Teen Leadership Council 2024-2025

WORK AND TRAIN AS

AN ADVOCATE – Advocate for social justice issues you care about

AN ARTIST – Create performance pieces about the social change you want to see in your community

A COMMUNITY LEADER – Bring your work into your community to help create change

WHAT DO WE DO?

The Teen Leadership Council is a school-year youth employment program that will hire up to 18 Teen Leaders, ages 14-18, specializing in an area of the performing arts - dance, music, or acting - using the arts for social change in their communities. Teen Leaders will work collaboratively to create an original Final Showcase performance and arts-based workshops on a social justice topic. Teen Leaders will deepen their job readiness skills, practice facilitating groups while engaging community members in a meaningful dialogue; and operate as agents of change in their communities.

WHEN DO WE MEET?

Program will start on December 3, 2024 through May 1, 2025

Teen Leaders will meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 4pm-6:30pm

Teen Leaders will get paid minimum wage ($15) up to 10 hours a week

WHERE DO WE MEET?

In person at: Boch Center Shubert Theatre – 265 Tremont Street, Boston MA

(Near Boylston (Green Line) and Tufts Medical (Orange Line) T stops

More information can be found HERE.

APPLY HERE AND SELECT A DATE FOR YOUR INTERVIEW. Interviews will be scheduled through September and October. Deadline to apply is October 27, 2024.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Javiera Lagunas-Alvarez, Associate Director of Education, at jlagunas@bochcenter.org