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- In which borough should your idea take place?
- Manhattan
- Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
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Harlem
- Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
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YouthJustice impacted individualsVeteransOlder adultsUnemployed individualsPeople with disabilities
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
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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:
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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:
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VIrtual
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