4-H Acts for Change

  • Date: June - August  2024
  • Location: CCE Ulster County
  • Student Intern: Kailey Hu Ye
  • Faculty sponsor: Danielle Russo, Dept. of Performing & Media Arts
  • Field mentor/supervisor: Melanie Forstrom, CCE Ulster
  • Stipend: $6,000
Youth participants at the Youth Climate Summit in 2018.
Youth participants at the Youth Climate Summit in 2018. Photo by R.J. Anderson.

Act for Change is a 4-H youth development program that brings together teens from across New York’s Ulster County to engage in anti-racist dialogue and work across identity groups. The program culminates in the development of a final showcase or project centering issues or topics important to the youth participants. The intern will incorporate performing and visual arts into the existing Act for Change curriculum for future program facilitators. This individual will work with Act for Change youth program alums in Ulster County, and may help create a visual or performing art piece to be showcased at the Ulster County Fair.

Roles and responsibilities 

 

Qualifications and previous coursework

This opportunity was made available to non-graduating students enrolled in Cornell University's CAS, ILR, AAP, COE and JCB.

  • The selected intern will be required to drive on behalf of the summer project and will need to have reliable transportation

 

Learning outcomes