BEETs

BEETs
About the Program

 The Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens is a paid internship and hands-on learning experience in which youth gain job skills through learning about environmental justice and gardening with a small group of peers.

Serving youth of color and low income youth ages 14-19, the BEETs Program meets in the Western Addition and holds sessions both indoors in our classroom, and outdoors in our learning gardens. Youth are compensated with a pay increase available if they choose to return as a Leadership Crew member the following year.

Read our program description here: TBD

 

The 2023 – 2024 school year cohort is underway! Look for our summer 2024 application in May.

Read our frequently asked questions (FAQ) here: tinyurl.com/beets2324faq

If you have any questions, please email info@communitygrows.org

"Since my time coordinating the program, I've been focused on bringing in a strong environmental justice and climate justice lens to everything the students learn"

—B, BEETs Educator

 “It's not that we're necessarily all going to become environmental lawyers, but that we are going to take the values that we learn here and apply it to whatever career we choose”

—Ahlaya, BEETs Leadership Crew, 2019/2020 school year

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