Why is SYEP essential to NYC?
Photo Credit: Adi Talwar Summer Youth Employment Program participants working in a community garden in the East Village in 2018. Being a Youth Worker during COVID-19 has become very difficult…
Grad Student Reflects and Looks Towards Future
Tara Santos, former co-chair of the Student Association, who recently graduated with her masters' degree in business management and leadership shares her story in the following video. In this video…
Imagining what could be: COVID-19 and community-youth development 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to completely eradicate Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) and city-funded camps while increasing funding for law enforcement has been widely criticized (see Teens Take Charge,Girls…
Youth, Youth Workers and the Future of Our City
Over the past month, those of us who work with young people have watched the decimation of the municipal infrastructure that has been designed to support them. New York City…
Virtual Career Fair Offers Jobs and a Break from Pandemic Jitters
Shannon Gallon, Career Services Maintaining normalcy in abnormal times is a challenge. The recent Virtual Job Fair offered a welcomed respite to students weary from pandemic lockdowns and coronavirus disruptions.…
A walk in the park…
Amidst the current conditions that we are all experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we must find a way to have a sense of normalcy in our daily lives. I…
The Human League
Pictured: Lianna Scull, Assistant Director of Sociology and Human Relations, Diomaris Peguero, Bonnie Oglensky, Melanie Lorek, and Susan Fountain Human Relations is about how to make the workplace more productive…