The Riverways Youth Council trains high schoolers in processes and approaches to enact change in their community as well as providing community science curriculum through their programming.

Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia

Under Voices Alive! initiative, A Book a Day works to produce over 700 free posters that will be distributed in schools throughout Philadelphia. The posters promote visual literacies while uplifting BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and other underrepresented creators. In addition to distributing our Voices Alive! posters, the Voices Alive! curriculum centers visual arts and literacy to elevate student and teacher voices through attentive discussion and reading, writing and listening activities.

Claymobile, Hands-on-Clay, After-School Clay Club

The Clay Studio hosts multiple programs, including Claymobile, Hands-on-Clay, community workshops, scholarships, and an After-School Clay Club. They provide access to hands-on art making as part of a holistic education and outlet for many groups throughout Philadelphia.

https://abookadayprogram.com/category/archive-letters-and-voices/
https://abookadayprogram.com/mobile-clinic/
A Book a Day's programming engages with the community in many ways, such as highlights uplifting authors and illustrators through the Archive of Letters and Voices, donates books to Philly FIGHT which provided them to children with or at high risk of HIV/AIDS, run a summer treasure hunt of books in Free Little Libraries in West Philadelphia, and partner with PennSmiles Mobile Clinic.

Through a unique model as a service arts corps, ArtistYear develops, supports, and trains exceptional artists across artistic disciplines as full-time Resident Teaching Artists in schools that receive Title I funding to deepen the quality of and exposure to the arts, all while enhancing school climate and capacity and providing all the attendant benefits of arts learning.

CraftNOW Create! Summer Camp, CraftNOW Create!, CraftNOW Symposium

CraftNOW! has many educational opportunities like a creativity summer camp, activities at Smith Memorial Playground during CraftNOW Create!, and opens up critical discourse in the crafting world at their symposium.

CraftNOW Philadelphia

https://www.craftnowphila.org/gap-week/ https://www.craftnowphila.org/craftnowcreate/ https://www.craftnowphila.org/symposium/

Riverway Ambassadors and Youth Council

The Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia provides plenty of events and programming engaging with the urban waterways of Philadelphia like on-water training, environmental education, summer internships, and extracurricular programs.

Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia

Riverway Ambassadors and Youth Council

The Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia has events and activities specifically geared towards environmental work in their programming, including water quality testing and community science (which includes sampling local rivers and providing data).

Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia

A Book a Day's Biblioteca Puentes

A Book a Day partners with the healthcare nonprofit Puentes de Salud to establish a permanent on-site library of Spanish and bilingual books and donate/ distribute hardback picture books that speak to the variety of Latinx cultural identities. Children are able to select their own books, and have expressed feelings of connection to the stories and illustrations.

https://abookadayprogram.com/2022/11/02/bibloteca-puentes/

Mural Arts operates several locations throughout Philadelphia that offer a variety of classes taught by volunteers, neighbors, and artists, covering an array of subjects from sewing and weaving to English as a Second Language. The initiative recognizes the importance of entrepreneurship and highly skilled craft making within many of the immigrant and refugee families and thus provides a warm, inviting hub space with familiar activities that opens doors to other social service.

Mural Arts Philadelphia

Through a unique model as a service arts corps, ArtistYear develops, supports, and trains exceptional artists across artistic disciplines as full-time Resident Teaching Artists in schools that receive Title I funding to deepen the quality of and exposure to the arts, all while enhancing school climate and capacity and providing all the attendant benefits of arts learning.

A free, hands-on technical theater workforce development program designed for high school students. In weekly interactive sessions, participants will explore backstage roles—from carpentry to costumes—guided by industry professionals. The program also includes networking opportunities and a special visit from Delaware Shakespeare's Community Tour, providing students with valuable skills and insights into the production process.

https://www.operaphila.org/community/backstage-pass/

Riverways Certification Project

The Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia's Riverways Certification Project program provides workforce skills to youth in the outdoor recreation and environmental fields.

Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia

https://riverways.org/programs/camps-programs/

Through a unique model as a service arts corps, ArtistYear develops, supports, and trains exceptional artists across artistic disciplines as full-time Resident Teaching Artists in schools that receive Title I funding to deepen the quality of and exposure to the arts, all while enhancing school climate and capacity and providing all the attendant benefits of arts learning.

Riverways Certification Project

The Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia's Riverways Certification Project program provides workforce skills to youth in the outdoor recreation and environmental fields.

Riverways Collaboration of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia

https://riverways.org/programs/camps-programs/