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Hiring Announcement - YCB Director of Projects
The Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board is hiring a Director of Projects. Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Director of Projects will be responsible for oversight of the Minneapolis Afterschool Network and the Positive Corridors for Youth Project. In addition, they will assume responsibility for the oversight and implementation of new projects as approved.
Qualified candidates for the position of Director of Projects should have project management experience. Further, they should be able to demonstrate their experience in youth development and community engagement as strategies for the planning and implementation of projects. Writing for the purpose of foundation proposals and reporting is necessary.
To apply - submit a cover letter and resume by Friday June 22 to Ann DeGroot, Executive Director, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board, 330 – 2nd Avenue S – Suite 540, Minneapolis, MN 55401. ycb@ci.minneapolis.mn.us.
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Pioneer Press - The St. Paul school board approved a budget Tuesday night that eliminates more than 100 jobs next year as enrollment shrinks and state funding comes up short.
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MPR - An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility took center stage Monday in the growing uproar over the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.
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Huffington Post - A Texas tent city constructed last week to shelter migrant children became a protest site Sunday as crowds marched to oppose the separation of immigrant families at the border.
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On the evening of May 24, 2018 the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board (YCB) and the Minneapolis Afterschool Network held its annual joint powers meeting at Central Library downtown. Youth and board members from the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County and the Minneapolis Park & Rec Board.
YCB Outreach Team
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The Minneapolis Youth Congress Inducts New Members For The 2017 - 2018 School Year
On Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 the Minneapolis Youth Congress welcomed in its 2017-18 cohort at its 11th annual Oath of Office held at City Hall. Over 40 youth were sworn in at the ceremony that night, with the help of Judge David Piper and MPS Board of Education Director Don Samuels.
Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Together, Better.
330 2nd Avenue South, Suite 540
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612-673-2060
Fax: 612-673-2346
