"Teens Lead @ Work" Peer Leaders
A position at MassCOSH
Are you interested in gaining leadership skills? Would you like to become an active force of change in your community? Do you want ensure teens to have a safe and healthy workplace?
Hours: 20 hours/week during the summer
$8.00/hour
Applications due: Friday, MAY 23, before 5pm
Check us out at: www.masscosh.org or www.myspace.com/teenslead
If you have any questions, contact Nancy Luc at 617-825-7233x13 or nancy.luc@masscosh.org.
Details
Teens Lead at Work (TL@W) -is a youth-led program at MassCOSH that hires peer leaders ages 14 to 17 to educate, empower, and advocate for young people. TL@W Peer Leaders create workshops and presentations for teens on the Child Labor Laws and Safety & Health in the Workplace.TL@W is seeking energetic, creative, outgoing young people who are interested in young workers’ rights, education, and advocacy. Come help us meet our goals: to educate youth on their rights past and present, to engage young people with meaningful, community oriented work, and to build an innovative non-profit program fueled and staffed by young people.
About the Position:
• Peer Leaders become researchers in their own communities, honing their observation and listening skills to determine core objectives
• They take part in the legislative process, gaining experience with the media, the state/local government, and making their vision a reality
• They learn to work as a team, overcoming gender, racial, and cultural differences to form lasting friendships and develop an influential voice
• They learn how to take strategic political action, using careful research, planning and timelines to develop and achieve their goals
