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Welcome to the Promise Fellow Blog!

My position as an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at The Lab started in August 2011. I am so excited to be adding this blog to the long  list of things I get to be a part of here at The Lab!

As an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow, I serve with the MN Alliance with Youth and am hosted by The Lab at Journeys Secondary School. My job here is to ensure all youth achieve success in school, work, and life. Promise Fellows focus on four strategies: 1) strengthening youth success in school and learning, 2) increasing youth contribution through service & leadership opportunities, 3) developing and magnifying youth voice, and 4) promoting collaboration and innovation. Our goal is to ensure every young person graduates school ready for college, work, and life and has a vision for their future.

So far this year, I’ve spent a lot of time working with 8th graders doing 1×1 mentorships, being a part of small group experiences, supporting classroom teachers, developing a system to track student academic, behavior, and attendance data and generally having a good time getting to know and support the kids. From October to December, I spent a portion of my time talking to 8th graders about global and local hunger issues and taking them on a field trip to pack meals at Feed My Starving Children. The kids helped to pack enough meals to feed 70 children for a year!

When I’m not busy hanging out with the 8th graders, I’ve also been developing and implementing plans for The Lab @ Journey’s Urban Community Garden and a Health and Wellness Fair! I’m looking forward to getting these projects going and continuing to work closely with the 8th graders in the coming months.

I can’t wait to share tons of great stories with you!
That’s all for now!

Erin