Crossroads Youth Council Member

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Crossroads Project Director, the youth council members are part of a Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative youth council to help create a vision for Fields Corner. The youth council will develop leadership skills, strengthen the Fields Corner community, increase youth communication with municipal leaders, provide insight into youth issues, and train peers. The Crossroads Youth Council group is led by the FCCC youth coordinator and project director.

Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative, a Children’s Health Equity (CHEq) grant-funded position, is sponsored by the Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative. The FCCC youth council will work closely with the youth and civic engagement programs at MassCOSH, DotHouse Health, Asian American Resource Workers, VietAID, New England United for Justice, Louis Brown Peace Institute, DotHouse Health, Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester, and All Dorchester Sports and Leadership. The requirements will be 8 hours a week during the school year and 25 hours a week during the summer.

DotHouse Health fiscally sponsors Fields Corner Crossroads. 

GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend and participate in Youth Council Meetings 
• Meet, discuss, plan, and implement youth-led activities with the support of the youth coordinator and project director
• Work with youth coordinators and partner organizations on storytelling initiatives
• Increasing civic engagement and community advocacy within self and peers
• Attend participatory budgeting meetings
• Implementation of the annual Young Leaders Symposium and youth team projects, including a $100,000 Participatory Budget in collaboration with the youth council, coordinator, and Director

Education:

• Must be between the ages of 15-22 years old.