Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) is the youth mobilization branch of S.O.S. This October, the new cohort of youth organizers launched with a total of 24 participants. The Youth Organizers hail from many different neighborhoods in Brooklyn including Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, East Flatbush, Brownsville, and East New York, and represent 14 different high schools. This fall the […]
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CONTINUE READINGOn October 26, the Mediation Center held a Tabling Training for new and long-time volunteers. Around 20 volunteers attended the training to gain skills for engaging community members about S.O.S.’s mission. S.O.S. Crown Heights’ Program Manager David Gaskin presented information and led tabling role plays. At this training volunteers learned how to: make sure the […]
CONTINUE READINGOn October 14 and 15, the Legal Hand Program hosted two days of intensive training for its new volunteers. During these trainings, over 70 volunteers heard presentations from lawyers at NYLAG and The Legal Aid Society on a variety of topics, including the important difference between “legal advice” and “legal information.” Legal Hand is a new […]
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