Emerging Leaders
After School Matters- Discover the Arts Teen Club
Come hang out with us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4-6 pm for our Discover the Arts Teen Club. Come discover your creative self and the numerous opportunities art has to offer. We develop diverse projects for individual interests and abilities while creating a team building environment. Explore printmaking, graphic design, outdoor earth sculpture and many forms of functional art. You will also visit art museums and galleries to get a sense of the local art scene. If you are between 13-18 years old and want to join, please contact Flora Calabrese at 773.463.1600 x 312 or register online at www.afterschoolmatters.org. The Discover the Arts club is free and sponsored by Concordia Place and After School Matters.
Next 10-week session starts-
February 2 - April 14
(no classes spring-break March 30 & 31
Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00pm
Emerging Leaders Summer Teen Program
June 21st - August 26th, 2010
- Our teen leadership development program provides 13-18 years teens with a safe, well-supervised and enriching environment that encourages self-development and instills a commitment to community service. This program runs for ten weeks, Monday through Thursday, June 21st through August 26th, from 8:30am to 2:30pm. Call Gwyn Siebert, at 773.463.1600 ext.330 for more information and to register for one of our parent & teen orientation evenings, which will held on May 20th and June 3rd.
Hurry, space is limited.
- The program's goal is to provide opportunities for teens to engage in leadership skill and career building activities that promote self-confidence and personal achievement while developing a collaborative team that performs community activism through social and ecological services.
Emerging Leaders Philosophy
- Positive self worth through individual inclusion & educational group activities.
- A healthy & nurtured teen gives back to the community through stewardship & volunteerism within their surroundings.
- An active teen in the community then looks outward & promotes leadership within the global world where ever they travel.
Major Components of Emerging Leaders
- Hands on opportunities to develop leadership
- Building confidence with peer interaction
- Intergenerational activities
- Multi-cultural Awareness
- Community Volunteerism
- Creative Expression
- Financial Fitness Awareness
- Peer Mentoring & Conflict Resolution
Projects & Goals for Program
- Gardening & Giving Back to the Community
- Peer leadership roles through activities
- Field trips throughout Chicago to understand our own environment
- Stewardship of finances & community
- Intergenerational project to build communication skills across age levels
- Sports activities to motivate & improve coordination & positive team attitude
- Mural work enabling teens to understand the creative process on a professional level
- Peer Mediation & Conflict Resolution Skills
- Financial Literacy
- Creative Exploration of ideas & thoughts
- Understanding the ecological system, & the vital role that teens play with Faith in Place
- Continued Intergenerational projects with St. Paul's House
- Conflict Resolution & Peer Mentoring with The Center on Halsted
- Financial Education with Thrivent Financial
- Emerging Leader Teens run their first Avondale Community Farmers' Market
- Emerging Leader Teens at the Indiana Dunes
