ejp
CAVE (Community Anti-Violence Education)
Danville, Illinois · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
SpringMentoring
About the role
- NOTE - m embers of CAVE are not compensated.
- About C.A.V.E. C.A.V.E. started in 2010 when students of the Education Justice Project expressed a desire to contribute to putting an end to violence on the streets of Chicago.
- They were especially concerned about the impact of violence on Chicago youth.
Benefits
- However, because EJP aims to create a supportive learning environment for our incarcerated students, we especially encourage applications from individuals whose backgrounds align with those of our students.
- Please note that the educational offices are on the second floor of the prison and that there is no elevator.
Company info
- "C.A.V.E. is a peer-driven anti-violence program that empowers incarcerated men through mentoring, education, and character-building to return to their communities as peacemakers." They seek your participation in their work.
- Outside members (i.e., those who are not incarcerated) will serve the program as facilitators alongside the EJP students.
- C.A.V.E. has adopted a structured but open-ended counseling curriculum rooted in understanding trauma, with room for input from everyone.
- The program consists of regular meetings at the prison with both EJP students and men from the prison population who commit to completing a year of meetings, and to continuing contact with released EJP students once they are released.
- Everyone who works with C.A.V.E. will be expected to go through a training program and to contribute to shaping the training for future members.
- C.A.V.E. has been meeting on Monday evenings and Friday mornings at the prison.
- This will not necessarily be the schedule permanently; that will depend on prison scheduling and the availability of C.A.V.E. members.
- The outside C.A.V.E. members also meet online every other week.
- Application Process Please complete the online application, which you can access by clicking the " Apply for this Job " button in the top right corner.
- We realize this language may be confusing.
- Working with CAVE program is a non-compensated position, not a part-time job.
- Unfortunately, our platform does not allow us to change the word "job."
- Due November 15, 2026 for Spring 2027.
- Thank you for your interest in the Education Justice Project's Chicago/Community Anti-Violence Education program.
- We are grateful that you want to learn more about this exciting program.
- Committing themselves to work slowly and deliberately through literature on urban violence, human development, and various intervention models, they selected a curriculum, proposed a program, and recruited members.
- Full implementation of C.A.V.E. began in fall 2014, reaching out to other incarcerated men at the Danville Correctional Center.
- If possible, fill it out in a word processing program so that your answers can be as extensive and complete as possible.
- We want to know more about you.
- There are no special qualifications for being a member of C.A.V.E. We are looking generally for seriousness of purpose, sophistication about the social contexts that incarcerated people come from (particularly in Chicago), and commitment to anti-violence.
- Flexibility, humility, a high level of emotional intelligence, and the ability to work collaboratively will be helpful.
- Both men and women are welcome to apply.
- You must have a bachelor's degree.
- Experience in violence prevention work, with programs for young adults, or therapeutic or counseling experience is not necessary, but beneficial.
- All applications are welcome.
- This includes members of racial minority groups, first-generation degree holders, and individuals from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.
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