PROGRAM OVERVIEW

BRAVE Young Leaders (BYL) Trainee Program is a 4.5-month program with weekly 90-120 minute in-person or virtual workshops and activities that is designed to ally with a group of dynamic young people as they:

• Expand their leadership potential 
• Develop skills to engage and influence peers
• Effect change through a social justice and racial equity lens.
• Look deeply at both today's urgent issues and related historical moments, in order to form their own meaningful connections with movements addressing mental health, particularly marginalized communities and young people
• Gain community service hours and/or internship credit (please contact your academic institution for credit requirements, which we can provide proper documentation to support).
•  Social outlet for young people, ages 14-22 years old, to connect around personal, cultural, and racial consciousness.
• Empower yourself by embracing social-emotional tools, prioritizing your mental health and well-being to foster resilience, self-awareness, and a more engaged and purposeful life.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Equip BYLs with tools to build their confidence by sharpening their leadership, interpersonal, communication, and critical-thinking skills.
• Engage in dialogue around personal cultural and social issues, and how those elements intersect with being B.R.A.V.E.
• Provide a forum for BYLs to build a community of civic-oriented peers.
• Destigmatize mental health, especially for marginalized communities, including young people. We will have at least once a month activities focusing on your mental health.
• Provide a channel for BYLs to collaborate, design, implement, and execute tangible community-focused projects that will prepare them to be effective in the workforce.

TIME COMMITMENT AND COMPENSATION

• Participants must be able to dedicate approximately 10 hours per month and commit to serving from mid-January through end-May of 2024, with one follow-up meeting at the end of July 2024.
• Compensation of 
  • $12/hour; ~$500 (14-18 or high school)
  • $15/hour; ~$600 (19-21 or college enrolled)
  • $18/hour; ~$720 (22+ or post college)
• Most workshops and activities will be in person, and some will be virtual. Most likely a weeknight evening (ex: Mondays @ 6pm-8pm) and/or weekend afternoons (Sundays @ ~2-4pm)
• BYL Trainees must be committed to attend and actively participate with at least 80% of the program, with anticipated weekly activities, 4x a month.