The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has two upcoming free events. Celebrate the Apollo 12 moon mission and the advances of space science, as we once again look at traveling back to the Moon. On November 23, 2019 from 11:00am-3:00pm, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) and Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum educators will lead activities and discussions on the challenges of space exploration and the future of space travel. On December 7, 2019 from 11:00am-1:30pm, parents, teachers, school administrators and teens from New York City are invited to learn more about the Intrepid Museum’s no-cost teen leadership programs.

CUNY School of Professional Studies is accepting applications for their Youth Studies programs. The program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to design, run, research, and work in youth settings. The program applies a participatory approach that shows you how to incorporate young people in shaping the programs, institutions, and policies that impact their lives and promotes youth development principles and practices with a strong emphasis and commitment to social justice and equity. Applications for a Spring 2020 start are due December 5, 2019.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a national organization recognizing the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provides opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. Their Special Achievement Awards offer creative teens the chance to win scholarships for their work. Each scholarship offers up to $1,000, and all students in grades 7-12 (ages 13 and up) are eligible to participate. Deadlines vary by region, with the earliest deadline falling on December 1, 2019.

Each year, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) recognizes the outstanding work done during the summer months on behalf of our nation’s youth. Candidates for the Summer Learning Awards are exceptional summer programs, models, and systems that keep children and youth learning, safe and healthy during the critical summer months. They show strong outcomes in helping students cement the skills they have learned during the academic school year through creative curricula, unique programming and effective family engagement strategies. Applications are due December 4, 2019 by 6pm.

Only 50% of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 turned out to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Here’s another jaw-dropping statistic: Young people of color vote at about two-thirds the rate of their white counterparts. More often than not, young people who aren’t participating voters come from underserved, low-income, and immigrant communities. How can we better prepare them for such a fundamental form of civic participation? Generation Citizen has a new report that investigates studies of the activities and practices in communities that effectively drive civic engagement among young people from historically marginalized communities, in order to determine and highlight common qualities.

New Settlement's Program for Girls & Young Women offers free arts and leadership classes for girls and young women, aged 11-Young Adult, after-school, evenings and Saturdays. Poetry, Photography and Film workshops start on November 14, 2019. Silence Out Loud meets every Thursday from 6-7:30pm, November 14, 2019 –January 23, 2020, with a performance in late January and possible exhibitions in the spring. Any youth who identifies as a girl, young woman, femme or gender fluid within the appropriate age range may register. See class descriptions for more detail, also available en español.

Contact: Joy Leonard, Director, Program for Girls & Young Women at (718) 716-8000 x119 or j.leonard@newsettlement.org for more information and to enroll.