The Sewing Entrepreneurship Program is an after-school program that teaches youth ages 7 - 17 basic sewing, design, and re-design skills. The goal is to teach youth to start their own vintage jeans business or clothing line which is used as their 4-H project. During the school year, Sewing Entrepreneurship is an after-school program offered weekdays from 4 - 6pm. During the summer, the program is offered as a day camp, described below.
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"You've shown me that I have an extrovert living in my house. Before this program, I had no idea!"
-- Stephanie Tindal, Parent |
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Sewing Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
The Sewing Entrepreneurship Summer Day Camp is the same program as the after-school program, but is offered weekdays during July and August 2005. You can view current Sewing Entrepreneurship projects by clicking here.
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See the CyberCamp information page: Click here. (under construction)
DC H2O (Water): What's on Tap? is an environmental service learning project designed to help youth realize the contribution they can make to their communities through water quality research. Participants (12 - 17 years old) will take water samples from their homes, schools, public libraries, as well as other community-shared areas. They will also carry out field research on DC waterways such as the Anacostia watershed, the Potomac River, and Rock Creek Park.
Participants will then plot points of the water collection sites and other related data to create an interactive map for District residents' use with Global Information Systems (GIS), which includes Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units and related software. This will allow participants to obtain a greater understanding of how they can use technology to make a significant impact on their community. The project is funded by the UDC Water Resources Research Institute.
The UDC National Youth Summit (July 18 - 21, 2002) taught more than 500 youth (ages 12 - 18) how to advocate for equal access to a quality education. In the UDC 4-H Youth Development Program we recognize that getting an education is not a privilege, but a right. The first ever 4-H National Invitational Summit entertained over six hundred youth in the Capital City as they learned to testify before local and national governments and their school boards. The three day conference included panel discussions and educational workshops led by youth facilitators and nationally known speakers.
Distinguished attendees included the Honorable Mayor, Anthony Williams, School Board President, Peggy Cooper-Caffritz, International motivational speaker, Willie Jolley, and many more. During a workshop on getting your message heard, youth learned to use their own language of hip- hop to advocate for their cause. Using their hands for larger service, youth and adult participants assembled four-hundred care packages for the Mitch Snyder Center for Non-Violence, a local homeless shelter during the three-day event. The youth participants earned community service credits for their school.
Missed the summit? Click here to see what you missed.
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In cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture, District of Columbia Government Cooperative Extension Service, Agricultural Experiment Station, programs and employment opportunities are available to all people regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or family status.
