"One of my favorite groups is comprised of the young people in the program that the CJM calls Teen Art Connect. They are recruited to do a variety of tasks at the museum as paid interns: Docents for Architectural Tours and Gallery Tours; activities for children and families, art and craft projects; they’ve even worn a Curious George suit or other costume for storytelling events and other programs! They also assist participants when filling out forms, answering questions and being the first welcoming face of StoryCorps.
Two of the interns, Carmelisa and Eliza, also worked directly with us doing research on community-based organizations for us to contact in the Bay, and culminated their internship by planning a day of recordings at the booth. A few weeks ago on a Saturday, when the booth is not usually open, these two teens brought in participants through outreach contacts that they had developed. They had full run of the show: reaching out to participants, telling them about StoryCorps, scheduling them, and coordinating the day of interviews to ensure it went smoothly. And it did!
Eliza did a recording at the Booth with her grandmother, which you can read about here."
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