2019 EYEJ Impact 25 Youth Council Member Application Questions
EYEJ Impact 25 Youth Council Member Application - 2019
EYEJ’s mission is to empower and amplify the voices of teens and pre-teens by bridging them with diverse individuals to engage in interactive discussions centered around social justice.
The EYEJ Impact 25 Youth council is focused on creating programming and policy change to help youth in Cleveland by making fundamental change. Formed in 2017 in partnership with A Partnership to a Safer Cleveland and thanks to the Larry Doby Youth Fund, they deliberated over a course of 6 months through an intense process and decided to focus on the areas of toxic stress, police-youth relationships and youth independency (life skills) as areas that would help with youth safety. They worked together to create programming recommendations and presented them to over 100 high-level Clevelanders including the Chief of Cleveland Police; Calvin Williams. They asked for $140,000 in this meeting, and thanks to the Tegna Foundation, some of it has been funded. For 2019, with the support of EYEJ, we are focusing on fundraising, messaging our recommendations, implementation and a deeper build-out of the council. Therefore we need your help!
EYEJ and the EYEJ Impact 25 Youth Council are adding members for 2019! We are looking for 11-14 new members. The council meets monthly on Saturday's from 12-2PM, the first Saturday of the month, starting in May. However, we will have an introductory mixer for those that are selected April 25 from 6-8PM! The EYEJ Impact 25 Youth Council are made up of Cleveland Youth ages 15-25. You must be a resident of the city of Cleveland.
The council members will be paid a $50 stipend for each council meeting. There are a total of 8 sessions. Please note some of the session dates are subject to change due to presentations, events etc. Payment will be made at the end of each meeting session. However, to qualify to be one of the council members, you must participate in all eight sessions. Attendance is critical. The positions are open to all Cleveland youth ages 15-25 (must be no older than 25 by December 2019). Meetings will be mostly held at the EYEJ office - 3535 Perkins Ave. Cleveland OH 44114.
If you are age 15-25 and reside outside the City of Cleveland but would like to volunteer and participate in this initiative – please email EYEJ's Executive Director; Mai Moore @ mai@eyej.org to become a Bridge Member. Additionally, if you are interested in volunteering and live in the City of the Cleveland but CANNOT commit to 8 sessions, but to 4 meetings for 2019, please consider becoming a EYEJ Impact 25 Youth Council Ambassador (new for 2019), please complete that application (not this one).
If you are unable to complete the form online, you may also mail the application to EYEJ; 3535 Perkins Ave. Cleveland OH 44114.
Applications are due April 1, 2019. An application must be completed (below) to be a contender for one of the open slots for the youth council. If your application is chosen, next step would be an interview. In this case, someone from the EYEJ team will be in touch with you soon to set this up. Please note that background checks will be conducted.