Written by: Katrina Clark, Youth Educator Note: This post was originally written for #WeeklyWisdom, a collaboration with the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth in Tompkins County. The Advocacy Center’s student activism group, ACTion, is excited to announce a three-session, yoga-inspired collaboration with Erica Shockely, the founder of Open Flow Yoga Adventure. More information about this series can…
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A Summer Internship about … Sex Trafficking?
Written by: Lyn Staack, Youth Education Coordinator This summer, thanks to the Summers of Service Program of the Tompkins County United Way, our Education Team was able to have a paid youth intern. While we hope to provide meaningful learning experiences for all of our volunteers and interns – often we gain so much as…
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Written by: Katrina Clark, Youth Educator Note: This post was originally written for #WeeklyWisdom, a collaboration with the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth in Tompkins County. For youth to be truly healthy, we need to consider their well-being in a holistic way. This means acknowledging and celebrating their multidimensional nature; as well as ensuring a…
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