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The City Search experience re-introduces CRF interns to Downtown Los Angeles and helps them learn about the variety of resources available to the community. During City Search I, interns spend a day discovering their city; working in groups, navigating their way to different cultural sites and visiting organizations to learn more about a specific community issue. During City Search II, interns visit their local elected official's office and take a tour of L.A. City Hall. read more >> The City of LA Commission for Children, Youth, and Their Families and Los Angeles Youth Council in partnership with Constitutional Rights Foundation, convened and facilitated a series of youth forums around Los Angeles in Spring/Summer 2006 to educate young students about public policies and to get their input. CRF trained a group of high school students to help facilitate the youth forums.
Elston He, a youth forum facilitator and CRF Forum Journalist, gives us an insider's account of the South L.A. youth forum held on June 10, 2006. read more >> CRF Interns learn how to give an effective presentation by doing just the opposite; they do their best to slouch, mumble, and fidget while giving the audience bogus statistics. They identify the three most important elements of an effective presentation: body language, voice and expression, and content. Using that knowledge, students prepare presentations on their City Search findings. Reflection Questions:
1. What are your strengths and weaknesses as a presenter?
2. What was the most challenging part of preparing a presentation? Do you have any advice for other students? read more >> Participants from CRF's Youth Internship Program reflect on their experience. read more >> | CRF interns spend two days learning about different colleges, college life, financial aid and the admissions process. They participate in a SAT Preparation Workshop with Ivy West, examine course requirements for college admission, receive personal statement tips from College Circuit, and fill out questionnaires to help match their interests and needs to specific colleges. The final day culminates with a tour of the University of Southern California. Reflection Questions:
1. Do tests like the SAT and ACT measure intelligence? What is their purpose?
2. While it is important to do well on college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT, what other factors do colleges consider besides test scores and grades? read more >> CRF interns analyze issues that arise from living and working in a multicultural society. Interns learn about past issues of equality and liberty through landmark Supreme Court cases. Interns also act out scenarios of hypothetical situations that examine civil rights laws. Reflection Questions:
1. What are some experiences you have had with other cultures? Have they been positive or negative?
2. How does multiculturalism make Los Angeles as a place to live? read more >> CRF Interns from many different schools arrive on the first day a bit nervous and unsure of what to expect. To put students at ease- naturally we blindfold them! It may sound mean but, it's all part of a team-building exercise. Students are paired up and participate in trust walks. The blindfolded student relies on their partner to guide them. Students learn each other's names and split into teams and to figure out how to get every member across the floor, which we pretend was deadly acid, using only a few sheets of paper as rafts. Students have lots of opportunities to chat and get to know each other. Reflection Questions: 1. What qualities do you and the other students possess that you think make you a good candidate for the Youth Internship program?
2. What do you feel you can contribute to the group? read more >> |
Constitutional Rights Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people learn about their constitutional heritage,give voice to their ideas and opinions, and make well-informed decisions as citizens in a democracy.