands.org