YESPHILLY CENTER

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“I’ve always had people give up on me, so
to see the YESPhilly Staff not give up on me motivated me to not give up on myself.”

Mission

The YESPhilly Center is a hub of community engagement, with the goal of providing resources and opportunities for youth to act as empowered stakeholders. Through this vision, YESPhilly will support its community with collaborative decision-making and enriching opportunities. Key focuses identified through community feedback include preparing our self starting entrepreneurs, inspiring our creatives, nurturing culture, and strengthening our capacity as an organization to create meaningful impact.

YESPhilly Center is currently seeking 3-5 dynamic, passionate individuals to serve on the Visionary Council, to contribute towards the success of this mission. We welcome all staff, students, board members, and community members to apply. All interested parties should reach out to Gem Murray, gmurray@yesphilly.org , to indicate interest and direct any questions.


Function & Responsibilities of Visionary Council

  • Monitoring progress, successes, and challenges of YESPhilly Center through documentation

  • Developing a network of partners for YESPhilly Center

  • Preparing a quarterly report for YESPhilly Administration and Board of Directors that summarizes activities of the Visionary Council

  • Recruiting new members

  • Developing and promoting activities of the center

  • Establishing short and long term goals to promote a sustainable model of the center

  • Searching and developing new opportunities to expand capacity of the center to serve its mission and goals

Duration & Timeline

  • Bi-weekly meeting time agreed upon by all members

  • Follows term schedule, plus 2 week transition period

  • Upcoming term planning and recruiting takes place 2 weeks prior to the end of term

Vision

Short Term Goals

  • Evaluating past activities, finding opportunities for improvement

  • Delegating roles and responsibilities among members

  • Establishing a regular meeting time

  • Develop a long term mission

Long Term Goals 

  • determining priorities and direction

  • creating a sustainable model for the YESPhilly Center

  • generating ideas to shape future vision

  • Planning Center events (weekly, quarterly, annually)

  • recruiting future members

Activities

  • YES Student Team: student leadership that convenes to meet to brainstorm the types of events, activities, or initiatives that could be added or improved at YESPhilly that would be interesting, enriching, and engaging for fellow students.

  • Financial Literacy workshop: Rory Sullivan, a financial guide at Mass Mutual and one of board members hosted a financial literacy workshop to help students gain practical personal money management and saving skills as well as develop financial wellness goals for the future.

  • Photo/Video Club: An introductory workshop to photography and videography lead by a teaching artist that comes up with mini projects weekly for students to try out new styles or techniques.

  • Business + Entrepreneurship: A flexible workshop that incorporates lessons about entrepreneurial skills with conversation from students on their experiences with entrepreneurship and brainstorms next steps for entrepreneurial ventures.

  • Future Studio: An open space that focuses on supporting student personal growth through creating new narratives about personal goals and accountability based on student’s past experiences, strengths, and challenges.