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The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York’s CAUSE-NY a division of The Commission on Intergroup Relations and Community Concerns
Email Update - March 18, 2007	http://www.CommunityUplink.net

www.youthbridgeny.org

Youth Summit 2007
Express Yourself! Diverse Teens Taking Charge
Friday, June 8, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280

Dear Principals, Teachers, Guidance Counselors and Youth Professionals,

On Friday, June 8, 2007, YouthBridge-NY will be convening the 5^th Annual Youth Summit 2007: Express Yourself! Diverse Teens Taking Charge.

The Program: This exciting and cutting edge conference convenes the best and brightest high school student leaders in our city for a day of key note speakers, workshops, and trainings. We are asking you to select up to 7 of your high school students in grades nine through eleven to participate. You must register them online or by fax.

Who should you select to participate? When selecting your students we encourage you to look beyond the traditional definition of a “student leader” and to identify students who represent your school’s diversity and can grow and benefit from the event as well as bring the message of different communities working together for the common good back to your school.

Registration Information: Please register your students online at http://www.youthbridgeny.org/summit-forstudents.htm no later than April 25, 2007. All students must receive permission from a parent or guardian to attend the summit http://www.youthbridgeny.org/Parent_Permission_Slip.doc. Please send a completed and signed permission slip for each student who you are registering.
Space is limited to the first three hundred student leaders and fifty faculty members who register.

About YouthBridge-NY: YouthBridge-NY (YB-NY) engages teens to proactively address issues of diversity and community building at an early age. Through the YB-NY Fellowship service-learning program, youth leaders from diverse backgrounds who represent public high schools and youth organizations from all five boroughs of New York City develop basic knowledge and skills of diversity. Topics include ways to promote intergroup relations, coalition building, and community service. www.youthbridgeny.org

Questions? If you have any questions, please contact Elana Bekerman at (212) 983-4800 ext. 147 or bekermane@jcrcny.org.

We are looking forward to your students participating in this groundbreaking program and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. You will receive a registration confirmation by e-mail closer to the event.

Sincerely,

Elana

Elana Bekerman
Director of Special Programs, YouthBridge-NY
Commission on Intergroup Relations & Community Concerns/CAUSE-NY
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

YouthBridge-NY is managed by CAUSE-NY, a division of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York’s Commission on Intergroup Relations & Community Concerns.
The JCRC is an affiliate of the UJA-Federation of New York.

YouthBridge-NY is a joint inter-agency effort between the Arab-American Association of New York, ASPIRA of New York Inc., the Chinese-American Planning Council, Common Cents New York, Council of Pakistan Organization, Habitat for Humanity, Ishmael and Isaac, Jeter's Leaders, Jewish Child Care Association, The City Kids Foundation, The Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, The New York Tolerance Center, YouthChannel/Manhattan Neighborhood Network, The Red Hook Health Initiative, Ramaz Upper School, Metropolitan Schechter High School, SAYA, Thirteen/WNET New York, and Youth Venture.

Youth Summit 2007 is made possible by a generous donation from

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