18 Minute Networking Thank You!!

 

We can’t thank you enough for joining us last Thursday for City Year’s 18 Minute Networking!  It was the largest 18 Minute Networking event that City Year has ever hosted with 70 alumni and community leaders in attendance.  The corps really enjoyed the opportunity and we’ve received a lot of positive feedback about their experience. 

Volunteering your time to support the professional development of the City Year corps speaks volumes about your continued commitment to City Year. Please let us know if you’re interested in participating again next year; and we would love to see you again at another City Year event!

Highlights:
∙  200 corps member participated (90% of corps).
∙  70 facilitators joined us from 20 different fields.
∙  35 were corps alumni (from 5 sites: Philly, Boston, Chicago, DC, and Detroit).
∙  6 were staff alumni (from 3 sites: Philly, DC, and Louisiana).
∙  38 facilitators joined us for a Happy Hour at New Deck.

2012 Tribute Dinner Honoring Arthur R. Block

Honoring
ARTHUR R. BLOCK
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and SecretaryComcast Corporation

SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:00 PM Cocktails ~ 7:00 PM Dinner
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA



Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union's Award

Interesting story from last month: "The actor Matt Damon and his mother, a professor of education, on Wednesday turned down the opportunity for an award from the country’s largest teachers union after reading an opinion article that the union’s president had co-authored with the founder of Teach for America."

Read the full story here: http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/01/05/matt-damon-and-mother-reject-unions-award/

The Do Something Award - $100,000 Top Prize

A great opportunity for those alumni working with young adults.This is an award program for teens and young adults who take action in their communities. There are five $10,000 prizes and one $100,000 prize. All the details are listed here: http://www.dosomething.org/programs/awards

The deadline is March 1.

18 Minute Networking

Tick, tick, tick... table, table, table.. switch, talk, answer. Thank you.

Look forward to seeing you there, alumni. 18 Minute Networking for 2012. Thursday, February 2 from 5:00 - 6:45PM, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA

The CYGP Alumni Board will host a "networking" event for the corps as a way for them to practice job networking and making connections when they graduate from the corps in June.  The event is led by facilitators who are alumni, staff members, colleagues of alumni or community leaders who can share their leadership path with the corps.  This event is one of many conversations to provide resources and support to corps members who will either return to school or are looking for jobs.  Two or three alumni who specialize in a field will anchor a table and lead a small group discussion about the steps they haven taken since graduating City Year that has led them to their current work.  We are seeking discussion leaders from the following fields/organizations:

AmeriCorps
Career Counseling
Corporate
City Year careers
College/undergraduate students
Education: k-8 & high school
Entrepreneurship
Faith/Ministry
Foundations/Philanthropy
Government, Politics & Public Servants
Graduate School
Higher Education Administration
Law & Law School
Medicine & Medical School
Military
Musicians
Nonprofit
Community Organizing
Peace Corps
Public Health
Social Work
Sports
Technology
Youth Development

For more information, or to sign up to participate in 18 Minute Networking as an alumni facilitator, please contact Brendan Morrissey at bmorrissey@cityyear.org or 215-988-2118 ext. 7056.

Register for MLK Day today!

MLK Day is less than a week away! Don't forget to register to serve with City Year to secure your volunteer spot at Germantown Hight School or Pastorius School.

 

Due to limited volunteer slots, please go to www.regonline.com/cymlkdaychampions to register.

 

Leadership After City Year (LACY) Partners

LACY Partners are organizations who provide benefits to City Year corps members and alumni or who explicitly value the City Year experience as part of their application / hiring process and want to recruit corps members and alumni after completing a year of service with City Year.

• Aspire
• Boston Teacher Residency
• Los Angeles Urban Teacher Residency
• New Teacher Project
• Peace Corps
• Philadelphia Teacher Residency
• StudentsFirst
• Shady Hill School
• Urban Teacher Center
• Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation
• World Teach

City Year's featured LACY Partner is currently the Peace Corps, read more here about this partnership. Then choose from the drop down menu to browse other partnerships.