Featured Programs

Career Readiness

The New York City Public Schools’ Global Leaders Academy aims to provide multilingual and immigrant students with the opportunity to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), while developing their leadership, language and critical 21st century skills. This program includes four components: Introduction of UNSDGs, leadership development, cultural connections, and individual & group projects.

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College Readiness

The Immigrant Ambassador Program is a near-peer mentorship and community awareness program designed to prioritize postsecondary planning for multilingual and immigrant high school students. Through this program, select NYC college students are trained to provide one-on-one and small group workshops centering the needs of multilingual and immigrant communities.

Family Engagement

GenConnect is an 8-week intergeneration program that brings multilingual students and their families together in a unique environment that fosters and develops strong family bonds, advocacy, literacy, and social emotional support. The program consists of opportunities to explore family stories, deepen connections between generations, and encourage the use of home languages. Through shared reading and discussion of books that center migration and universal themes of humanity, families strengthen their bilingual literacy and cultural pride together.

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Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environment

A Dream Squad is a team of 3 or more school or district-based staff who serve as multilingual and immigrant advocates and work together to ensure a welcoming and inclusive school environment for students and families. This brief, published by Harvard University, highlights Dream Squads as a model for creating inclusive schools that aims to ensure multilingual and immigrant communities develop a sense of belonging. Interested in forming a Dream Squad at your school? Fill out this Dream Squads interest form and a representative will be in touch.

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