BIPOC Youth Outreach Coordinator

Mission Specific

• Think through the lens of racial equity and its intersections with poverty. Use the core principles of anti-racism and grounding those principles in all daily tasks.
• Incorporate the YWCA’s commitment to social justice by understanding how racism, sexism, classism and other oppress ions intersect and are embedded in institutions. Seek opportunities for continued learning about racial, gender and class equity.
• Assure that participants, staff, volunteers and community partners are treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, ethnic background, gender or socioeconomic background.
• Gain approval for, track, and engage in activities that meet the organization’s 1% for Social Change requirement.

• Conduct outreach to schools and organizations currently providing services to youth experiencing oppression.
• Conduct outreach to LGBTQ+ and Black, Indigenous and People of Color youth communities.
• Lead and coordinate annual Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LGBTQ+ youth specific events.
• Develop leadership opportunities for youth to engage in domestic and teen dating violence prevention and anti-oppression work including coordinating quarterly youth affinity spaces.
• Facilitate trainings on prevention, teen dating violence, and prevention resources for youth communities, youth-serving agencies, parents/guardians, and community members.
• Regularly attend and participate in relevant taskforce meetings including the monthly Youth Service Provider Breakfast.
• In partnership with Prevention Program staff, lead outreach and awareness/action month activities for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
• Request and collect feedback from participating youth and community partners.
• Accurately track, document and input outreach programming activities and statistics into state database as required by contracts, grants, and program procedures.
• Consistently, accurately, and promptly complete narrative reports for all outreach programming activities.
• Successfully complete 56 hours of initial training, followed by 20 hours of annual training thereafter.
• Stay up-to-date on research-based, best and promising practices of programs implemented with youth experiencing oppression.

Related education: High School Diploma or equivalent or position equivalent experience in addition to the experience requirements listed below.

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