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WELCOME to the Hyde Square Task Force's "e-updates," a periodic electronic newsletter featuring the accomplishments of our programs and participants.  To learn more about the Hyde Square Task Force, please visit http://www.hydesquare.org 

Highlights:

YOUTH ACHIEVE VICTORY IN JACKSON SQUARE!  The Hyde Square Task Force youth arrived at a major milestone and achieved an unprecedented victory on June 1st when Mayor Menino and Boston Redevelopment Authority Director Mark Maloney announced that the Jackson Partners, Inc. Development Team was chosen to develop the several acres of vacant and underutilized land surrounding the Jackson Square T Station, on the border of Jamaica Plain and Roxbury.
COLLEGE BOUND MENTORING PROGRAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS:  Piloted last year, the College Bound Mentoring Program is designed to provide high school seniors with the individual attention that is needed to survive the college application process.  The program matches trained community and college volunteers with a Hyde Square Task Force senior for the whole academic year to support him/her with:

- researching different schools
- completing the applications
- editing personal statements
- finding scholarships

The program requires a minimum of a 2 hour commitment per week beginning September through June, and potentials mentors will be asked to attend a 2 hour training prior to the matching.  Interested applicants should contact Yi Chin Chen as soon as possible via email at yichin@hydesquare.org, or at the office 617-524-8303 ext. 303. 

Learn more about our Paths to College & Careers Program at http://www.hydesquare.org/programs/education.html

Learn more about other volunteer opportunities at http://www.hydesquare.org/get_involved/volunteer.html
ANNUAL MEETING CELEBRATES TASK FORCE YOUTH & PROGRAMS:  On June 9th, the Hyde Square Task Force held its Annual Meeting outdoors at the Kennedy Elementary School. Nearly 500 youth, family & community members came together for this spirited event, which featured original spoken word, hip-hop and dance performances by Task Force participants from our after school programs for elementary and middle school students and our teen leadership programs.

 Read more at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/highlights/annual/annual_article.html

A SUMMER EVENING OF YOUTH PERFORMANCE:  On Wednesday, August 3, the Hyde Square Task Force held an "Evening in Mozart Park" to celebrate the talents and diversity of local youth.   

View photos from "Evening in Mozart" at http://www.hydesquare.org/extra/EIM2005/EIM2005.html

Read a press release about this event at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/prs/Evening_in_Mozart_Press_2005.html

¡AHORA EN ESPAÑOL!  Information about the Task Force and our programs is now available in Spanish on our website.  Simply go to our website and click on "EN ESPAÑOL".  / Informaçíon sobre El Comité de Hyde Square y nuestros programas está disponible en nuestra página de web en español.  Simplemente vaya a http://www.hydesquare.org y elija "EN ESPAÑOL".

View more highlights at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/highlights.html

In the News:

Barbara Lee Family Foundation Announces 2005 Grant Cycle 1 Recipients 
Women Engaged in Political Action, a youth-led effort to organize against sexual harassment, wins award from the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.

Read more at http://www.barbaraleefoundation.org/aboutus/aboutus_show.htm?doc_id=278241

View a complete list of our funders at http://www.hydesquare.org/about_us/supporters.html
Long-awaited Jackson Square plan now a reality
Youth organizing helps earn designation for $200 million urban re-development project in Jackson Square. View the JP Bulletin's coverage of this event at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/news/stories/Jackson_Designation_JPB.gif
View other recent news items at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/inthenews.html

Upcoming:

August:


JPNC Youth Affairs Committee
Where: TBA
When: Wednesday, August 10th 5pm
For more info please contact Jesús:
Email: jesus@hydesquare.org
Tel: (617) 524-8303 x303

SUMMER CAMPS END
When: Friday, August 12th
For more info please contact Brenda:
Email: brenda@hydesquare.org
Tel: (617) 524-8303 x323
 

View a complete events calendar at http://www.hydesquare.org/news_and_events/calendar_2005.html

To learn MORE ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROGRAM or find out how TO ENROLL, contact:

 

* Ritmo en Acción Youth Dance Troupe - Brenda x323 or brenda@hydesquare.org

* YouthFirst in Jackson Square Community Organizing Initiative - Jesús x304 or jesus@hydesquare.org

* Kennedy Elementary School After School Program - Brenda x323 or brenda@hydesquare.org

* Curley Middle School After School Program - Ana x324 or ana@hydesquare.org

* Paths to College & Career Program (PCCP) - Yi-Chin x303 or yichin@hydesquare.org

* Women Engaged in Physical Activity (WEPA) - Ana x324 or ana@hydesquare.org

 

We are always SEEKING NEW VOLUNTEERS to work with youth and support our programs.  To download a flyer on current volunteer opportunities, go to:

http://www.hydesquare.org/get_involved/volunteer.html 

or contact Yi-Chin Chen at 617-524-8303 x303 or at yichin@hydesquare.org


And of course we always WELCOME YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.  To make an online donation, please visit:

http://www.hydesquare.org/get_involved/donate.html


 

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Hyde Square Task Force

P.O. Box 1871  Jamaica Plain, MA  02130

tel: (617) 524-8303   fax:  (617) 524-2747

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