Profile: PWestwood08
 
 
 
   
 
"I want others to go out in the world with an idea, with intentions and means, and come back with a story about how their actions affected the world and how they themselves were shaped by the results. I have a belief that such endeavors can improve the world, however recklessly, especially when these people go forward and interact, give, solve, change the situations they encounter--and also, even those with no intentions of recording their actions. There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated." - Dave Eggers, from You Shall Know Our Velocity!
Why I’m Here
As a City Year Corps Member, I want to help spread the word of national service and engage a wide youth audience in thinking about how they can get involved in changing their communities.
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T-shirt making, Mentoring, Painter/Muralist
 
 
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Joined: 12/26/2007
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CYNY & Lesson Plans: Part II
Andrew reflects on lesson plan writing during his City Year. How would his experience differ without lesson-planning? Watch to find out!
Tags: CYNY   P.S. 149   Lesson Plans
Views 138
by  PWestwood08 on february 26, 2008
 
   
 
CYNY & Lesson Plans: Part I
Hannah reflects on lesson plan writing during her City Year. How would her experience differ without lesson-planning? Watch to find out!
Tags: CYNY   P.S. 149   Lesson Plans
Views 126
by  PWestwood08 on february 26, 2008
 
   
 
Fall of the Waterfall: Camp City Year Jungle
Alex mourns over our dismantled waterfall, which we had worked hard to conjure out of metal folding chairs and tape.
Tags: CYNY   Camp City Year   Jungle
Views 148
by  PWestwood08 on february 16, 2008
 
   
 
Jungle PT: The Evolution
Alicia & I demonstrate the newly-invented Jungle PT, exercizes for our winter Camp City Year.
Tags: CYNY   Camp City Year   PT
Views 146
by  PWestwood08 on february 10, 2008
 
   
 
CYNY lesson-planning, part 2
Olympia shares her thoughts on the lesson plan she's typing up at the P.S. 149 office.
Tags: CYNY   P.S. 149
Views 115
by  PWestwood08 on february 10, 2008
 
   
 
CYNY lesson-planning
Alicia tells the camera all about her lesson plan for P.S. 149.
Tags: CYNY   P.S. 149
Views 95
by  PWestwood08 on february 10, 2008
 
   
 
Starfish Starters!
Andrew illustrates a sample Starfish Starter trading card to be shown to our students in Starfish, City Year New York's afterschool program. As the culminating...
Tags: CYNY   Starfish   P.S. 149
Views 102
by  PWestwood08 on february 10, 2008
 
 
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City Year New York
City Year is a nonprofit organization built on the belief that young people can change the world. The organization unites individuals of all backgrounds for a demanding...
Tags: AmeriCorps   community service   City Year   CYNY
by  City Year on december 14, 2007
Members  102 Discussions  37 Media  264
 
   
 
City Year
City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors...
Tags: AmeriCorps   community service
by  City Year on september 21, 2007
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