DCPL Teens: Special Project Updates

Welcome to D.C.B.P (DC Blog Poppin')

DC Public Library Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

DC Blog Poppin' is proudly a part of the DC Public Library's summer youth employment program. Of the many special projects the teens are able to choose from, blogging is one of them. During this year's summer program the SYEP teens working in the blogging special project will be putting this blog together. Teens will be preparing and updating the blog weekly before it goes live as a link connected to the DC public library's website to be mainted throughout the year by the library's teens of distinction. Stay tuned as the teens continue to manage the blog and update topics and issues that are relevant to teens in the District of Columbia.

SYEP @ DC Public Library

And you thought the library was boring!...The DC Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr central branch, and its 23 other branches have become the poster child for the Summer Youth Employment Program in DC. Over the summer, hundreds of the district's teens ages 14-21 are given jobs to gain professional experience in a field of their choice and most importantly make money. The DC Public Library this summer has employed nearly 100 teens giving them experience with working at local libraries in the district, reading to children through the book buddies program, working on special projects and engaging in developmental workshops.

Although working at their neighborhood library is a major part of their job description, there are also special projects that meet once or twice a week in the morning. Of these special project groups there are: Video production, journalism and teen guides, which meet on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Then there are our special project, blogging, as well as marketing/outreach, event planning and audio production who meet Tuesday mornings. The teens with the help and guidance of their supervisors are collaborating to put together these special projects throughout the summer.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, the teens are at their recreation center reading to their book buddies. Our partnering rec centers are Hillcrest, Sherwood, Bald Eagle, Kennedy and Benning Stoddert. On other afternoons the teens are engaging in various development workshops dealing with issues such as professionalism, financial management, healthy relationships, domestic violence, creative writing/poetry and spoken word, and many others. Keep it locked to the blog as we keep you up to date on the progress of the library's SYEP projects.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Special Project Updates

Updates On Other Groups

Event Planning - Successfully planned the teen night event scheduled to take place on Friday August 14TH at Riggs LaSalle Community Center in North East from 7pm-midnight. The event has an all white theme, so come decked out in your hottest white outfit. The event planning group is now doing outreach and passing out fliers to promote the event. They are also working on getting performances together so come out, show your support and get ready for a spectacular event, sponsored by the DC Public Library, DC Parks and Recreation, The Metro Politan Police Department, Metro Teen Aids and the American Lung Association.

Audio Production- The audio production group is now in the final stages of their Puclib Service Announcements (PSAs) for the library. Next class, the group is scheduled to prepare the PSA fpr the teen night and advertisement.

Journalism- The journalism teens had their interviews with their various contact persons and have almost completed their articles. Articles they have written include; Black potryals in median and HIV in DC. Now that group is wrapping up.

Video Production- Video Production is the final stages of putting everything in their videos together. Throughout the summer the teens have worked on audio clips, soundtracks, video clips and text, and how they are working until putting it all together.

Teen Guides- The teens have finished their guides and are editing them.

Marketing/Outreach- Teens have been working on the marketing/outreach for teen night. They helped design the flyer and promote the event. Teens learned about strategies on how to market a product and how to write a press release and target an audience successfully.