The Bronx Leadership & Organizing Center (BLOC) is offering a new leadership program, BLOC Next Generation, for youth in The Bronx. BLOC Next Generation seeks to bring awareness to systemic poverty in The Bronx and to encourage young people to develop new solutions for building up the community.

The core components of the program include:

• education – focusing on the historical relationship to money and how it works in local neighborhoods;
• access – working with local financial institutions and businesses for mentorship and business planning; and
• action – showcasing pathways to financial sustainability and youth entrepreneurship.

Through these strategies, BLOC will help Bronx youth create new narratives about the borough and use their leadership and power to create social change.

Details

• Program duration – April – June 2024
• Meeting times
  – a 3-hour, in-person orientation on Tuesday, April 30
  – weekly, in-person meetings on Tuesdays from 4-6 pm
  – an in-person internship based on business and participant availability

Eligibility

• age - 16-24 years old
• location – live or go to school in the Bronx
• time – commitment to complete the three-month program
• interest – financial literacy and/or entrepreneurship
• commitment – advocating for justice and equity in the Bronx
• understanding - understand, or a willingness to understand, issues within the Bronx community i.e. housing, safety, economic security, education etc., and how these issues are connected

The deadline to apply is April 26. 

Questions? Email AlAnthony@bronxdefenders.org 

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