ASPIRA Inc. Illinois
News Bulletin                                                                                            October 14, 2009


Poetry2 2009
AEC ASPIRA Club: "Teen Peace Poetry Jam"

On Thursday October 1st, 2009, the ASPIRA Club at the ASPIRA Early College High School (AEC) hosted a "Teen Peace Poetry Jam" to kick off the month-long school community focus on the topic of "peace."  AEC Students performed original poetry on the topic of peace and youth from the Miracle Center performed dance and poetry.  The event also included an anti-violence presentation from the Ceasefire program. After the event, over Pizza, students were able to meet the Miracle Center staff and have an opportunity to speak to the Ceasefire outreach workers.
 
On Monday, October 5th, in partnership with the Miracle Center, the AEC ASPIRA Club began the Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP), a paid internship program for thirty student participants.  For four afternoons a week, the thirty students come together to learn about business and marketing. This fall semester the focus of this paid internship program is marketing through social mediums and technologies, and will include bringing in Latino business professionals to talk about their paths toward building their businesses and careers.

YEP
AEC Youth Entrepreneur Program (YEP)

ASPIRA Club members, known as ASPIRANTEs, learn and grow through the ASPIRA Process, in which they develop leadership & critical thinking skills following the 3 A's: Awareness, Analysis and Action.  The AEC ASPIRA Club "become aware" of "Peace in Schools" as a critical issue following the recent wave of youth violence in Chicago, they determined that they wanted to build awareness for themselves and their fellow students, and organized the Poetry Jam to build more understanding.  The ASPIRA Youth Development Division, under the leadership of CYDO Ivette Nieves, supports ASPIRA Clubs in the four ASPIRA Charter School campuses and in thirteen traditional Chicago Public Schools.  Each year over 1000 ASPIRA Club members participate in ASPIRA workshops and activities, including but not limited to college fairs and field trips, career search & job readiness, and College Readiness/ FAFSA workshops. 

The newly elected AEC ASPIRA Club officers are:
  • Club President: Antonio Porter
  • Club Vice President: Milagros Nunez
  • Club Sgt. of Arms / Marketing Representative: Gabriela Uterea
  • Club Treasurer: Tierra Booker-Jackson Club Secretary: Kahdijah Mayfield

Congratulations to the newly elected ASPIRA Club Leadership team!  ASPIRA Early College High School is off to an exciting year!!



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Chicago, IL 60618
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