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February 5, 2012: I need a leader who…
Youth from CP3 Afterschool Zone, Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools, Urban League-College Track and VIET share their voices on what they need from a NORDC leader a day before the CEO Special Meeting. Every New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) …
February 4, 2012: I need a leader who…
On this Saturday before the NORDC Special Meeting, youth from CP3 Afterschool Zone, Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools and Urban League-College Track share their voices on what they need from a NORDC leader. Every New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) …
February 2, 2012: I need a leader who…
Youth at CP3 Afterschool Zone, Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools, the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, Urban League-College Track and VIET share their voices today on what they need from a NORDC leader. Every New Orleans Recreation Development Commission …
February 1, 2012: I need a leader who…
Today’s video comes from youth at VIET, Urban League-College Track, Cafe Reconcile and the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies. Every New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) stakeholder agrees that creating exceptional service and opportunities for New Orleans children, youth …
January 31, 2011: I need a leader who…
Youth from Cafe Reconcile and the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies share their voices in today’s “I need a leader who…” video. Every NORDC stakeholder agrees that creating exceptional service and opportunities for New Orleans children, youth and families …
January 30, 2011: I need a leader who…
Today we hear more about what youth are looking for from a leader of the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission. Every NORDC stakeholder agrees that creating exceptional service and opportunities for New Orleans children, youth and families is the ultimate …
I need a leader who…
In October 2010, New Orleans overwhelming voted for the complete overhaul of a broken New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD). As this overhaul moves forward with the selection of the first permanent leader of the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) …
Happy Mardi Gras!
Thanks to all our friends and supporters who came out to our Open House celebrating the beginning of the 2012 Mardi Gras Season on 12th Night. It was wonderful to share our space, visit and feast on king cake! We’ll …
Share Our Strength Report
The Partnership for Youth Development presented their evaluation of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign work on the Summer Food Service Program in 2011. Through the collaboration of the entire No Kid Hungry campaign, the number of children served …
Expanded Learning Time
This year, PYD is working with three partner schools and community partners to implement Expanded Learning Time. These schools want to rethink the school day in order to give kids more time to learn through hands-on activities, arts enrichment and project-based learning. Through a grant from our partners at The Afterschool Corporation, New Orleans was chosen as one of only three cities taking part in a national demonstration of just how effective expanded learning can be for kids.
White House Visit
On Friday, August 5th Eric Jensen attended a Community Leaders Briefing at the White House in Washington D.C. This briefing was a unique invitation-only opportunity for local level leaders to come to Washington and hear directly from White House officials …
New Staff
Since welcoming Askala Harris to the Partnership in June as Development Manager, we are pleased to announce that we’ve added two additional members to our Staff!
Sean Tate joins the Partnership for Youth Development as Program Manager for the CP3 …
August 29, 2011
Dear Friends –
Today marks the 6th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the devastating levee breaks that severely damaged our city and dramatically changed our way of life in New Orleans. It is hard to think about those days and …
New National League of Cities Strategy Guide
The Partnership for Youth Development’s New Orleans Youth map, nolayouthmap.org, was included in the National League of Cities Strategy Guide on Using Data to Improve Afterschool Programming. The Youth Map is presented as a case study for Strategy …
