What is Youth Making
Change?
Youth Making Change (YMC) is an exciting opportunity for Santa
Barbara County youth. YMC empowers youth to be active leaders
in their community promoting service and giving; and strengthening
youth participation in philanthropy. YMC gives money and assistance
to projects that address community issues and challenges directly
affecting youth in Santa Barbara County. The YMC board (made up
of youth) makes the decision about which groups get money for
their ideas! The 2008-2009 YMC board will give a total of $5,000
to fund local projects important to youth.
Youth Making Change is a program of the Fund
for Santa Barbara inspired by the Santa Barbara Foundation's Katherine
Harvey Fellows (KHF) Class of 2006-2007. KHF was established to
identify, select and educate talented and motivated future community
leaders about philanthropy.
What do YMC members
do?
Learn about philanthropy and current issues facing young people
in Santa Barbara County. Review proposed project ideas and make
decisions as a group about which ideas to give money to. Give
out $5,000 to projects that impact youth. Reach out to youth in
the community to encourage them to plan a project and apply for
money to carry it out. Develop important job skills and leadership
experience. Understand, explain and address inequality facing
youth through philanthropy. Learn new skills like: meeting planning
and facilitation, outreach and public speaking, action planning,
proposal evaluation and group decision making. Follow up with
and give support to YMC funded groups. Board members receive a
$300 stipend for their participation.
Who can apply?
Young people between the ages of 13 - 19 who live in Santa Barbara
and Goleta and:
- Are interested in helping youth and their communities
- Want to learn more about issues affecting young people in Santa
Barbara County
- Want to learn about grant making, action planning and group
decision-making
- Want to gain important leadership experience
- Like working in groups, expressing opinions, and having FUN!
(This program will expand to the Santa Maria Valley and Lompoc
next school year)
What's the time
commitment?
One all day training on a Saturday and a 3-hour meeting meeting
every month until June 2009. Meeting dates and times will be selected
by the YMC board once selected. There will also be some independent
work between meetings. We will cover some of the costs that you
incur by traveling to these meetings.
Do you get paid?
Yes, you get a $300 stipend for your participation. A stipend
is a lump sum of money given in appreciation for your time commitment.
For more information contact the YMC Project Coordinator, Cristina,
at the Fund for Santa Barbara at 805-962-9164 or email@fundforsantabarbara.org
For a pdf copy of the application click
here
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