YWP is Hiring for Our Summer Teen Staff!

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 14:16 — Sam

We have job opportunities with both PHASE and FCC. Please share these opportunities with any teen women (and men!) you know. We're looking for teens excited about getting their voices heard, and working to improve the lives of their peers. On top of becoming peer educators and youth advocates, teens will receive a $7.50 an hour wage working 30 hours per week this summer. Please check out the links to applications for both the Peer Health And Sexuality Education and the Foster Care Campaign. Interviews start soon! Click on "How to Get Involved" under FCC or PHASE for application materials.

FCC Goes BACK to Washington!

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 10:36 — Sam

 March 16, 2010, marked the Foster Care Campaign's second visit to Washington lawmaker's, this time to the Senate! FCC teen staff member Sarah Ocran testified to the the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia at the request of Senators Daniel Akaka and Mary Landrieu.

FCC Goes to Washington (Part 1)

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 11:40 — Sam

On March 11, 2010, Nakea Paige, a member of the Foster Care Campaign’s staff for four years, testified at a Congressional Briefing on Rep. Stark’s (D-CA) “Every Child Deserves a Family Act.” Testifying on the importance of permanence- a stable, loving, long-term home- for every child, Nakea was able to raise her voice in support of an important bill.