This year's youth conference will be on Saturday, August 14th, in the Woolworth Building (233 Broadway, New York, NY)
The Chinatown cleanup will be on Sunday, August 15th, in the New York Chinese Community Center (62 Mott Street, New York, NY)
Thank you everyone who came out in support of Chinatown Youth Initiatives.
Our 10th year celebration was an astounding success!
Celebrating the milestone of reaching its 10th year, the organization honored three great supporters of the organization. Gloria Chan, OCA-NY, and Corky Lee.
We at CYI would like to thank everyone who came to show their support.
Dear CYI supporters,
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!We are PROUD to announce that we are one of the top 100 winning organizations of the Chase Community Giving. YOUR votes and support helped us to win $25,000!
Application due JUNE 6TH 2010
send your application to apply@cyinyc.org !!
OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!
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Important Things You Need To Know Before You Apply:
-SLI starts on July 3rd and ends on August 21st
-Sessions generally run from 11am to 4pm on Saturdays
-Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD) is August 15th (a Sunday)
-SLI participants lead volunteer groups during Chinatown Beautification Day
-participants are expected at all sessions
We're in the final push of our census advocacy efforts, and Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) has organized a final Chinatown census outreach event for THIS SATURDAY, April 17th from 11am-4pm. We'll be meeting at 11am in front of AAFE office, 108 Norfolk between Rivington and Delancey (near F, J, M, Z, Delancey/Essex stop). We'll be doing both street outreach and phone banking, so bring your phones and chargers if you can. See the attached flyer for more info.
With the success of last year’s Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD) weekend, CYI will continue CBD as a two-day event comprising of a Youth Conference and Beautification Day. The Youth Conference emphasizes the strength and importance of youth activism and solidarity, while Beautification day demonstrates unity in action.
CYI is currently in search of candidates to fill the following positions:
Coordinator, Facilitator and Participant Outreach Committee Member
All positions are unpaid, but CYI is more than willing to work with colleges so that summer staff can receive internship and/or school credits.
All applications must be received by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, February 21st, 2010, via email to apply@cyinyc.org.