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Students Needed for "Witness Theater"- telling Holocaust stories through theater
ORGANIZATION: Selfhelp Community Services Inc.
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Are you a high school student or college freshman looking for a meaningful community service project this upcoming school year?
Witness Theater, now in its 13th year, is a unique intergenerational program that engages students and Holocaust survivors to tell impactful survivor stories.
Here's how it works: Students and survivors meet weekly over the course of the academic year with a trained drama therapist, culminating in shared public performances in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Students in Witness Theater will:
- Earn up to 120 community service hours for participation
- Create long lasting relationships with Holocaust survivors
- Listen to Holocaust survivors' wartime stories firsthand
- Portray the life experiences of Holocaust survivors in a theatrical performance
Program details:
When: one evening 5:30-7:30 pm every week from mid-September through mid-May, plus rehearsals on Sundays from 10 am - 2pm beginning end of January 2025.
Where: 520 8th Avenue, 5th floor, Manhattan, NY, 10018
No prior theater experience required!
Contact Anya Leybovich, Program Director of Witness Theater via email witnesstheater@selfhelp.net or call/text at (929) 626-0888 to learn more about student recruitment in the Fall of 2024!
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About Selfhelp Community Services Inc.
Location:
520 8th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10018, US
Mission Statement
Selfhelp is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations through a spectrum of housing, home health care, and social services and will lead in applying new methods and technologies to address changing needs of its community. Selfhelp will continue to serve as the "last surviving relative" to its historic constituency, victims of Nazi persecution.
Description
Selfhelp is A private, non-sectarian, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, Selfhelp was founded in 1936 by a small group of refugees fleeing persecution during the Holocaust. Our history is rich and varied because throughout it, we have continued to respond to anyone in need. Our mission has always been to help older adults live happy, independent lives in their own homes with services that help maintain their health and safety. Today, Selfhelp offers 20,000 aging, frail and "at-risk" New Yorkers a comprehensive network of social service, senior housing and home care services. It is also the oldest and largest provider of Nazi victim services in North America. For almost seven decades, Selfhelp has dedicated itself to being a source of information, service, community, and quality home care for New Yorkers.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
520 Eighth Avenue, 5th FloorNew York, NY 10018
DATE POSTED
July 17, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- Weekly commitment from September 2024 - May 2025
- Caring, committed, empathetic, a good listener. Interested in mental health, trauma, Holocaust education, spending time with elderly.