MinKwon Center for Youth Development now accepting applications for Fall 2016

The Youth Empowerment Program at the MinKwon Center for Community Action strives to develop social and leadership skills in Asian American and immigrant youth by providing opportunities to actively engage in trainings that promote progressive social change. The YEP curriculum aims to develop a deeper historical and cultural understanding of the youth members’ own experiences

Queens County D.A. – Apply Today

Are you interested in Law and Criminal Justice? Then join The Exploring Program at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office! This is your chance to visit the DA’s Office and the Queens Criminal Court in order to learn about the many legal careers that exist right here in Queens! This program will include tours of the

FREE theater program for NYC teens!

The Adler Youth Group is for low-income students, particularly those who receive free or reduced lunch. It is a a free, year-long theater/acting program. Program meets after school and week-ends in midtown Manhattan. This is a one-year program with a second year by invitation. Students must commit to participate for the full year. Classes are Tuesdays

Tech Kids Unlimited

At Tech Kids Unlimited, we expose special needs students to technology learning that they have not had in the classroom – including software like Photoshop, Illustrator, IMovie, GarageBand, gamesalad, Podcasting, computer programming languages, and physical computing through a series of technology workshops. In all of our hands-on technology classes, students work in a small and

Stella Adler

The centerpiece of the Outreach Division, this program currently interviews close to 100 high school students annually and selects 16 to train in a free year-long program. Students train in voice, movement and acting in a conservatory environment. They are led by a team of trained professional teachers and mentors, and engage daily with students

Maysles Documentary Center

The Maysles Documentary Center offers diverse, year-round documentary educational programming for people of all ages throughout the Harlem, Northern Manhattan and South Bronx communities. This includes on-site filmmaking programs for adults and young people, as well as school-based partnerships where our experienced teaching artists work with students to develop storytelling, film production, and community engagement

The Possibility Project

The Possibility Project operates year-long programs that bring together vastly diverse groups of youth from the five boroughs of New York City. They go through an intense year long creative process through which they write an original musical whose stories come from their lives and their ideas for a better world, and create Community Action

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap is a free workshop in which half of the participants are elders ages 60 and up, and half are teenagers ages 14-18. Over the course of 10 sessions, participants from each age group work in pairs to interview each other and write a play inspired by their partner’s personal stories. Each session

SUNY Adolescent Education Program

The mission of the Adolescent Education Program (AEP) is to provide education regarding HIV prevention, teen pregnancy, and substance use through skills building and counseling to youth at risk. The program provides age, language and culturally appropriate education to teens to ensure that they receive adequate information regarding prevention as well as medical and social

Woolman Semester

Woolman is a nonprofit educational community originally founded in 1963 as a Quaker high school. Woolman now offers a high school semester program, summer camp programs for youth and families, and community activities. John Woolman, an 18th century Quaker human rights activist who aspired to live his life in complete integrity with his principles, inspired