{"id":1035,"date":"2022-06-21T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/breakthecycle.org\/young-professionals\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T17:34:14","slug":"young-professionals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/blog\/young-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"middle-col\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: var(--base-3); color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">The Young Professionals are an volunteer auxiliary group that raises friends and funds for Break the Cycle. The Committee plans and promotes social gatherings to acquaint other young professionals with Break the Cycle&#8217;s work through events like Bingo and our annual benefit, <\/span>Unmasquerade<span style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: var(--base-3); color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-block\">\n<div id=\"node-198\" class=\"node\">\n<div class=\"content clear-block\">\n<p class=\"p\">To date, the Young Professionals have raised more than $18,000 to benefit Break the Cycle\u2019s life-saving work with youth!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">Skills You Will Use<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul\">\n<li class=\"ullispace\">Networking<\/li>\n<li class=\"ullispacelast\">Organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">Skills You Will Build<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul\">\n<li class=\"ullispace\">Event-planning \u2013 Identify venues, negotiate contracts, manage vendors, recruit volunteers and coordinate logistics<\/li>\n<li class=\"ullispace\">Fundraising \u2013 Recruit sponsors and solicit donations<\/li>\n<li class=\"ullispacelast\">PR &amp; Marketing \u2013 Promote the event, work with media and raise awareness of a nonprofit and its important programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">Commitment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p\">Approximately 20 hours annually, including participating in at least two in-person meetings, attending Young Professional events and planning and promoting one larger event per calendar year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">How to Get Started<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p\">Attend our next event! If you are in Los Angeles or Washington, DC, you can meet the committee, staff and young professionals who support Break the Cycle. Find events on <a class=\"a\" href=\"\/calendar\/\">our calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">Can&#8217;t make it to our next event? Email <a class=\"a\" href=\"mailto:btcyp@breakthecycle.org\">btcyp@breakthecycle.org<\/a> to discuss the ways in which you&#8217;d like to get involved and get details for our next committee meeting.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2\">Leadership Track<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p\">BTCYP&#8217;s Leadership Committee acts like a &#8220;<a class=\"a\" href=\"\/join-our-board\/\">Board of Directors-in-training<\/a>&#8221; \u2013 learn what it takes to be a successful Board member for a nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear-block\">\n<div class=\"meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-block-13\" class=\"clear-block block block-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #middle-col --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Professionals are an volunteer auxiliary group that raises friends and funds for Break &#8230; <a title=\"Young Professionals\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/blog\/young-professionals\/\" aria-label=\"More on Young Professionals\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":600,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1035\/revisions\/2683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}