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In which borough should your idea take place? 
Manhattan
Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
Harlem
Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
Youth
Justice impacted individuals
Veterans
Older adults
Unemployed individuals
People with disabilities
Describe the challenge you want to address:
Lack of free workshops to learn new skills, either for recreation or career retraining Lack of free opportunities to try new things
Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
Host a Skills Fair with different activities (e.g. ceramics, coding, woodwork) where people can be taught an overview of a new skill and get a chance to try it out (e.g. build a coil pot, code a function of an application, build a simple box). Can recruit volunteers from and use spaces in local colleges and universities, and collect donations for supplies. Provide information on classes offered at the college/university
Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
VIrtual

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