We’re excited to share the success of our recent CPR/First Aid Day for Apprentice Learning’s City Summer Interns (CSI), Activate: City Summer (ACS) interns, and Peer Leaders! Apprentice Learning rising 9th grade Interns have been learning to earn and earning to learn since early July. Our two internships offer a wide array of career broadening experiences as well as self efficacy and essential job skill readiness. CSI focuses on careers in which women are underrepresented, under-recognized, or underestimated. ACS focuses on kinesthetic careers. During their five week with Apprentice Learning, youth earn a stipend as they practice being work ready, courage ready, and community ready. On July 17, 2024, 62 youth gathered for an absolutely invaluable training session at the Urban College of Boston and St. Paul’s Cathedral.
At Apprentice Learning, our mission is to provide real-world work experiences for middle-grade youth. Partnering with schools and employers, we leverage career exploration to teach skills, ignite purpose, and nurture dreams. Our programs provide youth with tangible and intangible tools for their life’s tool box. We are invested in their growing and continued ability to make astute life, career, and education choices for themselves as they learn to navigate the world as global citizens.
This impactful event was made possible by an incredible community: Lateia Johnson and her team of trainers; Marisa Otis, Manager of Community Programs at the Office of Community Health at Boston Children’s Hospital; Stacy Walker, Director of Community Health Planning and Engagement at the Office of Community Health at Boston Children’s Hospital; and Tara Agrawal, Director of Community Investment at the Office of Community Health at Boston Children’s Hospital; and especially Michelle Keenan, Director of Community Engagement and Education at the Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School. Special thanks to Michelle for connecting us all!
This shared commitment to providing First Aid/CPR training and certification exemplifies our dedication to equipping our interns with essential skills for their future. We can’t and won’t do it alone. We know that communal wealth for Boston middle grade youth exists and that by tapping into it, our young people will receive more of what they are entitled to. It’s not special or extra. It’s what’s right.
Thank you to our trainers and volunteers for their expertise and commitment. Your support ensures our youth are prepared, confident, and ready to make a difference in their communities!
Hey Boston! Hey World! There are now 62 young people who are ready, willing and certifiably able to save lives and help with health emergencies. And this is just one of their skills. I can’t wait until you meet them on your shared journeys. They’ve got so much to offer. Get Ready!
