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Art Yields Success

Star Midnight

Upcoming MCCOY Trainings

Job Postings for The Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

Nominations for 2015 Out-of-School Champion

Third Thursdays at the Peace Learning Center Community Workshop Series

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February13, 2015

Art Yields Success

Friday, March 13, 2015 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Indianapolis, IN

Journey Fellows, AYS Inc. is the organizational home of the Journey Fellowship and they are having their annual fundraiser, "Arts Yields Success" on Friday, March 13^th at Region Towers, downtown Indy.

It's a lot of fun and you get to taste some really good wines and spirits as well.

The funds help support families who need support in covering the cost of afterschool care. Please come enjoy an entertaining evening as we support this great cause.

Here is the link to purchase tickets: https://www.ayskids.org/success/

Hope to see you there!

Janet Wakefield

STAR MIDNIGHT

Madame Walker Theatre

617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202

The Astane Children's Theatre of Indianapolis, celebrating 25 years of changing lives through performing arts, will present "STAR MIDNIGHT: A Hip Hop Dance Musical about standing up for yourself." The play with music looks closely and creatively at a high school student that is being bullied at home and at school.

Community Night - all seats $5, Thursday March 5 at 8pm. Other Performance dates: March 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Show times vary. For further information and tickets visit the ACT website: www.asantechildrenstheatre.org or call 317-654-2064.

Keesha Dixon, 2009 Journey Fellow

Upcoming MCCOY Trainings
Indianapolis, Indiana * Cultural Competency: Working with LGBTQ Youth, 2/17 from 10:30 am - noon, $10. Register online at www.mccoyouth.org/learning-network-workshops.html. * Stewards of Children: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training, 2/19 from 9 am - noon, FREE. Register online at www.mccoyouth.org/learning-network-workshops.html. John Brandon, 2006 Journey Fellow

Job Postings for The Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

Program Director

Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis is seeking an energetic, passionate youth worker to be responsible for planning, developing, and overseeing the delivery of a broad range of programs within a designated Club, such as Education, Health & Life Skills, Social Recreation, Arts, and Physical Education, and for supervising the staff who conduct these programs. Click here to view the complete job posting.

VISTA

Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis is accepting resumes for two VISTA positions: The VISTA Volunteer Manager and The VISTA Measurement and Evaluation Manager. VISTA positions are one-year commitments to service while earning a modest living stipend. For more information about these two openings click here.

LeeAnn Harris, 2012 Journey Fellow

NOMINATIONS for 2015 INDIANA Out-of-School CHAMPION

On April 14, Day Two of the 2015 Summit for Out-of-School Learning there will be a Showcase of the Top 6 Out-of-School Time Programs from across the state that are:

Building relationships and impact with local schools
Using data to drive decisions and tell stories
Retaining staff with professional development

Each showcase will last 5 minutes. At the conclusion of the Showcase, the audience will vote on the Indiana OST Champion for 2015!

1st Prize: $2,500

2nd Prize: $1,000

Nominate a potential OST Champion (or your own program/project)- Complete nomination form and submit by: MARCH 6.

Jamie Johnson, 2011 Journey Fellow

Third Thursdays at the Peace Learning Center Community Workshop Series

Introduction to Diversity
Thursday, February 19, 1-5 pm
6040 DeLong Rd., Indianapolis, IN

During this professional and personal development workshop, you will have an opportunity to discover and demonstrate ways in which you can better understand and appreciate the differences of others. (Similar to one our most popular Focus 2020 workshops!)

Click here to register and learn more. The $25 workshop fee includes a park pass. To ensure PLC programs are financially accessible for all, we are offering course discounts based on a sliding fee scale.

Jay Horan, 2014 Journey Fellow

Sincerely,

Melinda Bowman
Chief Organizational Officer
The Journey