Recruitment Begins for Tues/Wed Program

Who is Eligible:

Youth ages 13 to 19 who are interested in working with forty teenagers from all over New York City to build a “CITY AT PEACE.” **Participants are not chosen based on performance skills or talent - No prior performing experience is necessary, whatsoever.**

Upcoming Auditions:

City at Peace-New York is holding auditions for its Tuesday/Thursday After School program in the coming weeks. Below is a list of upcoming open group auditions. If you are a young person between the ages of 13 and 19, and would like to audition for this program, simply show up to one of the following auditions.

Saturday, May 2, 11:30am to 1:30pm @ East Side Community High School
Saturday, May 9, 11:30am to 1:30pm @ East Side Community High School
Saturday, May 16, 11:30am to 1:30pm @ East Side Community High School
Download an informational flier (PDF) for these three auditions!

Auditions are non-talent-based and include dancing, singing, and acting exercises in a group setting. There is no need to prepare anything. Please dress comfortably!

To secure an audition at your school or youth-serving organization:

Fill out this Audition Request Form.

Community Action – March 22nd - 28th

Several times a year, City at Peace participants design and implement creative Community Action Projects to confront the most serious issues facing young people today. The next community action projects will happen on the following dates and times, and will address the issues below:

• Homelessness among LGBTQ (Lesbian Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Questioning) Teenagers –
  Sunday, March 22 from 3:00pm - 5:30pm in Washington Square Park (East side of the park)
• Comprehensive Sex Education –
  Wednesday, March 25 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in front of City Hall
• Gang Recruitment –
  Saturday, March 28 – in front of the Brooklyn Museum (time TBA)

Previous Community Action Projects have included the following:

Domestic Violence: Participants were challenged to take a silent train ride to raise awareness about different kinds of abuse (emotional, verbal, sexual, financial). Team members rode the Q train through Manhattan wearing signs describing abuse and giving resources for victims. While in each train car, one participant read a poem she’d written about abuse.

Foster Care: Participants were challenged to create a public art piece using baby dolls and teddy bears to represent various statistics about youth and adults who have lived in New York City’s foster care system. The group collected 100 stuffed animals, x’d out their faces with black tape, and taped statistics to their chests. They positioned them all around the statue in Columbus Circle and handed out pamphlets to people as they walked through, with the purpose of raising awareness around the challenges that face young people who are “x’d out” of society because of their situation.

Sexual Abuse: The Sexual Abuse team set up in Harold Square, where they each wore a white shirt and asked people to write one thought about sexual abuse or the name of a person they knew who was a victim on a colorful paper hand. They then pinned those hands to their shirts. Each person who participated received a pamphlet created by the group that gave statistics about sexual abuse as well as hotlines and support groups.