DAYTIME PROGRAM

AFTERSCHOOL

TEEN FELLOWSHIPS + EMPLOYMENT

SUMMER

SJLA FELLOWSHIP (spring 2023)

March 31 - May 12 | Fridays | 3:30 - 7pm | Teens with working papers
Mandatory staff training date: Saturday, March 25 (time TBD)

A paid opportunity to run and participate in an open arts studio for BIPOC youth to express stories of freedom and practice building community. - with Donnay Edmund and Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda

Toni Cade Bambara famously said “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.”  This spring, youth will deepen their connection with art as a means of self-liberation and interdependence. They will explore art mediums they already feel passionate about and maybe some new ones! We’ll explore music, visual art, poetry, and more. SJLA’s spring semester will be an open studio art lab for teens to explore their own identities, stories, and lives. Youth will connect their stories to collective journeys towards freedom, and create art that expresses their visions for the future. An intergenerational space, we will invite artists from the community to come into the lab to work alongside us and share their practices. This space will be an experimental zone each day, where youth can tap into what is on their heart as inspiration and activate their unique creativity.  We will culminate the seven-week lab by sharing the projects we have been working on with our friends and families.

In addition to working on their own projects, Senior Fellows will be expected to attend all sessions and support our program team with setting up, cleaning up, and providing support for younger program attendees.

This is a paid employment opportunity for teens with valid working papers. Fellows working in the Spring may be invited back to work as paid staff during our summer SJLA intensive.

ReGen Teens:
A 9-month Teen Employment Program*

March 28 - June 1 | Tuesdays and Thursdays | 3:30 - 6:30pm | 14+
Mandatory staff training date: Saturday, March 25 (time TBD)

Hands-on gardening & creative entrepreneurship for teen leaders —with Briggin Scharf, Natasha Strickland, Suanny Upegui, and guest educators

ReGen Teens work as a team to build meaningful relationships with nature and the Hudson community, and operate their own environmentally conscious businesses, including a bike-powered smoothie stand, drop-off compost business, and neighborhood greenhouse nursery! ReGen work sessions are a mix of hands-on activities in gardening, herbal medicine making, outdoor nature activities, cooking, and creative art & music making at Kite’s Nest’s greenhouse and gardens. ReGen teens deepen their land stewardship skills by visiting local farms, meeting other teens engaged in food justice initiatives around the Hudson Valley, and hosting educational community workshops and market events at Kite’s Nest’s greenhouse and garden.  ReGen is a paid employment opportunity that prioritizes teens ages 14-18 who are interested in building independent workforce skills and experience with a focus on the natural world and social justice. 

This is a paid employment opportunity for teens with valid working papers.

*Summer dates and hours will differ.