Congratulations to CHRC's Youth Services Coordinator

Cincinnati, OH - Friday, January 31, 2014, from 8:30 am-3:00 pm, at Xavier University, Ms. Jaime Bryant, CHRC Youth Services Coordinator, will serve as one of six facilitators at the You...th Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy. On Friday, approximately sixty high school students from Aiken High School and Woodward Career Technical High School will engage in experiential group activities and reflections to address and reinforce many of Ohio's New Learning Standards for High School Social Studies in the areas of American Government and Contemporary World Issues.

In 2012, the Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy was designed by the Community Building Institute at Xavier University. It offers high school students an opportunity to attend a series of workshops, gain knowledge and experience, and see themselves as community leaders. The youth leadership development strategies and curriculum focus on creating engaged citizens- young people with the knowledge, skills, passion, and commitment to making their communities better places to live, work and grow.

The information that will be covered through hands-on activities include:
• Reason for attending these types of workshops
• Assumptions about youth/ older adults
• Defining a celebrity, role model and leader
• Defining engagement

This opportunity is free, and transportation and lunch is provided. The Academy is sponsored by PNC Bank and the Eigel Center for Community Engaged Learning. The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission is a proud partner in this effort.

Since 1943, the CHRC has been there during the most critical of times turning the community’s needs into action, connecting cultures and communities and ensuring that we are all living in communities where prejudice and discrimination can no longer hide. For more information regarding the CHRC, please visit our website at http://www.chrc.us