El Circulo Juvenil de Cultura is a not-for-profit community enterprise
working with Hispanic/Latin@ children in Pittsburgh in order to assist in the
preservation and development of their Spanish skills and cultural
knowledge. We do this each term through workshops held at CMU or
throughout the city.
El Circulo's Fall workshops will be held twice, in 90-minute sessions
held once each, on dates TBA between October and the end of the term. Most
volunteers are native or hereditary Spanish speakers, or have an intermediate command of the Spanish Language. Experience working with
children ages 6-12 is a plus. Volunteers
should be available for at least one of the
sessions, and should have or be able to obtain Child Abuse and Criminal
Clearances. (CMU may be able to assist in the process and cover part of the
cost for CMU students).
Volunteers will devote the workshop to assisting the
instructor/facilitator with the children. Other opportunities to volunteer
"behind the scenes" for El Circulo include website/blog
developer/writer, grant-writer, logistics/events coordinator,
photographer/videographer, community liaison, etc.
Internship and academic credits are available for volunteers who
are majors/minors in the Hispanic Studies program at CMU.
An orientation meeting for volunteers will take place on Friday,
Sep. 13, 4:30-5:00 pm in the MLRC, Porter Hall 225C. (412) 268-2898. Please
come to this meeting if you are interested in participating as a volunteer this
term.
