Newark Youth Leadership Project

04/16/2021

Calling all NYLP interns and mentors!

Share your NYLP experience and get featured on our social media! Fill out this short form and tell us about your time in NYLP.

We'd love to hear from you!

https://www.citybloom.org/programs/job-training/newark-youth-leadership-project/nylp-testimonial-submission.html

03/31/2021

Do you want to share your NYLP story? Write about your experience using this link for a chance to be featured on our social media!

Feel free to reach out with any questions about this project.

Interns work 6-20 hours/week from July to August. Applications for the following summer are available starting in November and the deadline to apply is early January.

02/06/2020

Are you a high school student or a college student living in Newark, NJ? Join our Newark Youth Leadership Project (NYLP) team! The summer 2020 program runs from July 6, 2020 through August 14, 2020. We're hiring for High School Interns and College Mentors.

High School Intern • 16-20 hours per week • from July 6 through August 14
Work in one of Greater Newark Conservancy's departments (Youth Farm Stand, Environmental Education, Horticulture, and Urban Farming) while improving your technical and leadership skills.

College Mentor • up to 30 hours per week • from June through August 14
Work directly with Conservancy supervisors to lead high school students in one of four departments (Youth Farm Stand, Environmental Education, Horticulture, and Urban Farming).

Learn more online: https://www.citybloom.org/programs/job-training/newark-youth-leadership-project/

11/21/2019

There's still time to apply to be a 2020 Summer NYLP Intern! Applications are due on December 6, 2019. Apply today: www.citybloom.org/…/newark-youth-leader…/summer-application/

11/12/2019

Are you a Newark high school student looking for a summer job? Look no further than Newark Youth Leadership Project!

Greater Newark Conservancy's summer internship program couples leadership development with environmental studies to prepare students for college and the workforce. Interns work 6-20 hours per week in our Youth Farm Stand, Environmental Education, Horticulture, and Urban Farming departments and gain unique hands-on training.

Students must be entering their Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year of high school to apply. Applications are due by December 6, 2019.

LEARN MORE | www.citybloom.org/programs/job-training/newark-youth-leadership-project/

05/19/2017

In an effort to not duplicate records and to ensure our followers are always up to date, the Newark Youth Leadership Project FB page will be merged with Greater Newark Conservany's FB page.

Please like and follow us there!

Greater Newark Conservancy expands access to healthy food, environmental education, and green spaces. We provide hands-on community programs that cultivate sustainability, inspire action, and celebrate the power of nature to heal and uplift.

10/31/2016

Over 100 Girl Scouts volunteered at our urban farms this Saturday as part of Newark 350's Girl Scouts Take Newark day of service. These helpful and enthusiastic girls harvested over 280lbs of produce! That means we can distribute produce bags to over 30 seniors in our Healthy Seniors program and our affordable produce membership program!!! Thank you Girl Scouts!

10/31/2016

Check out our Fatherhood n Kidz Kafe program!

As part of the free recurring program, dads and kids will harvest fresh ingredients and prepare a meal at the Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center on Price Street in Newark. The next event takes place Saturday, November 5th.

10/31/2016

Congratulations to our NYLP interns Vanessa and Sharlize for becoming finalists in Butterfly Dreamz Newark Youth Story competition! Congrats especially to Vanessa, Science Park sophomore, who won 2nd place! These Newark students can boldly and confidently say, "I Am an Author!" On Saturday, October 22nd at the Newark Public Library, over 50 family and community members came out to support their accomplishments in the Butterfly Dreamz Newark Youth Story Competition!

During Saturday's I Am an Author Showcase, the Butterfly Dreamz team released My City Sketched in Words, a book authored by the competition's finalists (6th - 12th grade) in honor of the city’s 350th Anniversary.

Free copies of the book are available at the Newark Public Library and the e-book is available for free on the Butterfly Dreamz website: www.butterflydreamz.org/books. Additional copies can also be purchased on Amazon; all proceeds will support Butterfly Dreamz literacy and leadership development programming.

09/22/2016

Spotlight on Bok Choy http://p0.vresp.com/q38m20