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CCMA UMB CEC Emerging Leaders Academy

Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) at University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Community Engagement Center (CEC) will prepare young people (ages 12-16) from low income, largely African American households in Southwest Baltimore for civic, career, and college readiness. During this three-year project, the CCMA AmeriCorps VISTA member will research, design, implement, revise, and assess a curriculum that emphasizes service learning, community organizing, and racial equity. The CCMA AmeriCorps VISTA member will recruit and support an initial cohort of preteens and teens who will advise on program development; then the teens will be trained in the subject areas. This cohort of teens will then move into leadership positions facilitating subsequent ELA cohorts. UMB is Maryland's only public health, law, and human services university. Six professional schools and a Graduate School confer the majority of health care, human services, and law professional degrees in Maryland each year. UMB’s mission is to improve the human condition and serve the public good of Maryland and society at large through education, research, clinical care, and service. As a public urban university and one of Baltimore’s most powerful anchor institutions, UMB is dedicated to improving health, creating wealth, and advancing social justice in the neighborhoods nearest our campus. In fall 2015, under the leadership of UMB President Jay A. Perman, MD, the University crossed MLK Boulevard and opened the Community Engagement Center (CEC), a shared space providing services that promote neighborhood and economic development in West Baltimore’s Poppleton/Hollins Market neighborhood.

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Member Duties : The member will design and implement a brand new leadership training program for teenagers who live in Southwest Baltimore. The member will build relationships with young people: largely African American boys and girls from low-income neighborhoods. The young people live in communities that are adjacent to University of Maryland, Baltimore’s downtown campus, the central business district, major sports complexes, and entertainment sites. Their neighborhoods live with the legacy a residential segregation. The member will be trained in and draw from the traditions of asset-based community development, using a racial equity lens. The member will research best practices for youth development programs in Baltimore and beyond. The member will conduct one-on-one interviews and house meetings to recruit participants. The member will design and implement a curriculum that promotes civic engagement, academic success, and career readiness.

Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Housing , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Gym Membership , Relocation Allowance .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas : Education .

Skills : None



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
CCMA UMB CEC Emerging Leaders Academy

Program Start/End Date
07/08/2019 - 07/06/2020

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	MARYLAND Washington/Baltimore

Accepting Applications
From 02/25/2019 To 06/05/2019

Contact	Kelly Quinn
870 W Baltimore St
Baltimore MD 21201
4107068260
kquinn@umaryland.edu

Listing ID	86418


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