Alliance for Coney Island Update: Two Years Since Sandy

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, and members of  Alliance for Coney Island, and in commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, I write to gratefully acknowledge and reflect on the assistance that Coney Island continues to receive.  

With contributions and grants this past year, we continued to help the Coney Island community get back on its feet and saw several monumental steps of progress in 2014. 

In January, we began our third round of regrants to the community. We awarded nine faith based organizations with regrants for a variety of programs including after-school programming, baseball equipment for a little league team, senior events, football equipment and summer camp scholarships.

In the spring, we commenced our final round of regrants awarding three mental health organizations funds for mental health services which has resulted in over 1,000 hours of mental health counseling for over 200 clients. 

Additionally, this past winter we held our 4th annual Workforce Recruitment event connecting local residents to job opportunities in the Amusement District.  This year, these events saw over 2,000 individuals screened for over 800 jobs.
 
City-wide, we have seen various efforts to provide for a more resilient city.  In particular, the announcement earlier this fall with Senator Schumer and Mayor de Blasio announcing over $100 million in federal funds to repair New York City Housing Authority developments including Coney Island Houses will greatly assist some of Coney Island’s residents. Additionally, public meetings are beginning for a Coney Island Creek Study to understand how to create a more protected and resilient peninsula.

Most recently, the Alliance and other community organizations assisted New York City Small Business Services on their outreach for the Storefront Improvement Program.  SBS has invested funds in over a dozen businesses on Mermaid to renovate and improve their storefronts, strengthening Coney Island’s business corridor. Coney Island Hospital has secured a site for their health clinic and has begun work to open a location on West 17th Street in 2015. This morning, the Mayor visited a house on Neptune Avenue that Habitat for Humanity is rebuilding for a long-time Coney Island resident. These accomplishments are just some of the many that Coney Island has seen over the past year and are signals of continued progress to come.  

The Alliance is proud to continue to serve as a convening organization, bringing together service providers with monthly service coordination meetings. This past month at our office, SBS began holding office hours weekly providing assistance to local small businesses for their Hurricane Sandy Grant & Loan Program.

Much of this work could not have been accomplished without countless volunteers, the #ConeyRecovers Steering Committee and our local elected officials. The Alliance looks forward to participating in future efforts toward resiliency for the residents, businesses and community organizations in the months ahead.

For more information about the programs and services we provide, please visit our website at  www.AllianceForConeyIsland.org. 
 
 
Sincerely,


Johanna Zaki, Executive Director

undefinedundefinedPART undefinedundefinedTIME undefinedundefinedPROGRAM undefinedundefinedFACILITATOR: undefinedundefinedLEAVE undefinedundefinedOUT undefinedundefinedVIOLENCE undefinedundefined(LOVE)

Leave Out Violence-U.S. (LOVE), is a non-profit 501©3 agency located in Manhattan, NY, with the mission to reduce violence in the lives of youth and our communities by building a team of youth leaders who communicate a message of non-violence. LOVE-U.S. youth develop the skills to express their emotions and become spokespeople against violence as they learn and use photography, film making, visual art, poetry, and journalism to raise their voices and visions against violence.

The Part-time Program Facilitator will assist in the development and implementation of program content primarily for the school-based programs of LOVE-U.S. These programs include 5-Week Outreaches and After-School Media Arts After Programs (12-25 weeks). Candidates will need to be available 9 to 15 hours/week (from October-May), Mondays through Thursdays, during school hours and after-school hours. The Part-Time Program Facilitator will be supervised by and report directly to the Program Director and Program Coordinator.

There is a strong possibility the candidate will facilitate gender-based programming for boys. LOVE- U.S. staff, youth alumni and youth leaders help students examine the causes and consequences of violence, with a focus on masculinity, and explore violence prevention strategies through photography, film-making, poetry, journaling and rich discussions.

  Specific Duties Include:

• Coordinate and plan in tandem with Program Staff (including Program Facilitators, Coordinator and Director) program curricula and events;
• Co-facilitate school-based programs that are strongly based on social group work, anti-oppression theory, and violence reduction;
• Work with LOVE youth to present, exhibit, screen or perform their work;
• Software editing of youths’ photography and/or filmmaking work;
• Communicate with school personnel;
• Design, implement and manage media activities and short to mid-term projects;
• Assist with field trips and events;
• Willingness to travel between boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, art therapy, theatre, or relevant field (candidates who are currently working towards a degree will also be considered);
• Experience with, and an understanding of social group work theory;
• Strong organizational, writing, verbal and interpersonal skills;
• Experience working with diverse urban youth;
• One or more years experience working with at-risk youth preferred
• Interest and experience with digital photography, visual art, film making and editing, poetry and/or
• Training and efficiency with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and/or Final Cut Express, a plus

Compensation:undefined
undefinedHourly compensation will be based on experience and comparable to an early to mid-level worker in the field. No health or vacation benefits are associated with this position.

undefinedApplications:undefined
undefinedPlease send a cover letter, resume, and two references to: undefined[email protected]. No phone calls please. For more information on who we are and what we do, visit the LOVE-U.S. website at undefinednewyork.leaveoutviolence.orgundefined

Leave Out Violence-U.S. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER