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Youth Communication provides powerful, teen-written storiesand professional development to help educators and youth workers engage struggling youth Their literacy-rich training model helps teachers, after-school workers, counselors, and other professionals to connect with the teens they serve and build their social and emotional learning skills.
Youth Communication equips and empowers educators and youth workers with real teen-written stories and a literacy-rich training model to engage struggling youth and build their social and emotional learning skills.Our stories, developed in a rigorous writing program, are uniquely compelling to youth whose voices are missing from mainstream content. The stories model social and emotional learning, and show teens how to make positive changes in their lives. They also motivate teens to read and write.Our award-winning curricula and professional development are created around the stories. They turn classrooms and programs into dynamic and encouraging learning environments by helping educators and youth workers become more compassionate and effective at building the skills that struggling teens need to lead successful, meaningful lives.
The Center publishes true stories by teens that are developed in its rigorous writing program. These stories motivate teens to read, promote social-emotional development, and show them how their peers made responsible choices. The Centers staff training sessions and story-based curricula enable educators to create engaging educational settings that strengthen young peoples social-emotional and literacy skills. The Center focuses its effort on supporting young people who are furthest from opportunityoften minority youth and those living in povertyto succeed in school, pursue meaningful careers, and develop a sense of personal agency. During this period, the Center trained more than 500 educators to strengthen the social and emotional learning skills of more than 12,000 youth.
Youth Communication runs intensive nonfiction writing programs for 15-19-year-olds in New York City. Participants are mentored by a professional editor to write personal stories about their own lives and reported stories about issues that affect young people. Their stories are published in one of our two award-winning magazines, YCteen (formerly NYC: New Youth Connections) or Represent: The Voice of Youth in Care, which are read by thousands of teens in print and on line. The Centers young writers published 65 stories which 400 educators used to enhance the skills of more than 25,000 youth. More than 10,000 other staff subscribed to our print and digital magazines.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Betsy Cohen | Executive Director | 50 | $101,106 |
| Nina Link | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Bill Smith | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Robert Ouimette | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Vivian Louie | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Pilar Conde | Director | 2 | $0 |
| William Josephson | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Duffie Cohen | Vice President | 2 | $0 |
| Leah Modigliani | President | 2 | $0 |
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