Eugene Lang college The New School For liberal arts is city of new york's first-ever partner for cornerstone mentoring program
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Held throughout the 2012-2013 academic year, the course mixes classroom learning and on-site mentoring at eight of DYCD’s 25 Cornerstone Centers – activity hubs located in public housing facilities throughout the five boroughs. New School students will work in the centers each week for the fall and spring semesters, with the goal of helping their mentees establish healthy relationships with adults and develop a service ethic. This program provides a unique chance for New School students to help shape a program that serves 300 New York City youth in grades 5 through 9. Students will also spend the spring semester co-designing a community service initiative with their mentees for their community center, which they will launch at the end of spring semester. “We are delighted to be embarking on this historic partnership with The New School, which combines the often diffuse roles of government, academia and community-based organizations toward a common goal,” said DYCD Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav. “The Cornerstone Mentoring program is showing tremendous promise as a model for helping our young people navigate the difficult transitions of adolescence with the help of a caring role model and the support of strong community partners. The Mentoring in the City course will not only equip New School students with knowledge of the principles of youth and community development, it also will provide them an understanding of community they will carry with them into other leadership roles. I look forward to the cadre of ambassadors this course will produce.” “We thought long and hard about how we would engage New School students with the youth of the mentoring program,” said Judy Mejia, the Director of the Office of Civic Engagement & Social Justice at Lang. “This course models a best practice in community-based learning. It meets the needs of the community partner, integrates critical and reflective pedagogies through course assignments and fieldwork, and honors community expertise by bringing on the community partner as a co-instructor of the course. In sum, it’s in keeping with the commitment to community engagement and social justice that our students expect from The New School.” The Young Men’s Initiative is overseen by the New York City Mayor’s Office and the Cornerstone Mentoring Program is overseen by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.
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About DYCD DYCD supports New York City’s afterschool and youth workforce development programs throughout the five boroughs. The agency also oversees funding for anti-poverty programs, such as adult literacy and immigrant services. For more information, please go to www.nyc.gov/dycd or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. About Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts is a seminar-style liberal arts college located in New York City that was established in 1985. Remaining faithful to its founding philosophy, Eugene Lang College grew out of a highly progressive freshman-year program developed at The New School in 1973. Lang offers intensive liberal arts study as well as a faculty committed to teaching undergraduates in an interdisciplinary context. Majors include. Areas of study include religious studies, urban studies, social inquiry, interdisciplinary science, culture and media, literary studies, the arts, philosophy, interdisciplinary science, psychology, economics, environmental studies, philosophy and education studies. For more information, visit www.lang.newschool.edu. ### |
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