EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY BOARD 7

People from ages 14 through 24 are invited to Community Board 7's first Youth Connect event. The board's Youth and Early Childhood Development Committee will host the event on Wednesday, October 8th, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Industry City, 274 36th Street, between 2nd and 3rd avenues.

This is an opportunity to learn about

• Job Training
• Internships
• Job Placement Assistance
• College Access
• High School Equivalency
• Local and City-wide Youth Programs

Among the large number of participants who want to be of service to our young people are

• Medgar Evers College
• Kingsborough Community College
• THEO Teens Helping Each Other Program
• Project Reach Youth
• NPower
• The Groovy Projects
• Year Up New York
• NYC Office of Child Support Enforcement
• Good Shepherd Services
• NYC Service
• Grace Institute
• Atlas: DIY
• Community Healthcare Network
• Reel Works
• Groundswell
• CUNY City Tech
• Lutheran Family Health Centers
• NYC Fire Department
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC
• Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
• Sunset Spark
• Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
• Fifth Avenue Committee
• NYC Police Department
• SUNY - BEOC
• Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corp.
• Nontraditional Employment for Women
• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
• Brooklyn Defender Services
• St. Nicks Alliance - Workforce Development
• Arab-American Family Support Center
• The Boys' Club of New York
• Turning Point
• Brooklyn Museum
• Prospect Park YMCA
• Industry City
• 72nd Precinct Explorers

Free snacks and Mister Sunday DJs.   

For more information, call Community Board 7 at (718) 854-0003 or send an e-mail to communityboard7 @ yahoo.com.

The flyer at the top of this post is also printed in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.