Cyphers for Justice (CFJ) is a youth and educator development program that apprentices NYC high school youth and educators as critical researchers, centered in the tenets of hip hop, youth activism, spoken word, multimodal literacies, and critical social research methods. Grounded in Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and vision-driven collaborative inquiry, CFJ youth work alongside adult allies (educators, researchers, and community-based teaching artists) to critically examine and take action on social issues in their schools and communities.